“Someone should explain to Joe Biden, slowly but surely, that MAGA means, as powerfully as simple words can, MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN!” Trump, 76, tweeted shortly after Biden’s attack on Thursday night. “If he doesn’t want to make America great again, which in word, deed and thought he doesn’t, then he certainly shouldn’t be representing the United States of America!” The 45th commander in chief also warned of a possible dark undercurrent in his successor’s speech, in which Biden spoke in front of a military band while repeatedly saying he “will not stand by and watch” Trump and his supporters return to power with “extreme ideology”. Biden spoke last night at Independence National Historical Park in Philadelphia. Bloomberg via Getty Images “If you look at the words and the meaning of Biden’s awkward and angry speech tonight, he threatened America, including the possible use of military force,” Trump insisted in a second response on the Truth Social network. “He must be crazy or suffering from terminal dementia!” wrote about Biden, who turns 80 later this year. Biden’s speech Thursday at Philadelphia’s Independence Hall — an official taxpayer-funded event ignored by most television networks — came days after he accused Trump supporters of espousing “semi-fascism.” Trump accused Biden of being “crazy.” Truth Social/Donald Trump On Thursday, he insisted that “Trump and the MAGA Republicans represent an extremism that threatens the very foundations of our democracy … And that is a threat to this country.” House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy later insisted that it was Biden who was conducting an “assault on democracy.” “Instead of trying to unite our country to solve the MANY problems it has created, President Biden has chosen to divide, belittle and belittle his fellow Americans — simply because they disagree with his policies,” he also wrote. McCarthy. Instead of trying to unite our country to solve the MANY problems it has created, President Biden has chosen to divide, belittle and belittle his fellow Americans – simply because they disagree with his policies. Mr. President: you owe millions of Americans an apology. pic.twitter.com/GPr5PEmutR — Kevin McCarthy (@GOPLeader) September 2, 2022 “Mr. President: you owe millions of Americans an apology.” Iowa GOP Chairman Jeff Kaufman also insisted that Biden’s attacks were the type “only used by authoritarian regimes.” “The sitting president is trying to turn his political opponents into enemies of the state,” he said in a statement. Noting how Biden had vowed to unite the nation, Kaufman said “all he has done is continually divide our nation further.” Biden’s desperate attacks come as Trump’s son-in-law Jared Kushner confirmed to Sky News in an interview broadcast on Friday that the former president is “obviously thinking” about running again in 2024. Biden’s jabs at Trump come as the 2024 election cycle approaches. Bloomberg via Getty Images “He hates to see what’s going on in the country,” said Kushner, who was one of his father-in-law’s top advisers in the White House. “With Trump, it’s hard to rule anything out,” he said.
