President Donald Trump launched a salvo at former Vice President Joe Biden on July 6, calling the Democratic presidential contender “a reclamation project.”
Trump said that “some things are not salvageable,” adding he believes rival countries want Biden to become president.
“China and other countries that ripped us off for years are begging for him. He deserted our military, our law enforcement and our healthcare. Added more debt than all other Presidents combined. Won’t win!” Trump added in a post on Twitter.
Trump has zeroed in on Biden among the crowded field of contenders vying to get the nomination to oppose him, repeatedly criticizing Biden, 77, over his age, the actions of the Obama administration, and Biden’s shifting policy proposals.
Joe Biden is a reclamation project. Some things are just not salvageable. China and other countries that ripped us off for years are begging for him. He deserted our military, our law enforcement and our healthcare. Added more debt than all other Presidents combined. Won’t win!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) July 6, 2019
When Biden landed in Iowa this week, a new poll from A Focus on Rural America showed his support among Democrats in the state has plummeted 20 points since September.https://t.co/JXqP7Uz9p4
— Washington Examiner (@dcexaminer) July 4, 2019
Trump on July 4 shared a story by the right-leaning Washington Examiner about a new poll showing Biden’s support in Iowa had dropped 20 points since September 2018.
A day later, he told reporters in Washington that the Obama administration was taken advantage of by China.
“You look at what Joe Biden has done with China, we’ve lost our shirts with China, and now China is dying to make a deal,” Trump told reporters. “We’re taking, by the way, billions and billions of dollars in tariffs are coming in and China’s paying for it, not our people. So if you look at what he’s done, and if you look at what we’ve straightened out—I call it the Obama-Biden mess.”
He also repeated a claim he’s made a number of times, saying he believes a war with North Korea was imminent before he became president.
“Now the relationship is a good relationship, we’ll see what happens,” he said.
Trump has also called Biden “Sleepy Joe” and “mentally weak” in recent months while noting the former Senator’s two failed presidential runs.
Trump’s fresh attack against Biden over the Obama administration’s actions came after a Republican strategist claimed that Trump was going to pivot to attacking Biden’s record as Senator.
“He’s got an Obama card he can play, but the problem is the 36 years of baggage before Obama. That’s the ticket in terms of getting him,” Republican Party strategist Ford O’Connell told the openly conservative Washington Times.
A Trump campaign official added that the focus on Biden has come from Trump’s lead.
“The opposition research is focused on Biden. And we hope we get Biden because when it comes to who’s got a better record, Trump has a significantly better record than Biden,” the official said on condition of anonymity.
Biden Hits Trump
Biden has repeatedly criticized Trump since announcing he was running for president, telling CNN in an interview Friday that the president is a bully.
“You walk behind me in a debate, come here man. You know me too well. The idea that I’d be intimidated by Donald Trump?” Biden told the openly anti-Trump outlet.
“He’s the bully that I knew my whole life. He’s the bully that I’ve always stood up to. He’s the bully [that] used to make fun [of me] when I was a kid and I stutter and I’d smack him in the mouth.”
Will he offer a robust defense of the democratic values that have always been our strength in times of crisis? We all know the answer to that.
Donald Trump is incapable of celebrating what makes America great because he doesn’t get it.
— Joe Biden (@JoeBiden) July 4, 2019
Biden had not responded to Trump’s latest attack on him as of press time.
But he criticized Trump on Independence Day, writing before the “Salute to America” event that he thought the event was “designed more to stroke his ego than celebrate American ideals.”
“Will he offer a robust defense of the democratic values that have always been our strength in times of crisis? We all know the answer to that. Donald Trump is incapable of celebrating what makes America great because he doesn’t get it,” Biden wrote. “Every year on the #FourthOfJuly, presidents, elected leaders, and everyday Americans come together at parades, bbqs, and baseball games to celebrate humankind’s highest ideal—liberty. That’s what we’re celebrating today in Iowa.”