Former US President Donald Trump lashed out at President Joe Biden at a campaign rally in New Hampshire, branding him “Crooked Joe Biden” and saying he poses a “threat to democracy”, Fox News reported.
“Joe Biden officially announced that he will seek four more disastrous years in the White House,” Trump told the crowd of nearly 2,000 people in Manchester, New Hampshire, before vowing to “rescue America” from another four years of “disastrous” Democratic policies.
“I will be retiring the name “Crooked” from Hillary Clinton,” Trump said. “And I”m going to give her a new name &mdash I don”t know, like maybe “Lovely Hillary” or “Beautiful Hillary” &mdash but I”m going to retire the name “Crooked” so that we can use the name for Joe Biden, because he”ll be known from now on as ‘Crooked Joe Biden,'” continued Trump.
Trump joked that Clinton, whom he defeated in the 2016 presidential election, is “out there someplace celebrating” the retirement of his nickname for her, and added that there has “never been anyone in the history of American politics so crooked or dishonest as Joe Biden.”
“And the press absolutely refuses to report it,” Trump said, slamming Biden for appearing to use a cheat sheet at a White House press conference Wednesday afternoon showing a reporter”s name and pre-planned question.
Trump, pointing to Biden”s re-election campaign announcement and his comments that “MAGA pose a threat to democracy,” stressed that “there is no threat there.”
“It is Biden who poses the threat to democracy because he is grossly incompetent, he has no idea what he is doing and basically, he doesn”t have a clue, and that is a very bad position to put our country in,” stated Trump, adding, “Our country is in a very, very dangerous position right now. Very, very dangerous.”
“We are led by a hopeless person, but we will win in 2024 and make America great again,” Trump said. “We can do it. It”s not too late.”
“He wants to finish the job of destroying our country,” Trump said of Biden. “But on that, he’s actually very close &mdash he is very close to finishing the job.”
He added, “We”re going to beat them at the ballot box and we”re going to settle our unfinished business. It is unfinished.”
Trump also said he is the “only candidate” who can “prevent World War III,” vowing to settle the “horrible” war between Russia and Ukraine “before I even arrive at the Oval Office, shortly after I win the presidency.”
Trump also said Chinese President Xi Jinping would not invade Taiwan under a Trump presidency.
“I was the only president in decades who didn”t start a war,” Trump said. “You know, everyone said, “Oh, he”s going to start a war,” because I had that personality to start a war &mdash remember that?”
“I used my personality so that we didn”t have to have wars,” Trump said. “And I got out of wars, including knocking the hell out of ISIS.”
Trump”s rally came two days after Biden officially announced his decision to seek a second term. In a video that was released on Tuesday, Biden presented the upcoming contest as a battle against “Republican extremism,” implying that he needs more time to fully accomplish his goal of restoring the nation’s character.
A poll which was released on Sunday found that most Americans do not want Trump to run for the White House in 2024, and a majority does not want Biden to run for reelection, either.
The poll found that 60 percent of Americans think Trump should not try to retake the Oval Office &mdash including roughly a third of Republicans. 30 percent of those who think he should not run in 2024 cite the criminal charges he faces in New York as a “major” reason.
At the same time, 70 percent of Americans think Biden should not seek a second term &mdash including 51 percent of Democrats. 48 percent of those who said he should not run again cited his age as a “major” reason.
