'Soiled:' Trump suggests Biden relieved himself on Oval Office desk

Former President Donald Trump raised eyebrows with a bizarre claim over the weekend apparently suggesting President Joe Biden defecated on the Oval Office desk.

Trump made the comments at his fundraiser over the weekend in Palm Beach, according to the New York Times and Vanity Fair.

"The de facto GOP presidential nominee told a crowd of extremely wealthy guests that Biden had made many bad decisions around the Resolute Desk, which has been used by two dozen US presidents, starting with Rutherford B. Hayes," wrote Vanity Fair's Bess Levin. "'The Resolute Desk is beautiful,' Trump said. 'Ronald Reagan used it, others used it.' Then, according to one attendee who talked to the Times, Trump spoke in reference to Biden: 'And he’s using it. I might not use it the next time. It’s been soiled. And I mean that literally, which is sad.' The person who witnessed the remarks told the Times that guests laughed — and that, per the outlet, 'Trump’s remark was interpreted as the former president saying that Mr. Biden had defecated on the desk.'"

As the report noted, the Trump family has a peculiar history surrounding toilets, with a report in 2021 suggesting former first daughter Ivanka Trump and her husband Jared Kushner forced the Secret Service to rent out an adjacent $3,000/month studio apartment near their residence to use the toilet, rather than use their own — although the Secret Service denies this was the case.

Trump also often complained about the toilets at the White House, complaining it takes "10 times — 15 times" to flush. This comment triggered an avalanche of new speculation about what exactly he was flushing, after it emerged that he used his personal toilet to destroy documents.

"A Trump campaign official did not address any of the candidate’s specific remarks when asked for comment by the Times, instead pointing to an official readout of the event," the Vanity Fair report noted.

"'Trump spoke on the need to win back the White House so we can turn our country around, focusing on key issues including unleashing energy production, securing our southern border, reducing inflation, extending the Trump tax cuts, eliminating Joe Biden’s insane [electric vehicle] mandate, protecting Israel, and avoiding global war,' a campaign official told NBC News."