The former president of the United States and Republican candidate, Donald Trump, has challenged the current president of the country, Democrat Joe Biden, to submit to a drug test before the electoral debate next Thursday.
“A drug test for corrupt Joe Biden? I would also accept one immediately!” the 78-year-old New York tycoon wrote on his Truth social network.
It is not the first time that Trump suggests that Biden, 81, comes face to face doped. At a rally on Saturday in Philadelphia he assured that the president will participate in the debate after receiving “an injection in the butt.”
The Republican usually satirizes Biden for his age and his mistakes, although Biden himself Trump also makes mistakes and has contradictions in his speeches. In an interview he said that Biden should not be “underestimated” in the debate.
Biden has been meeting with his team for several days at the Camp David presidential retreat, outside Washington, to prepare for the appointment. Trump has alternated some rallies with meetings at his Mar-a-Lago mansion in Florida with advisors.
The Republican is expected to use immigration as a weapon against Biden and to engage in personal attacks on the president.
The Democrat plans to portray Trump as a convicted felonor, for his conviction in a New York court for falsification of commercial documents, and as a danger to democracy due to the 2021 assault on the Capitol.
The debate will take place unusually early, given that The campaigns have not yet formally startedand during the face-to-face session only the microphone of the candidate who has the turn to speak will be on to avoid interruptions.
