Biden vs Trump: What’s Hotter? Tension Between the Two Candidates or America’s Future in Flames?

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The upcoming November U.S. presidential election has heated up with the offensive strategies of former President Donald Trump and current President Joe Biden.

On the 16th (local time), former President Trump was criticized for his harsh remarks, including calling President Biden a “dumb president” and insulting immigrants.

On the same day, President Biden attacked former President Trump, who is 4 years younger than him, saying he was “too old and mentally unfit to be president.”

The former President spoke for about 90 minutes at a campaign rally for Bernie Moreno, a Republican Senate candidate, near Dayton International Airport in Vandalia, Ohio. The speech, which included several aggressive remarks, sparked controversy.

Former President Trump issued a stern warning, “If I lose, this country will at least become a bloodbath,” and “If I don’t win this election, I think you guys will never be able to vote again.”

He did not hesitate to make disparaging remarks towards illegal immigrants. “A considerable number of immigrants who have come through the U.S. border are from their country’s prisons,” he claimed, “They should be seen as animals, not humans.” He also criticized President Biden, whom he will face off against in the presidential election, as a “dumb president.”

President Biden also made a sharp joke at former President Trump’s dinner at the Gridiron Club, an influential and powerful journalistic organization in Washington. He said that if the two presidential candidates were confirmed as candidates for each party this week, “One candidate is too old and mentally unfit to be president.” He then said, “The other one is me.”

President Biden is 81 years old, and former President Trump is 77. President Biden has not shied away from the age controversy, one of his biggest weaknesses, and is addressing it head-on with a “self-deprecating gag.”

Regarding the resignation of 82-year-old Mitch McConnell, the longest-serving senate Republican leader, from the leader position in November, he said, “I hate to see my friend give up in his prime.” He argued that being in your 80s is indeed your prime.

More than 650 people attended the dinner, including media figures such as Amazon founder and Washington Post owner Jeff Bezos, officials of the Biden administration such as Vice President Kamala Harris, and politicians from both parties.