Trump calls Biden ‘incompetent’ to lead US, says he would cry ‘mommy’

‘He’s shot, he’s mentally shot,’ Trump said about the former vice-president, adding that if Biden is elected, he will ‘destroy this country’

The president again defended his handling of the Covid-19 pandemic, claiming that ‘we are the envy of the world’ on testing

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Published: 1:41pm, 20 Jul 2020Updated: 7:12am, 17 Oct 2020

President Donald Trump assailed likely opponent Joe Biden as “not competent” to lead the United States, speaking as polls over the weekend showed deepening voter disenchantment with his own handling of the coronavirus pandemic.

“He’s shot, he’s mentally shot,” Trump said about Biden in a wide-ranging interview with “Fox News Sunday.”

He said that if Biden is elected on November 3, he will “destroy this country.”

Facing the multiple challenges of a spreading pandemic, racial unrest and a struggling economy, Trump made several unfounded or highly speculative accusations against the former vice-president, saying Biden would “triple your taxes” and “defund the police.”

He added broadly that “religion will be gone,” referring to Democratic officials banning large church services to stem the virus spread.

Asked whether he would accept the election result in November, even if he loses, Trump echoed his position of 2016, saying, “I have to see … I’m not going to just say yes.”