Donald Trump, for once, defended the media after Joe Biden’s campaign claimed that several frozen videos of the president were “deceptively edited.”
The former president denounced Biden, 81, for “humiliating” the United States on the world stage after a series of awkward interactions and freezes during international trips and domestic events.
Despite spending a good portion of his comments criticizing Biden’s mistakes, Trump made his own mistake when he used the term “clean fakes” instead of “deepfakes.”
At a rally in Racine, Wisconsin, on Tuesday, Trump, 78, said former President Barack Obama had to drag Biden “off stage like he was a child” during a recent fundraiser.
Trump also defended himself against reports that he called Milwaukee a “horrible city” during a closed-door meeting last week with Republican lawmakers.
Donald Trump has criticized President Joe Biden for a series of icy episodes, claiming he is “humiliating our country on the world stage.” Pictured: Trump made the comments during a rally in Racine, Wisconsin, on Tuesday, June 18.
‘You know I love Milwaukee,’ Trump said at the end of his remarks to a crowd just 30 miles south of the Wisconsin city, and in reference to the host city of the 2024 Convention he said: ‘I’m the one who chose Milwaukee. , You know.’
Most of his comments focused on criticizing Biden’s fitness for office, even though the two are only 3.5 years apart.
Biden’s team claims that the multiple embarrassing videos that have emerged in the president’s final weeks are simply “fake” or edited to make him look bad.
Referring to the freezing episodes, Trump said: “Joe Biden is humiliating our country on the world stage.” He’s actually humiliating us. Did you see what happened this weekend? He is turning America into a total joke around the world.”
Biden froze both during an event to mark D-Day in France earlier this month and then in Italy while attending the G-7 Summit. Another freezing incident occurred during a campaign event when former President Barack Obama was forced to guide the current president off stage.
‘Crooked Joe and his handlers insist he is sneakier than ever and say the videos of Crooked Joe shuffling are pure fakes. Do you know what a clean fake is? They are edited in a misleading way,” Trump said, using the incorrect term for “deep fake.”
Former President Barack Obama had to grab Biden by the arm and drag him off stage when he froze during a fundraiser in Los Angeles on June 15.
“They say they are edited in a misleading way,” he continued. ‘All the mistakes he’s made every day. He can’t go anywhere without making a mistake.
The recent incidents have raised even more questions about Biden and his age and fitness for office.
“It seemed like he didn’t know where the hell he was, but he didn’t know where he was. Now he’s blaming AI. He’s saying it’s AI. He doesn’t know what AI is, but that’s fine,” Trump said.
‘They are saying that the media is manipulating. Oh, are you saying the media is manipulating now? In that I have to defend the media,” the former president laughed.
“He said the media constantly manipulates photographs of him without knowing where the hell he is. They are doing just the opposite to make themselves look better.”
Wisconsin is a key battleground in 2024 and is one of the few states that will determine the winner in November.
“Remember, we won Wisconsin and we won everything,” Trump said.
White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre said during a news conference when asked about the recent spike in Biden freezes: “This tells you everything we need to know about how desperate Republicans are here. “.
“And instead of talking about the president’s performance in office, and what I mean by that is his legislative victories, what he’s been able to do for the American people across the country, we’re seeing these deepfakes, these doctored videos.” she said.
“And, once again, it has been done in bad faith.”
Trump listed incidents of Biden freezing that have gained traction recently.
Trump sharply criticized Biden, a Catholic, for the awkward moment in which he pressed his forehead against Pope Francis’ head when they met in Italy on June 14.
“First he left the G7 stage in Europe. “It seemed like he didn’t know where the hell he was, but he didn’t know where he was,” Trump said.
‘He had to be rescued by other world leaders and they had to remove him and then, strangely, he put his face on the Pope’s forehead. What was all that about?’ questioned the former president. ‘That was strange… Did you see the Pope? The Pope said: what is happening? The Pope didn’t really know what was happening. He said this is strange.’
“Then he froze during the celebration on the White House lawn,” she said. “Then Barack Hussein Obama had to take him by the hand and take him off the stage as if he were a child. I have to tell you, Obama could have handled that differently. He could have made it a little softer…he wouldn’t have had to grab him and carry him off the stage.’
