Day: June 27, 2024

Biden and Trump debate on Ukraine/Russia war  Western Massachusetts News

President Joe Biden cheekily addressed theories purported by Trump and his allies that the Democratic nominee would be taking performance-enhancing drugs before the debate in a new social media post of him with his “secret sauce.”

“I don’t know what they’ve got in these performance enhancers, but I’m feeling pretty jacked up,” Biden tweeted on X, nearly 30 minutes before the debate. The sauce in question: a can of water that Biden supporters can purchase for $4.60. The “additional facts” on the back of the can includes lines about the 34 felony counts against Trump, two impeachments, and 6 bankruptcies. Among the ingredients: MAGA tears, mysterious Orange Liquid, and melted chocolate chip ice cream—the latter of which is the President’s favorite flavor. Purchases will be a direct donation to the Biden campaign fund.

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The can of water also included a picture of Biden’s alter ego “Dark Brandon.” The viral meme, which is symbolized by a laser-eyed Biden, has been repeatedly referenced by the incumbent candidate as a means to poke fun at conspiracies pushed by Trump and his allies.

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Earlier this week, former President Trump asked for Biden to take a drug test. “DRUG TEST FOR CROOKED JOE BIDEN??? I WOULD, ALSO, IMMEDIATELY AGREE TO ONE!!!,” Trump wrote Monday on Truth Social. Since this spring, however, Trump has been calling for Biden to take a drug test before any debate took place. The Republican nominee also called for Biden to undergo drug testing prior to the 2020 debates, according to ABC News.

Many Republicans have been talking about President Biden’s potential debate performance for days. On Monday, Sean Hannity postulated about Biden on Fox News. “The Joe Biden that we’re talking about tonight; I don’t think will be the Joe Biden we’re gonna see on debate night,” he said, claiming that Biden would be “all hyped up, hyper-caffeinated, whatever ‘it’ is.” Rep. Ronny Jackson also contributed to these theories on Donald Trump Jr.’s podcast, Triggered with Don Jr., according to The New Republic, speaking about drugs like Adderall and Provigil, that he says Biden might be taking to increase alertness.

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(NewsNation) — President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump exchanged biting, bitter words over the state of the southern border in their CNN debate Thursday night.

“It was bedlam when he left office,” Biden said about the border situation in 2021.

“He allowed millions of people of people to come here from prisons, jails and mental institutions to come into our country and to destroy our country,” Trump said.

The former president brought up the deaths of three young girls in the last few weeks, including 12-year-old Jocelyn Nungaray. Two illegal migrants from Venezuela are charged with killing the girl.

“I just spoke to the mother,” Trump said. “This is horrible what’s taken place. We are literally an uncivilized country right now.”

Biden tried to focus on the bipartisan Senate immigration bill that was defeated after Trump told Republican senators, some of whom crafted the bill, to vote against it.

“We worked very hard to get a bipartisan agreement,” Biden said. “We (would) significantly increase the number of asylum officers. By the way, the Border Patrol endorsed me — endorsed my position.

“When he (Trump) was president, he was separating babies from their mothers, putting them in cages, making sure the families were separated. That’s not the right way to go.”

Speaking rapidly and forcefully, Trump rattled off many points he’s used over the past months.

“We had the safest border in the history of our country. All he (Biden) had to do was leave it. He decided to open up our border, open up our country to people that are from prisons, people that are from mental institutions, insane asylums, terrorist. We have the largest number of terrorists coming into our country right now. All terrorists, all over the world.”

Biden’s response was quieter, and brief: “Everything he said is a lie. Every single one.”

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(NewsNation) — President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump squared off in the first presidential debate of the election season, blaming each other for increased national debt and claiming the job market was better under their care.

The nation’s economy will likely shift opinion in the ballot box this November, with 40% of voters believing the economy is the most important issue in the upcoming presidential election as of January 2024.

Here’s what the candidates had to say.

Inflation, tax cuts

Biden blamed current economic pitfalls on the Trump administration before him, claiming Trump left behind an “economy that was in free fall.”

“If you take a look at what was done in his administration, he didn’t do much at all,” Biden said. “When he left, things were in chaos.”

Trump echoed that same sentiment back: “He has not done a good job. He’s done a poor job, and inflation is killing our country.”

Inflation peaked to a four-decade high of 9% in summer 2022 under Biden, but has steadily decreased since the Inflation Reduction Act passed.

“When we cut the taxes, as an example, the corporate tax was cut down to 21% from 39%, plus beyond that, we took in more revenue with much less tax,” Trump said. “And companies were bringing back trillions of dollars back into our country. The country was going like never before.”

Federal debt held by the public rose from $14.4 trillion to $21.6 trillion during Trump’s administration. That upward shift was likely influenced by Trump’s tax cuts, including the corporate tax rate change, according to the Annenberg Public Policy Center’s FactCheck project.

COVID-19 handling

Trump claimed he handled the COVID-19 pandemic with grace, spending enough to keep America from another Great Depression.

“We had the greatest economy in the history of our country. We have never done so well. Everybody was amazed by it,” Trump said.

That “greatest economy,” Biden rebutted, was the product of rewarding his wealthy friends with tax cuts: “He had the largest tax cut in American history, $2 trillion.”

National debt

According to the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget, Trump added $8.4 trillion to the debt — including $3.6 trillion in COVID relief, $2.5 trillion from tax cut laws and $2.3 trillion from spending increases, according to the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget.

Biden said he would “fix the tax system” by raising taxes on billionaires. He said that, in a decade, the increased taxes for the wealthy would “be able to wipe out his debt, help … child care, elder care, making sure that we fix the health care system.”

Though Biden has repeatedly claimed the national debt reduced under his administration, it increased from $27 trillion in January 2021 to nearly $35 trillion as of June 2024.

Biden has added an estimated $4.8 trillion to the debt so far, though the CRFB’s preliminary reports do not include the Fiscal Responsibility Act or Biden’s student debt relief plans.

Jobs

According to the U.S. Bureau of Labor and Statistics, Biden has seen the addition of 15.5 million jobs, compared to 5.2 million under Trump pre-COVID.

The Biden administration also recorded triple the job growth of Trump’s pre-COVID years.

Those jobs, Trump claimed, were “bounce back jobs” lost during COVID-19.

Trump countered: “The jobs went down and then they bounced back. He’s taking credit for bounce back jobs. You can’t do that.”

Biden also saw significant growth in manufacturing jobs, adding 777,000 against Trump’s 355,000 before the pandemic.

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Analyzing The Emergence Of Covid Variant KP.2 And Its Potential Impact  Forbes

Long COVID affecting millions of Americans  KSL NewsRadio

As COVID-19 ticks up in some places, US advisers recommend a fall vaccination campaign  ETHealthWorld