US President Donald Trump faced an interruption during his rally in Dalton, Georgia, when three protesters demonstrated against Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE). The protesters held up signs criticising the agency. Trump supporters then confronted them and forced them out of the crowd.

One of the supporters wore a yellow Gadsden flag as a cape. The flag featured the slogan 'Don’t Tread on Me'. Two protesters held signs opposing the possible deployment of ICE officers at polling stations on election day. The Trump administration has refused to rule out this possibility.

Trump resumed his speech after the protesters left. He then praised what he called “the woman in the yellow cape”. However, the person he praised was a man wearing the yellow Gadsden flag. The man had been among the first supporters to confront the anti-ICE protesters.

“She went up there, ripped them out of their seats and threw them the hell out of here. Where’s the woman with the yellow cape, then? She was great,” Trump said. 

“I love the woman with the yellow cape. She was right on there. She’s pushing them around, slapping the guy around,” he added.

Trump Falsely Claims Jon Ossoff’s Election Was 'Illegitimate'

Trump also repeated his claims that the 2020 presidential election in Georgia was fraudulent. He questioned the legitimacy of Democratic Senator Jon Ossoff’s election victory.

Ossoff will face Republican US Congressman Mike Collins in the November midterm elections. Trump argued that Ossoff does not represent Georgia’s values.

“And he was never elected,” Trump added.

However, recent opinion polls show Ossoff leading Collins by nine percentage points. The figures give the Democratic senator an advantage over his Republican challenger.

Trump also claimed that he was approaching what he called the “most successful” two-year period of any US presidency. He highlighted stock market gains, low unemployment and poverty rates, and the creation of “Trump accounts” for newborns.

Trump Promises $5,000 Government Checks if Republicans Retain House

Trump repeated his promise to give Americans a $5,000 government check if Republicans retain control of the US House of Representatives. He claimed that foreign manufacturing investments worth $21 trillion, pledged during his administration, would help cover the cost of the proposed payments. Trump argued that these investments would offset the programme’s estimated trillion-dollar expense.

However, most of the announced investment commitments remain unfulfilled. This raises questions about whether the administration can deliver on the pledges it has made.