Trump tells Lex Fridman that sometimes he regrets his Truth Social posts, “but not that often.” “I do a lot of reposting,” Trump says. “The ones you get in trouble with are the reposts, because you find down deep they’re into some group that you’re not supposed to be reposting.”

Trump tells Fridman he’d push for the Pentagon to release more UFO footage 🛸

ALERT: Per court filing, Trump is waiving his right to attend Thursday's status conference in DC in his 2020 election conspiracy criminal case And he has instructed his defense attorneys enter NOT GUILTY pleas to the charges in the recently-filed superseding indictment

Inbox: Near the end of this length memo from Trump campaign leadership is a shout out to Gov. Brian Kemp who Trump has been attacking (for years) "President Trump and Senator Vance will build a unity party, backed by the support of Brian Kemp"

“Vice President Kamala Harris' campaign won't say whether she supports requiring automakers to build only electric or hydrogen vehicles by 2035 — a position she took during her 2020 campaign for president.” axios.com/2024/09/04/kam…

Trump and his campaign continuing to throw shade on Harris for going to NH: "Today, Kamala Harris is traveling to New Hampshire (and someone should ask her campaign why she's spending time in a Democrat-leaning state?) to allegedly discuss helping small businesses."

NEW: Harris called Trump’s border wall “a monument standing in opposition to not just everything I value, but to the fundamental values upon which this country was built” in 2019. Now, she’s using Trump’s wall in an ad to say she’s tough on the border. amp.cnn.com/cnn/2024/09/04…

Team Trump says it raised $130 million in August across the campaign + authorized committees (follows $138.7 million in July) and ended the month with $295 million cash on hand.

Notably, that’s $80 million less than Trump raised in August of 2020.

Kamala Harris is taping an interview with Rickey Smiley that will air Friday.

The Harris campaign has agreed to muted mics for the upcoming debate, although they argued that it “will serve to shield Donald Trump from direct exchanges with the Vice President.” Team Harris adds that they believe everyone had also agreed “that moderators would admonish any

Top Trump campaign aides are inviting House Rs and their chiefs to a phone briefing this Friday Notice says plan is to discuss schedule, messaging strategy, and paths to win the presidency —>

New: Sen. Kelly sees VP Harris's prospects brightening in AZ compared to Biden "There’s a lot of time for her to make a lot of progress, and I expect that she’s gonna win, but it’s going to take a big effort" Shelby Talcott More in Principals this am semafor.com/newsletter/09/…

Former First Lady Melania Trump teasing her new book out in Oct: “As a private person who has often been the subject of public scrutiny and misrepresentation, I feel a responsibility to clarify the facts.“

“The people who follow [Kennedy] are all from the health movement, those are his voters, so it adds a whole separate constituency” semafor.com/article/09/05/…

New: Trump, after the RFK endorsement, is emphasizing America’s health as he seeks to court Kennedy backers. The initiative has been dubbed “MAHA” (Make America Healthy Again) & marks a return to a plank in Trump’s platform that he rolled out last June: semafor.com/article/09/05/…

Trump says he plans to create a "government efficiency commission" tasked with a complete "financial and performance" audit of the federal government with Elon Musk leading it. Adds Musk has agreed to it

Walz, in an interview with WCMU News today, was asked how a Harris-Walz administration would handle the Israel-Hamas war and if it would break with the Biden administration in any way. Here's his full answer:

Inbox: Donald Trump holding a press conference tomorrow afternoon in NY

“When Vice President Kamala Harris ran for president in 2020, she said plastic straws should be banned. On Thursday, her campaign says that's no longer her position.” Via Alex Thompson — axios.com/2024/09/05/kam…