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Donald Trump says he wants both Ukraine and China to investigate Joe Biden and his son

Donald Trump has told reporters at the White House he believes China should investigate Joe Biden and his son Hunter for corruption, speaking in blithe defiance of the impeachment inquiry already underway after he asked Ukraine for the same thing on his now-notorious 25 July call with Volodymyr Zelensky.

The president is now jetting out to Florida after a morning on which he attacked teenage climate activist Greta Thunberg, clearly still angry after exploding at the White House press corps on Wednesday evening, where he threatened “a lot of litigation against a lot of people”, call Biden Sr “stone-cold crooked” and accused House speaker Nancy Pelosi of handing out subpoenas “like cookies”.

Continuing to spend much of his time raging on Twitter against the “do nothing Democrats”, apparently without stopping to consider the irony, Mr Trump also posted a bizarre video hitting out at the Bidens featuring the Canadian soft rock band Nickelback, which was swiftly taken down by the social media giant for copyright infringement.

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Key Points

• President says China should investigate the Bidens
• Trump renews attack on teenage climate activist Greta Thunberg
• President explodes at White House press corps over impeachment
• Twitter forced to remove president's bizarre Nickelback video over copyright
• Democrats allege State Department circulated smears against Ukraine ambassador

[3 October 2019 19:13 · Chris Riotta]

Mike Pence has just spoken about the Ukraine scandal, attempting to divert the focus to Joe Biden and away from Donald Trump:

[3 October 2019 19:30 · Clark Mindock]

The Biden campaign says that Trump is having a meltdown over the impeachment and Ukraine scandal.

From the campaign manager:

"Now, with his administration in free-fall, Donald Trump is flailing and melting down on national television."

[3 October 2019 20:00 · Clark Mindock]

We've got another Giuliani tweet, this one with the Nickelback video that the president tweeted yesterday (and then was deleted)

[3 October 2019 20:10 · Clark Mindock]

No comment!

[3 October 2019 20:30 · Clark Mindock]

Not good news for the president heading into 2020:

[3 October 2019 20:30 · Chris Riotta]

Today's topic is...

[3 October 2019 20:50 · Clark Mindock]

The president seems to be having a bad day. His predecessor, on the other hand, seems to be enjoying himself right now:

[3 October 2019 20:58 · Chris Riotta]

Breaking: Kurt Volker, Donald Trump’s former special envoy to Ukraine, told Rudy Giuliani his claims of Joe Biden’s misconduct in the country were “not credible,” according to new reports. He appears to have told that statement during his testimonies on Capitol Hill today. Story to come.

[3 October 2019 21:10 · Clark Mindock]

Some quick Twitter analysis here on Rudy Giuliani's tweets:

[3 October 2019 21:30 · Clark Mindock]

On the positive side of the news wheel: