President Joe Biden took a swing at Donald Trump’s golf game and fitness during his remarks at a splashy fundraiser with Stephen Colbert in New York on Thursday.
Biden, 81, a golfer frustrated with an exercise regimen, alternated between mocking his predecessor and calling him a threat to the nation during a conversation with the ‘Late Show’ host alongside former presidents Barack Obama and Bill Clinton.
Colbert teased him about his own busy political travels even as Trump’As far as we know, he just tried to win a third championship on his own golf course.
‘My question, sir, can voters trust a presidential candidate who has not won a single Trump International Golf Club trophy? Finally, sir, he doesn’t have any chip shots?
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Biden also called Trump, seen here last August at his Bedminister club, out of shape. Trump recently said that Biden doesn’t even know if he is alive
“Look, I would be happy to play,” Biden continued. “I told him this once before, when he walked onto the Oval before he was sworn in. I said, ‘I’ll give you three shots, but you carry your own bag.’ I’ve only played 21 holes since I’ve been president.
That last claim could not immediately be verified. It came after Trump received some ridicule online for claiming he won two golf trophies at his West Palm Beach club.
Trump, whose real estate empire includes several golf courses, is seen and has even been spotted using a golf cart every time he plays. driving in the green.
The jokes about Trump’s age and golf prowess came in a race in which Biden’s age has become a major issue in his re-election.
Biden criticized Trump several times during the event, at times letting Obama and Clinton talk about their own record on ethics, the economy and job creation.
Biden, who has focused more on Trump since each man effectively clinched his party’s nomination and has struggled in the polls, also attacked Trump’s physical fitness.
‘We are at a turning point in history. This guy denies that global warming exists. This guy doesn’t just want to get rid of Roe v. Wade, the way he brags about having it, but he wants to get rid of the ability that anyone anywhere in America has to choose. All the things he’s doing are very old. A little old and out of shape, but anyway,” he joked.
Biden called Trump “out of shape” in one of many criticisms of his predecessor at an event featuring Bill Clinton and Barack Obama.
Biden said he offered to play golf with Trump but told him he would have to ‘carry his own bag’
Former US President Donald Trump speaks to the media after attending the vigil for slain NYPD Officer Jonathan Diller at the Massapequa Funeral Home on March 28, 2024 in Massapequa, New York.
One protester held up a sign that read “Joe Biden retire, bitch,” a message directed at the 81-year-old commander in chief.
Pro-Palestinian protesters invaded Radio City Music Hall Thursday night ahead of President Joe Biden’s $25 million fundraiser alongside former presidents Barack Obama and Bill Clinton.
Palestinian flags flew outside New York City’s Radio City Music Hall, site of President Joe Biden’s $25 million fundraiser with former presidents Barack Obama and Bill Clinton.
The jokes emerged in a conversation that included other jokes, such as Biden saying he doesn’t “sit by the door” on Air Force One, at an event that raised $25 million and sparked multiple interruptions from protesters. .
It arrived the same day as Trump traveled to Long Island to join grieving family members at the wake of slain NYPD Officer Jonathan Diller, who died in the line of duty. He was shot and killed in Queens during routine traffic. Stop Monday and horrifying surveillance footage captured the moment.
Trump, 77, surrounded himself with law enforcement officers and said the nation needs to “get stronger and tougher so this doesn’t keep happening.”
At the Radio City Music Hall event, Biden also had a chance to defend his age when Colbert asked him if he was “too experienced for the job.”
‘Well, I don’t know if they are experienced, but I hope they are not too old ideas. You know, this last guy that I ran against and that I’m running against again this time, his ideas are from the 18th and 19th century. Not seriously. He speaks like this when he says that he is going to suspend the Constitution, all the things that he said,’ he stated.
Clinton, 77, who was the 42nd president but is younger than the 46th, tried a similar line.
‘I’ll tell you what’s old. What is old is the United States of America. We are the longest-lasting free democracy in the history of the world,’ he stated at the event.