Trump says New York rally marked by crude and racist insults ‘was like lovefest’

Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump speaks during a news conference at his Mar-a-Lago estate in Palm Beach, Florida (Julia Demaree Nikhinson/AP)

Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump has called his rally at New York’s Madison Square Garden, an event marked by crude and racist insults by several speakers, a “lovefest”.

It is a term the former US president has also used to reference the January 6 2021 riot at the US Capitol.