Trump’s speeches take on darker tone and DHS hack exposes 40,000 workers: Morning Rundown

Trump veers into profanity and stereotyping in rally speeches. Contact information of more than 40,000 DHS employees exposed in a hack. And why some consumers are hunting their dinner amid concerns over meat quality.

President Donald Trump has traveled 22 of 28 days in October, appearing in a total of 19 states. His remarks have averaged 1½ hours. At 80 years old, this frenzied pace is testing his stamina and his ability to deliver a compelling rationale for preserving the Republicans’ slim majority in Congress.

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But between messages about the economy — during which he has touted numbers without substantiation — viewers are getting profanity, physical objectification and ethnic stereotyping.

For example, he emphasized Democratic Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed’s middle name, Mohamed, at a rally in Michigan. Upset that he didn’t win the Nobel Peace Prize, Trump called Norway a “s—house country.” He’s commented on Ohio Senator Jon Husted’s muscular “a–” and said rapper Nicki Minaj’s is “hard to miss.” At a South Carolina event, after punches were thrown at a protester, Trump said, “That was incredible!”

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