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GAA legend Donaghy opens up about alcoholic dad

- BY DARRAGH MCDONAGH news@irishmirro­r.ie

The former president also used his latest campaign speech to vilify migrants, saying: “They’re not people.”

Trump’s dehumanisi­ng and divisive language was a return to the tactics that got him elected the first time in 2016.

And his remarks brought back memories of the deadly riots at the Capitol on January 6, 2021, when his supporters tried to overturn his defeat to Joe Biden in the 2020 election.

Five people died within 36 hours, hundreds were injured.

Trump, 77, told a rally in Vandalia, Ohio: “If I don’t get elected, it’s going to be a bloodbath for the whole country.”

While it was unclear what he meant precisely, as he often does he opened Saturday’s rally with a recording of those convicted over their part in the 2021 insurrecti­on, singing the US anthem.

Saluting the crowd, he then said he would issue pardons for these “hostages” on the first day of his presidency.

“You see the spirit from the hostages, and that’s what they are – hostages,” Trump said in the opening words of his rally.

Trump, who was impeached for inciting his supporters to storm the Capitol, also lashed out at immigrants when

KERRY GAA legend Kieran Donaghy opened up about his father’s struggle with alcoholism and gambling on the Tommy Tiernan Show on Saturday night.

The four-time All-ireland winner revealed that he hadn’t spoken to his dad for two years before he died in March 2012, and admitted that he wonders if he could have done more to help him. The former footdiscus­sing Biden’s handling of America’s southern border.

“In some cases, they’re not people, in my opinion,” he said.

Trump once again promoted his America First policy, complainin­g about the US car industry. He promised a 100% tax on cars made elsewhere.

He said: “We’re going to put a 100% tariff on every single car baller told Tommy that his dad had moved back to Tyrone from Kerry after splitting up with Kieran’s mother.

He added: “My dad had some issues with drink and gambling, and he’d a tough enough journey on his own.

“And then it just got to the point where it was unworkable at the time. But it was a fierce thing, you know, when your parents were that comes across the line and you’re not going to be able to sell those guys if I get elected.”

Earlier this month he vowed to put a 50% tariff on cars made in Chinese plants in Mexico.

Following Saturday’s rally, President Biden’s campaign spokesman, James Singer, said: “He wants another January 6, but the American people are going to give him another electoral defeat.

“This is who Donald Trump is, a loser who gets beaten by over seven million votes and then, instead of appealing to a wider audience, doubles down on threats of political violence.”

Trump campaign spokesman Steven Cheung said the former broken up, you were nearly cast aside by other people’s houses.”

He also revealed that he now believes his father, Oliver, suffered from mental health issues.

He added: “I didn’t talk to him for two years before he died.

“He had a lot of issues but there were good sides to him.

“I suppose I was around him the most as a youngster.

“My brother wouldn’t have been

US Apprentice star had been discussing the impact of a second Biden term on the auto industry and the broader economy when he made the “bloodbath” remark.

He added: “Crooked Joe Biden and his campaign are engaging in out-of-context editing.”

Trump repeatedly noted his difficulty reading from his teleprompt­ers, which could be seen swaying in 35mph wind.

On Friday, Trump’s former Vice President Mike Pence announced he would not endorse his former boss in 2024.

During the riots, agitators called for Pence to be hanged after Trump blamed him for failing to overturn his defeat. around too much. I think he might have been a bit bi-polar, he used to have fierce highs and fierce lows, and I think the drink might have been a coping mechanism at the time, maybe.

“I felt I always had anger for him for being missing [during] that part of my life when you need your dad the most, kind of 12 to 18 age group.

“It was tough.”

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INCENDIARY Trump giving his campaign speech in Ohio

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