Trump slams ‘Sleepy Joe’ Biden as being weak on China in Memorial Day attack on Dem rival
DONALD Trump blasted Joe Biden in a Memorial Day attack, saying he was “weak” on China and “asleep at the wheel.” The President issued a lengthy Twitter rant about his Democratic rival on Monday, saying Biden was too easy on the communist country during the COVID-19 crisis. “Sleepy Joe Biden (mostly his reps.) went crazy […]
DONALD Trump blasted Joe Biden in a Memorial Day attack, saying he was “weak” on China and “asleep at the wheel.”
The President issued a lengthy Twitter rant about his Democratic rival on Monday, saying Biden was too easy on the communist country during the COVID-19 crisis.
“Sleepy Joe Biden (mostly his reps.) went crazy when I banned, in late January, people coming in from China,” Trump raged.
“He called me “xenophobic” & then went equally “nuts” when we let in 44,000 people – until he was told they were American citizens coming home,” Trump said, hours after attending the Arlington National Cemetery ceremony.
“He later apologized!” he added, a claim Biden’s campaign has previously denied.
“Nobody in 50 years has been WEAKER on China than Sleepy Joe Biden,” Trump said of the presumptive Democratic nominee. “He was asleep at the wheel.
“He gave them EVERYTHING they wanted, including rip-off Trade Deals. I am getting it all back!”
Trump has repeatedly highlighted China‘s role in covering up the outbreak which first emerged in Wuhan and accused them of being in cahoots with the WHO to downplay the seriousness of it.
Initially, he praised President Xi Jinping’s response on Twitter, lauding China’s “great discipline” in mitigating the spread.
But Trump has since blasted the communist nation and touted his January 31 travel ban, which temporarily barred foreign nationals who had traveled in China within the previous 14 days.
Exceptions were made for family members of US citizens, permanent residents, and Americans returning home following a screening at entry points.
The President has often referred to coronavirus as the “Chinese virus” and on February 1, Biden slammed the “hysteria, xenophobia, and fear-mongering” on Twitter.
Biden‘s campaign rubbished claims they issued an apology letter to the President about this, saying it “never happened,” however.
Earlier today, Biden attended a Memorial Day event in Delaware, marking his first public appearance in two months.
He and his wife, Jill, both wore masks to the Delaware Memorial Bridge Veteran’s Memorial Park this morning.
Biden, 77, has been campaigning from his home since mid-March.
His son Beau served in Iraq but he died of brain cancer five years ago this week.
Back in Virginia, Trump opted not to wear a face covering and was accompanied by First Lady Melania today.
Attendees at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier arrived wearing masks and removed them for the ceremony in the well-spaced crowd.
Treasury Secretary of State Steve Mnuchin and Secretary of State Mike Pompeo were among the officials who stood, socially distanced, for the 21-gun salute.
Following Arlington, Trump spoke at Baltimore’s Fort McHenry National Monument and Historic Shrine.
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It’s where a poem, written after a huge American flag was hoisted to celebrate an important victory over the British during the War of 1812, became “The Star-Spangled Banner.”
Trump acknowledged the coronavirus pandemic, saying: “As one nation we mourn alongside every single family that has lost loved ones, including the families of our great veterans.”
“Together we will vanquish the virus and America will rise from this crisis to new and even greater heights,” he said, hours before lambasting Biden.
