On the day that Donald Trump returns to the stage after the assassination attempt, US President Joe Biden makes it clear in a TV interview that he is not the one who uses inflammatory language in the election campaign.
Despite his recent calls for unity in the country and moderation in the election campaign, US President Joe Biden accuses his political opponent Donald Trump of inflammatory rhetoric. “He talks about a bloodbath if he loses,” Biden said in an interview with US television channel NBC.
Biden argued that Trump’s rhetoric was fueling the debate in the election campaign, not his. “I am not the man who said I want to be a dictator on day one. I am not the man who refused to accept the result of the election. I am not the man who said he will not automatically accept the result of this election,” said the 81-year-old Democrat about the election campaign of the former president and current Republican presidential candidate. He does not use such rhetoric, his opponent does.
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When asked what he himself would do to cool down the political debate in the country, Biden continued that he would talk about the things that matter. In reference to Trump, he said that this included whether someone accepted the result of an election or called migrants “vermin.”
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“I said we should focus on him, on what he’s doing,” Biden said on NBC. “Focus on his policies, focus on the number of lies he told in the debate.”
After the assassination attempt on their party colleague, Trump’s staunch supporters accused the incumbent president of being partly responsible for the attack due to his rhetoric against the Republican. Biden regularly describes his rival as a threat to US democracy.
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The US President is still determined to become the Democratic presidential candidate. When asked whether his plans had changed in recent days as a result of the discussions about his resignation, the 81-year-old answered NBC News with a decisive “no”.
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Journalist Lester Holt also asked Biden who he listens to when it comes to this very personal decision. He replied: “Me.” He added: “I’m old, but only three years older than Trump.” His mental acuity is “damn good.” He has “accomplished more in three and a half years than any other president has in a long, long time.”
Source: Stern
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