While his eight main rivals were locked in a debate among themselves, Donald Trump has eclipsed President Biden for both his looks and his mental abilities in a new interview with Tucker Carlson.
“I think he’s worse mentally than physically and physically.” “He’s not exactly a triathlete or any athlete,” Trump mused.
“Look at the one who can’t go through the helicopter, he’s walking, he can’t get his feet off the grass, you know, it’s two inches from the White House.”
“When you watch him, it looks like he’s walking on toothpicks,” the former president continued. “And then you see him on the beach where he can’t lift a chair.” You know, these chairs are supposed to be light, right? Like two ounces.’
Trump then said he didn’t understand the strategy behind sending Biden to the beach.
“They are wild animals, they are sick people,” Trump says of his rivals
“I think he’s worse mentally than physically and physically.” “He’s not exactly a triathlete or any athlete,” Trump mused
“When you watch him, it looks like he’s walking on toothpicks,” the former president continued. “And then you see him on the beach where he can’t lift a chair.” You know, these chairs are supposed to be light, right? Like two ounces
Trump then said he didn’t understand the strategy behind sending Biden to the beach
“I don’t know what they’re doing with the beach,” he said. You know, that beach seems to play a big part, but they love pictures of him on the beach. I think he looks terrible on the beach. He can’t walk through the sand.
Biden took a 10-day trip to his Delaware beach house in Rehoboth in July and spent regular weekends there throughout the summer.
Yet in perhaps the biggest beach chaos, Biden told a reporter “No Comment” on Aug. 13 when asked about his reaction to Maui’s wildfires while strolling through the sand.
Biden interrupted his recent vacation at Lake Tahoe to tour the devastation in Maui, where about 115 people have died and over 1,100 are still missing.
Trump continued, “The beach doesn’t represent what the President is supposed to do, it’s supposed to work.” It’s supposed to get us out of this horrible, horrible war with Russia and Ukraine, in which we are very deeply involved. you could do that And that could be done very easily. I think you could do this. I don’t think he could do it because he’s just incompetent.’
“If I were president, it would never have started,” he added.
Trump may not have been known for his trips to the beach as president, but he did spend a lot of time on the golf course — a Washington Post estimate found the former president likely played around 261 rounds of golf as president.
At other moments in the interview, Trump addressed his opponents on the Milwaukee debate stage, saying that there were some candidates who shouldn’t even be running.
“Look, the polls show I’m up 50 and 60 points,” Trump said. “And some of them are at one and zero and two. And I say, “Am I supposed to sit there for an hour or two, whatever it is, and be hassled by people who shouldn’t even be running for president?” Should I? And a network that, to be honest, is not particularly friendly.”
When asked who shouldn’t, Biden said former Arkansas Gov. Asa Hutchinson, whom he called “Ada,” and former New Jersey Gov. Chris Chris Christie, were a “wild nut.”
“Why Ada?” Carlson asked. “I could tell you, but I don’t want to get in trouble.” “But he’s weak and pathetic,” Trump said. At the same time, Hutchinson was the only candidate in the debate state who would not pledge to vote for Trump if convicted and were the candidate.
Trump called Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, his closest rival, who still trails him by double digits in most polls, a “lost cause” and defended his efforts to overturn the election results.
On the eve of his momentous arrest in the Georgia voter fraud case, Trump assaulted “terrible” Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis.
“She was basically saying, ‘I have no right to contest an election.’ What about Stacey Abrams? What about Hillary Clinton? What about all these Democrats still contesting my election? The same people who say, “He’s questioning an election,” questioned my election.”
Trump praised the House for defending him and claimed Republican Senate leader Mitch McConnell would have lost had he not backed him.
“Jim Jordan, the House of Representatives has been fantastic and the Senate has been really, really good to me.” Except, you know, Mitch McConnell… I supported him – he begged that he would lose the race and I have him supported and in the end he won the race because of my support.
“I did him a favor and then three, four months later Frilly wanted to sue me. ‘He’s a villain.’
The interview was published just before 9 p.m. on X, the platform formerly known as Twitter – in direct competition with the first Republican presidential debate, with rivals vying to become an alternative to Trump.
Interviewer Tucker Carlson fuels a heated interview on the X-Platform in which he asks former President Donald Trump if the nation is headed for civil war
Trump decided to stay away from the Milwaukee debate even though he had a huge lead in the polls
The interview was pre-recorded. Carlson also asked Trump why he wasn’t attending the prime-time debate
Biden’s own campaign team criticized the interview before it came out as a “softball” interview promoting “conspiracy theories.”
“They are wild animals, they are sick people,” Trump said of his enemies in the clip.
“There’s a level of hate I’ve never seen,” he adds.
The former president also criticized Biden over corruption allegations related to his family business dealings.
“He’s a corrupt person, so corrupt I took Hillary’s name,” he said, referring to his beloved nickname for his former Democratic opponent Hillary Clinton – “crooked Hillary.”
The prime-time drama comes hours before Trump plans to turn himself in to authorities in Fulton County, Georgia, on Thursday to have him edited and his mug shot taken after being convicted of extortion conspiracy related to his attempt to overturning the state election.
His interview with Carlson took place in a carefully chosen location on X, a platform owned by Elon Musk, who unblocked Trump’s Twitter account.
Carlson was ousted from Fox after a massive settlement with Dominion Voting Systems, which was suing the broadcaster for spreading election conspiracy theories about its gear. The company settled for $787 million.
On Wednesday, the network is trying to lure viewers to its prime-time debate in Milwaukee, in a swing state Trump won in 2016 but lost in 2020.
In texts released during the litigation, it was revealed that on January 4, 2020, Carlson wrote:
“Most nights we’re very, very close to being able to ignore Trump.’ I really can’t wait.’ He then wrote, “I hate him passionately.”
But his platform offers an advantage for both men. Carlson is able to reestablish himself while elbowing down the network that dumped him while continuing to pay his hefty salary. Trump is allowed to go on the air without his rivals gaining an advantage over him.
Carlson also asked Trump why he did not participate in the debate. Rivals including Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis have described that he is afraid to show up. Trump has said he had a huge head start and it wasn’t necessary.