An unrepentant Donald Trump has held firm to past grievances at the first televised town hall of the 2024 US presidential election, making clear from the moment he took the stage that he has little intention of mounting a more disciplined campaign for his third White House bid.
In a contentious 70-minute broadcast on CNN on Wednesday, Mr Trump drew laughter from a New Hampshire audience when he mocked writer E. Jean Carroll’s account of his having sexually abused her, repeated lies about his 2020 election loss, said he would pardon many of his supporters convicted of taking part in the January 6, 2021 attack on the Capitol, and called his moderator Kaitlan Collins a “nasty person”.
