‘Is he still talking?’ Biden rebukes Trump over prolonged State of the Union and laments there’s ‘something wrong with this guy’ | EUROtoday

In a uncommon public deal with, former President Joe Biden has taken repeated swipes at President Donald Trump — together with over his State of the Union deal with, the Epstein controversy and the conflict in Ukraine. At one level, he declared, “There’s something wrong with this guy.”

The remarks have been made throughout a 20-minute speech in Columbia, South Carolina, on Friday, the place Democratic leaders gathered to commemorate Biden’s a long time of public service.

“My friends, I can’t sugarcoat this,” the 83-year-old former president instructed a crowd of supporters. “These are dark days. The threats we face today are not anything new but they’ve been amplified in the ways we have never seen before. Our future is literally on the line.”

Biden said that Trump is making an attempt to “steal the election,” claiming he’s placing up limitations to dissuade Americans from voting.

A White House spokesperson didn’t instantly reply to a request for remark from The Independent.

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The former president — who dropped out of the 2024 race amid issues about his psychological and bodily health — went on to criticize Trump over his dealing with of a number of points.

“Did you see Trump give the State of the Union? Is he still talking?” Biden said, referencing the president’s record-breaking address to Congress this week.

“It’s unbelievable, the guy talks almost two hours but never mentions the anniversary of Putin invading Ukraine. Never once,” he said.

He noted that, during his prime-time address, Trump did not offer “support or even recognition” to the victims of Jeffrey Epstein seated in the House chamber. Nor, Biden said, did he mention Renee Good or Alex Pretti — the two Americans killed by federal immigration agents in Minnesota.

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Biden, who’s being handled for an aggressive type of prostate most cancers, additionally appeared to deal with a video posted to Trump’s Truth Social account which depicted the Obamas as primates.

“He has not said a word, he meaning Trump, about the racist comments he wrote about Barack and Michelle,” the previous president mentioned.

The White House has mentioned {that a} staffer “erroneously” made the submit. It was taken down a number of hours after condemnation by politicians on either side of the aisle.

Biden’s speech was peppered with references to his White House accomplishments — juxtaposed towards Trump’s. He said that his jobs numbers outstripped these of his successor and that he labored to strengthen the well being care system, whereas Trump has tried to weaken it.

Trump, for his half, has repeatedly derided Biden as “incompetent,” blamed him for unchecked unlawful immigration and for “weaponizing” the Department of Justice towards him.