Biden dropped out in late July. But Trump has continued to muse about his erstwhile opponent in recent interviews and speeches.
Donald Trump is no longer running against President Joe Biden.
That’s been the case for the more than six weeks since Biden bowed to Democratic pressure and withdrew from the race, weeks after his June 27 debate performance amplified long-standing fears among his own party that he could not defeat the former president.
Democrats have eagerly and swiftly moved on, turning their attention toward Vice President Kamala Harris’ campaign and the sudden burst of enthusiasm that the ticket swap generated within the party’s base.
But in recent interviews, speeches, and on social media, Trump has regularly returned to the topic of Biden’s sudden withdrawal, describing it as a “coup” while expressing disbelief that the events of late July ever came to pass.
“You know we were up massively by Biden. How would you like to be me?” Trump said at a rally in Michigan last week. “I spent $100 million dollars on fighting him. We weren’t fighting anyone else. We weren’t fighting a vice president. We didn’t even know who the hell she was, and then all of a sudden they say ‘Joe, you’re losing badly, you got to get out.”
In an interview released on Tuesday, podcaster Lex Fridman asked Trump if he would like to see Harris sit for more interviews.
