US Presidential Election 2024 Live Updates: As the US presidential election campaign heats up with less than two weeks to go until polling day, both candidates, Donald Trump and Kamala Harris, have traded sharp criticism of each other.

Former president and GOP nominee Trump, during his campaign in Pennsylvania, attacked opponent Harris, claiming that if elected she would “guarantee” the US entry into World War III and would be ineffective in dealing with world leaders such as the Chinese president. Xi Jinping and Russian President Vladimir Putin, according to a report by The Hill.

“Being president would mean gambling with the lives of millions of people. It would take us into a guaranteed World War III because she is too grossly incompetent to do the job,” Trump said.

Meanwhile, on the campaign trail in Pennsylvania’s largest city, Philadelphia, Democratic presidential nominee Harris praised young voters for being “rightfully impatient for change” and told the crowd that “there’s too much at stake.” in the campaign.

She also criticized Trump for disparaging the country. “It’s just another example of how he really despises our country,” Harris noted, condemning Trump’s remarks as not only disrespectful but also damaging to America’s image globally. “This is someone who is a former president of the United States who has a thug. Pulpit. And so he uses it to tell the rest of the world that the United States of America is garbage, she said.

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