Former President Donald Trump recently spoke about the upcoming debates he agreed to participate in with Joe Biden. However, amid speculation that Biden requires the assistance of stimulants to get through his speeches, Trump insisted that there be drug testing performed before the debates.
Trump made the comment during an event in St. Paul, Minnesota, where he suggested that Biden had taken drugs during his State of the Union address earlier this year. The GOP frontrunner is scheduled to debate Biden on June 27 and September 10.
“I just wanna debate this guy, but you know– and I’m gonna demand a drug test too, by the way,” Trump said as the audience cheered. “I am. No, I really am. I don’t want him coming in like the State of the Union. He was high as a kite.”
Trump added, “I said, ‘Is that Joe up there?’” He continued, claiming that Biden “was exhausted” by the time he concluded his speech. “We’re gonna demand a drug test,” he doubled down, emphasizing his desire to debate a sober President Biden.
The upcoming debates will have new features that deviate from traditional presidential debates where the candidate who is not speaking will have his microphone cut, as there were many complaints that Trump incessantly interrupted Biden during debates in 2020. Furthermore, these debates will not have a live audience.
The American Tribune previously reported on recent comments from former President Trump. The former president called out Biden after the president indicated he would be open to a debate on Howard Stern’s radio show. The GOP frontrunner proclaimed that he is “ready to go.”
He said, “Dear Joe, now that you’ve committed to debate on the ratings-challenged Howard Stern Show, let’s set it up right now. I’m ready to go anywhere that you are. We could do it in D.C., even pinpoint the White House, or in New York when your radical-left fascists are finished with the election interference against your political opponent, me, because we’re gonna win and we’re gonna win big.” Watch Trump call for Biden to be drug tested below:
Trump emphasized that the American voters deserve to see their candidates face off in a head-to-head debate, where they can test each other on their stances. The former president also called out several failures of the Biden administration, such as the border crisis.
“In any event, let’s get it done. The people of our country deserve to know why you have allowed 15 million people in, probably many more than that, into our country from prisons and mental institutions, and terrorists are pouring into our country. They’re invading our country and you’re letting them do it with your open border policy.”
Following Biden’s statement to Howard Stern last month, Trump also took to Truth Social where he voiced skepticism that Biden would follow through with his claims and actually engage in a debate before the highly anticipated election.
“Crooked Joe Biden just announced that he’s willing to debate! Everyone knows he doesn’t really mean it, but in case he does, I say, ANYWHERE, ANYTIME, ANYPLACE, an old expression used by Fighters. I suggest Monday Evening, Tuesday Evening, or Wednesday Evening at my Rally in Michigan, a State that he is in the process of destroying with his E.V. Mandate,” Trump said. “In the alternative, he’s in New York City today, although probably doesn’t know it, and so am I, stuck in one of the many Court cases that he instigated as ELECTION INTERFERENCE AGAINST A POLITICAL OPPONENT – A CONTINUING WITCH HUNT! It’s the only way he thinks he can win. In fact, let’s do the Debate at the Courthouse tonight – on National Television, I’ll wait around!”
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