Biden jokes Trump should have injected himself with bleach
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[May 11, 2024]
By Jeff Mason
PORTOLA VALLEY, California (Reuters) - U.S. President Joe Biden joked on
Friday that he wished former President Donald Trump had injected himself
with a little bleach, resurrecting one of Trump's more head-scratching
moments from the early days of the coronavirus pandemic.
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U.S. President Joe Biden looks out from Air Force One upon his arrival,
in Mountain View, California, U.S., May 9, 2024. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque |
Biden, at a fundraising event south of San Francisco for his
re-election campaign, said the presidency of his Republican
opponent was chaotic and that voters should keep that in mind.
Biden and Trump are locked in a close contest ahead of the
November election.
"Remember him saying the best thing to do is just inject a
little bleach in your arm? That’s what he said. And he meant it.
I wish he had done a little bit himself," Biden said.
During the early months of the pandemic in 2020, Trump said that
an “injection inside” the human body with a disinfectant like
bleach or isopropyl alcohol could help protect against the
virus.
Biden also made light of what he called Trump's "love letters"
from North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, although Biden mistakenly
referred to Kim as the president of South Korea.
Trump had met with Kim and exchanged a number of letters with
him, copies of which he kept in a loose-leaf binder in the Oval
Office.
A spokesperson for the Trump campaign did not immediately
respond to a request for comment on Biden's remarks.
Biden has made light of Trump's bleach comment before, saying on
April 24 in Washington that Trump had injected himself and "it
all went to his hair."
(Reporting by Jeff Mason and Steve Holland; Editing by David
Gregorio)
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