Trump stabs Biden in the back after disastrous debate: Donald celebrates ‘big win’ over rival who ‘had no idea what he was doing’… and reveals if he thinks Joe will drop out
Donald Trump has stabbed Joe Biden in the back after his disastrous debate performance by celebrating a ‘great victory’ and suggesting the US cannot survive another four years of his presidency if he doesn’t last 90 minutes on stage perseveres.
The former president insisted the 81-year-old will remain in the race despite calls from the Democratic Party to replace him and a primetime appearance on CNN where he “didn’t know what he was doing.”
The 77-year-old took the stage in Virginia after the state’s Republican governor, Glenn Youngkin, was once tipped as a challenger for the GOP presidential nomination.
Trump attacked Biden for his poor performance after a week of rest and then went on to talk about migrants, electric cars causing global warming, Al Capone, Hannibal Lecter, whales, Michelle Obama.
The MAGA crowd then cheered for their favorite nicknames for Biden, including “sleepy” and “crooked.”
“Did anybody see something called the debate last night? Man, that was a big one,” he told an excited crowd in the crucial swing state.
Donald Trump turned the knife on Joe Biden after his disastrous debate performance by celebrating a ‘great victory’ and suggesting the US cannot survive another four years of his presidency if he doesn’t make it to 90 minutes
“Biden spent the entire week at Camp David resting, working and studying – he studied so hard he didn’t know what he was doing.”
‘He got the debate rules he wanted, he got the date he wanted, on the network he wanted to be with the [moderators] he wanted.
“No amount of calm or manipulation could defend his appalling record.”
Trump added that the question is not whether Biden can survive a 90-minute debate, but whether the country can survive another four years of him in the White House.
The 77-year-old presumptive Republican presidential nominee then listed his biggest success stories, pointing to “beautiful women” from North Carolina who have attended more than 170 of his rallies.
The former president insisted the 81-year-old will remain in the race despite calls from Democrats to replace him.
“Did anybody see something called the debate last night? Man, that was a big one,” he told an excited crowd in the crucial swing state of Virginia.
Trump told the crowd: ‘Biden spent the entire week at Camp David, resting, working, studying – he studied so hard he didn’t know what the hell he was doing’
He compared former Virginia Governor Ralph Northam to Michael Jackson for being involved in a face-blackening scandal.
Trump also discussed possible replacements for Biden, indicating that Michelle Obama would be a good choice if she weren’t polling so poorly.
‘A vote for Joe Biden is a vote for failure, surrender, and disaster for our country. A vote for your favorite president of all time, Donald J. Trump, is a vote to stop Joe Biden’s inflation and border invasion and make America great again!
In a speech about global warming, he said it wasn’t a problem and that he wasn’t worried about it being hot.
“I’m saying the existential threat may not be global warming, where the ocean will rise.
“And it might go down, but it might rise half an inch over the next 497 years, which if you’re lucky will give you a little more waterfront property.”
Trump then ridiculed Biden for his lengthy debate preparation at Camp David. Some allies complain that he was “overprepared” and too dependent on his study sessions.
“It was a period of rest and study,” he mocked, though he described it as a period of ten days rather than the actual seven.
He then began a speech about the presidential sanctuary, which he made limited use of as president. He preferred his own golf clubs.
“I’m not a country person,” Trump noted. “I started to love it,” he said, calling it “very seductive.”
“I’m not sure he has any idea what history is,” Trump mocked his rival. “He likes a log cabin,” he said, and wants to lock himself in one. “He wants to sleep,” Trump said.
He also tore up his former White House chief of staff, General John Kelly. Kelly confirmed press reports that Trump called serving military members “suckers and losers,” something Trump denied Thursday evening.
He called Kelly, a retired Marine general, “the dumbest of them all.”
“We always called him a lost soul,” Trump said.
Trump also called for the release of Jan. 6 rioters, whom he called “hostages” on a day the Supreme Court issued an opinion in favor of a rioter who had challenged charges against him.
He called for ‘freeing the J6 hostages. They must release them now for what they have been through,’ he said.
“They’ve been waiting a long time for this decision,” he added. Jan. 6 is one of the issues that some Biden supporters have complained the president couldn’t forcefully challenge Trump on. The ruling could also help Trump in his case in Washington, D.C., over the Jan. 6 charges.
“All these prosecutions are only happening… because I am running for president,” he claimed.
He also claimed without evidence that “radical left Democrats” “rigged” the 2020 election.
While introducing former Gov. Bob McDonnell, Trump clashed with special counsel Jack Smith, who went after McDonnell on corruption charges before prosecuting Trump on Jan. 6 and publishing classified documents.
He called them “The same villains we’re going to dethrone, like crazy Jack Smith.” He’s crazy. How is he doing? I don’t think he’s doing very well,” Trump said.
Earlier on Friday, a defiant Biden insisted he can still win the election after his disastrous debate performance
His car crash scare has sparked an unprecedented crisis and prompted behind-the-scenes calls to pull the plug on his bid for a second term.
President Joe Biden has no plans to withdraw from the presidential race after Thursday night’s poor debate performance against former President Donald Trump
President Joe Biden insisted he can still win the election at his first campaign rally after his disastrous debate performance
Insiders described Biden’s debate as a “train wreck” and “dumpster fire” and some openly suggested he should step aside for another candidate.
Former senior adviser to Barack Obama David Axelrod said there was a “sense of shock” in the party and that “conversations will be had about whether he (Biden) should continue.” Meanwhile, former Obama campaign manager David Plouffe said the panic had reached “DEFCON 1.”
Biden wandered through the 90-minute CNN spectacle, struggling to finish his sentences and losing his train of thought several times in front of tens of millions of stunned TV viewers.
Trump added that the question is not whether Biden can survive a 90-minute debate, but whether the country can survive another four years of him in the White House.
The president used a rally in Raleigh, North Carolina, to assuage widespread concerns as some of his closest allies, including Obama, openly backed him despite admitting his performance was poor.
“I know I’m not a young man. To state the obvious,” Biden said, standing next to First Lady Jill, wearing a Christian Siriano dress emblazoned with the word “vote.”
“Folks, I don’t walk as easily as I used to. I don’t speak as fluently as I used to. I don’t debate as well as I used to.”
‘But I know what I know, I know how to tell the truth. I know right from wrong. And I know how to do this job. I know how to get things done,” the president argued.
“I give you my word as Biden. I would not run again if I did not believe with all my heart and soul that I could do this job,” he said.
The president used the 20-minute speech in North Carolina to debunk many of the arguments he had tried to use against his Republican opponent during the debate.
“I don’t know about you last night, but I debated on stage for 90 minutes with a man with the morals of an alley cat,” Biden said.