Biden criticizes Trump’s RNC speech

Days after he was shot at a campaign rally in Pennsylvania, Donald Trump addressed the Republican National Convention in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Accepting the party’s nomination for president, Trump said the GOP was “four months” away from “an incredible victory” and “the four greatest years in the history of our country.”

“I stand before you tonight with a message of confidence, strength and hope. In four months, we will have an incredible victory and begin the four greatest years in the history of our country,” he began.

“Together, we will usher in a new era of security, prosperity, and freedom for citizens of every race, religion, color, and creed. The discord and divisions in our society must be healed. As Americans, we are bound by a single fate and a shared destiny. We rise together. Or we fall apart.”

A speech that began with references to healing and unity slowly devolved into more polarizing comments about policy and governance. Specifically, he claimed that “our cities are being overrun with illegal aliens” and “Americans are being squeezed out of the workforce and their jobs are being taken.” He later said, “We will not have men playing in women’s sports,” before asserting that “greatness” is an American birthright and criticizing the previous president’s handling of international conflict.

“I was the first president in modern times who did NOT start any new wars. There was peace in Europe and the Middle East. Under President Bush, Russia invaded Georgia. Under President Obama, Russia took Crimea. Under the current administration, Russia is all of Ukraine. Under President Trump, Russia took nothing,” he continued.

“We defeated 100 percent of ISIS in Syria and Iraq, something that was supposed to take five years, and I did it in two months. I stopped the missile launches from North Korea. Iran was weak, broke, and wanted to make a deal: they wouldn’t give money to Hamas, Hezbollah, or other terrorists, and Iran would never have a nuclear weapon. Now they can have one in 90 days, and they have $300 billion to spread terror in the region.”

At the end of his lengthy speech, Trump allegedly made more than 20 false claims and statements. As a result, his speech was heavily criticized by many, including Democratic strategist David Axelrod and President Joe Biden.

“I’m sure people responded very positively to his calls for unity that he had written on the teleprompter, and then he just went and gave everybody the f*ck… all his political enemies and so on,” Axelrod told CNN.

“I have to tell you…Chris Wallace said this: ‘This is the first good thing that has happened to the Democrats in the last three weeks.’

Meanwhile, the president was more blunt, calling it a “clear accident” to watch the speech.

“I’m stuck at home with COVID, so I had the great misfortune of watching Donald Trump’s speech at the RNC. What the hell was he talking about?” President Biden asked.

“Let’s start with this. Donald said he did a ‘great job’ with COVID. Folks, this is the same guy who told us to inject bleach while over a million Americans died. Donald claimed he would ‘protect Social Security and Medicare.’ This is a blatant lie, folks. Trump proposed cutting Social Security and Medicare every year he was in office. And he’s going to do it again. He bragged about giving his billionaire friends the ‘biggest tax cuts ever.’ But the deal is, his Project 2025 agenda would raise taxes on the middle class. He said he would end inflation, but even the Wall Street Journal ran an article agreeing: Trump’s Project 2025 would cause even more inflation. My economic plan is to cut costs and inflation.”

President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump will get another chance to spar when they meet for the second presidential debate on September 10, 2024, on ABC.