Joe Biden zeroing in on what 'gets under Donald Trump's skin' the most: report
President Joe Biden is turning to a new strategy to defeat former President Donald Trump: trigger him into having meltdowns.
According to NBC News, "In recent weeks, both in private and public settings, Biden has ramped up personal, biting and often sarcastic broadsides against his Republican opponent, targeting his financial challenges, his campaign tempo and even his weight. It’s a strategy largely driven by Biden himself, according to multiple aides and advisers familiar with the approach."
In one such recent jab during a campaign stop in Arizona, Biden told the crowd, “Just the other day, a defeated-looking guy came up to me and said, ‘Mr. President, I need your help. I’m being crushed with debt. I’m completely wiped out.’ I had to say, ‘Donald, I can’t help you.'” In another broadside at his highly-touted New York City fundraiser this week, Biden said, “All the things he’s doing are so old … a little old and out of shape.”
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At least some of these jokes are reportedly written by the president himself.
Biden's strategy appears to emulate that of groups like the Lincoln Project, a team of mostly former GOP advisers that for years have cranked out ads directly speaking to Trump and mocking him — which has often caused Trump to publicly erupt in anger.
"Biden’s team thinks those kinds of comments and jokes may resonate with voters for two reasons: because it’s 'rooted,' one aide said, in who Biden is at his core and because it wouldn’t work as well if it didn’t have some authenticity to it," said the report. "While contrasting their policy positions is important to the president, an adviser said Biden is 'totally the driver' of presenting a 'stark' character difference with Trump as well."
