PALM BEACH: Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump defended on Tuesday (Oct 29) his widely criticized New York rally that featured vulgar and racist remarks by allies, calling the event "an absolute lovefest."

He accused Kamala Harris, his Democratic rival in the Nov 5 US election, of waging a "campaign of hate" against him to compensate for what he called her horrible record as vice president under President Joe Biden.

Trump, 78, spoke to supporters at his Florida estate as Harris, 60, prepared for a high-profile Washington rally on Tuesday evening at the site where Trump addressed supporters on in 2021 before they attacked the Capitol to try to overturn his 2020 election loss to Biden.