Donald Trump held a rally at Madison Square Garden in New York on Sunday, nine days before the election, featuring a series of inflammatory speeches. The event included racist comments, insults, and threats about immigrants, drawing comparisons to a Nazi rally held at the same venue in 1939.
Speakers at the rally made controversial statements, including a podcaster describing Puerto Rico as an 'island of garbage' and Tucker Carlson mocking Kamala Harris's racial identity. Trump himself repeated his pledge to launch 'the largest deportation program in American history' and spoke of fighting 'the enemy from within'.
The comments about Puerto Rico were criticised by the Harris-Walz campaign and Puerto Rican pop star Ricky Martin. A Trump campaign spokesperson said the joke did not reflect the views of the campaign, but the remarks could prove problematic in Pennsylvania, which has a significant Puerto Rican population.
Despite having no chance of winning New York state, where Harris leads by 15 points, Trump has held three rallies in the area this year. The event at Madison Square Garden, a historic venue, marked the culmination of his campaign efforts in his native city.
