As Joe Biden dropped out of the US presidential election 2024, Donald Trump said claimed that ‘everybody around Biden, including his doctors, knew that he was not capable of running for or being president.’ Meanwhile, his team said the move will be ‘even worse’ for the people of the nation.
Joe Biden on Sunday announced his exit saying he was acting in the "best interest of my party and the country" and endorsed Vice President Kamala Harris as the Democratic Party's new nominee
In a letter posted on X, Biden said it had been the "greatest honor of my life" to be president. He said he would address the nation later this week. The White House later said he had no public events scheduled for Monday.
"While it has been my intention to seek reelection, I believe it is in the best interest of my party and the country for me to stand down and focus solely on fulfilling my duties as President for the remainder of my term," he wrote.
Shortly after, he offered his "full support and endorsement" for Harris, with his campaign filing official notice to change its name to "Harris for President."
The stunning move throws Democrats into fresh turmoil ahead of the November 5 election. But it could also reenergize the demoralized party, with Harris swiftly confirming her goal to become America's first woman president and to "defeat Donald Trump."
In a post on social media platform "Truth Social", Trump said, "So we are forced to spend time and money on fighting Crooked Joe Biden, he polls badly after having a terrible debate, and quits the race. Now we have to start all over again."
"Shouldn’t the Republican Party be reimbursed for fraud in that everybody around Joe, including his doctors and the fake news media, knew he was not capable of running for, or being, President? Just askin’?" he said.
"Crooked Joe just got knocked out, so now I'll have to do it a FOURTH TIME!!!” the former US president said.
Trump said his debate with Biden, whom he described as the "worst" president in the history of the United States, was slated to be broadcast on ABC, sometime in September.
"Now that Joe has, not surprisingly, quit the race, I think the Debate, with whomever the Radical Left Democrats choose, should be held on FoxNews, rather than very biased ABC. Thank you!” Trump said.
In another post, Trump said, "Does anybody really believe that Crooked Joe had Covid? No, he wanted to get out ever since June 27, the night of the debate where he was completely obliterated."
"That was the big moment in Joe Biden's demise. That was the point in time when Joe was revealed for what he is, an incompetent man who should never have been President. Joe Biden is not fit to serve - He is destroying our Country!" he said.
Meanwhile, in a statement Sunday responding to the news, Trump campaign senior adviser Chris LaCivita and fellow campaign chief Susie Wiles railed against Harris, insisting she “will be even WORSE for the people of our Nation than Joe Biden.”
“They own each other’s records, and there is no distance between the two,” they said.
However, the dramatic shift will wrong-foot Republicans, whose campaign was solely focused on Biden and will now instead feature 78-year-old Trump -- the oldest presidential nominee in US history -- up against a far younger opponent.
The move also transforms what had been a highly unpopular and dragging Trump-Biden rematch into one of the most compelling presidential campaigns in modern American politics.
