Biden in Fiery Speech Draws Battle Lines with Trump, Ahead Of US Presidential Poll
President Joe Biden delivered a fiery State of the Union address on Thursday, taking repeated swipes at Donald Trump and covering the broad themes of his re-election campaign.
Mr. Biden used the term “my predecessor” to refer to Mr. Trump 13 times in a speech that lasted more than an hour.
He accused his likely election opponent of “bowing down” to Russia and criticized him over the capitol riot.
President Biden also criticized Mr. Trump for his recent comments about Russia and NATO and said that he sought to “bury the truth” about the 6 January 2021 attack on the US Capitol.
He blamed him for the Supreme Court decision to overturn the Roe versus Wade ruling which guaranteed abortion rights and for blocking bipartisan immigration reforms.
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Mr. Trump, meanwhile, had promised to react in real-time to the speech on his truth social platform.
Biden is on the run from his record and lying like crazy to try to escape accountability for the horrific devastation he and his party have created, he wrote.
They continue the very policies that are causing this horror show to go, he said.
Mr Biden’s aggressive approach on Thursday may have been born, at least in part, out of necessity.
At 81, he is the oldest president in US history and has been beset by questions about his age and mental acuity.
His approval ratings are the lowest of any modern president seeking re-election. He is in a statistical dead heat with Mr Trump, however, who also is viewed negatively by voters.
Even when Mr Biden addressed his age, he did so with a jab at Mr Trump, who at 77 is only a few years younger than him.
I know it may not look like it, but I’ve been around for a while, he said. After rattling off a list of positive attributes he said defined America, he added a kicker.
Some other people my age see a different story: an American story of resentment, revenge, and retribution.
