The Latest: Trump slams federal response to Helene; Biden says his rival should 'get a life'

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

56% : While speaking at the Detroit Economic Club on Thursday, Trump sent a message to people affected by Hurricane Milton and Hurricane Helene.
52% : Massad Boulos is a Lebanese-born businessman who has been helping Trump with the influential Arab American community in the swing state of Michigan.
51% : Even amid the hurricane, however, both the Harris and Trump campaigns are using their travel strategically, trying to increase support with key voting blocs who could decide an election expected to be exceedingly close.
47% : But asked what his message would be for Trump, Biden squared his shoulders and more directly faced the camera.
43% : Speaking at the Economic Club of Detroit on Thursday afternoon, Trump noted that the federal government has nearly $36 trillion in total debt, a byproduct of the annual borrowing needed to cover the gap between tax revenues and government spending.
41% : The unemployment rate fell slightly lower under President Joe Biden -- to 3.4% early last year, the lowest in a half-century, below 3.5% before the pandemic under Trump.
40% : On a call with reporters organized by the campaign, Shawn Fain, president of the United Auto Workers, called Trump the "job-killer-in-chief."
39% : Trump announces that his daughter Tiffany is pregnantDETROIT -- Donald Trump announced on Thursday that one of his two daughters, Tiffany Trump, is expecting her first baby with husband Michael Boulos.
38% : This is not the first time Trump has threatened to go after a network's license.
36% : "We have $36 trillion in debt," Trump said.
36% : Harris agrees to CNN town hall after Trump rules out another debateVice President Kamala Harris has agreed to CNN town hall on Oct. 23 in Pennsylvania, her campaign chair Jen O'Malley Dillon said in a Thursday statement.
35% : Harris had called for Trump to face her once more before polls close.
31% : "Trump falsely claims his administration had 'the highest job numbers'DETROIT --
29% : Election Interference," Trump railed.
24% : He has said ABC deserved to lose theirs after they moderated his debate with Harris, and has previously threatened NBC and CNN for reporting he didn't like.UAW chief calls Trump the 'job-killer-in-chief'The Harris campaign openly challenged Trump's economic record ahead of the Republican nominee's Thursday speech in Detroit, part of a broader effort to chip away at the former president's credibility.
18% : ""They've let those people suffer unjustly," said Trump, who has for several days promoted falsehoods about the response of President Joe Biden and emergency management officials.
18% : After backing out of 60 Minutes and doing 27 straight interviews with conservative media, unfortunately it is clear Trump would rather cocoon himself in safe spaces and avoid real questions about his harmful plans and failed divisive leadership.
15% : "Addressing reporters Thursday about Hurricane Milton's destruction, Biden said he wouldn't call Trump directly.
14% : Despite Trump's promises to bring back factory jobs, Fain said, "The reality is Trump never brought back squat.
13% : "Trump says CBS should lose its broadcast license due to '60 Minutes' editingDonald Trump says CBS should lose its broadcast license over the way "60 Minutes" edited its interview with Vice President Kamala Harris earlier this week.
12% : Trump confuses the budget deficit with trade imbalancesDETROIT -- Donald Trump seemed to not understand the difference between the budget deficit and trade imbalances, conflating the two different economic measures as essentially being the same thing.
10% : "The White House, and Biden personally, have spent days decrying Trump for making false claims about disaster response, including that federal funding is being diverted for use on people in the country illegally and that such assistance is capped at $750.
6% : Trump complains about the federal response to natural disastersDETROIT -- Donald Trump again complained about the federal response to natural disasters that have damaged much of the Southeast as he seeks to gain a political advantage from the tropical weather.
5% : Trump, in a post on his social media site, accused the network of perpetrating a "giant Fake News Scam" after different CBS shows, "60 Minutes" and "Face the Nation," depicted Harris giving different answers, an apparent result of editing.
1% : Biden slams Trump for spreading misinformation about hurricane response effortsWASHINGTON -- President Joe Biden is again criticizing his predecessor, Donald Trump, for spreading misinformation about the federal government's hurricane response efforts, declaring "Get a life, man.

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