European leader wonders why 'no one is asking about' Trump’s 'bizarre' ramblings: Senate Dem
One longtime Senate Democrat recently recalled a conversation he had at this week's North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) summit in Washington, D.C. that revealed how American allies are reacting to the current frenzied news cycle regarding President Joe Biden's viability as a candidate.
In an interview on Wednesday night with CNN host Kaitlan Collins, Sen. Chris Coons (D-Delaware), who is now in his third term, said he had a revealing conversation with an unnamed "European head of state." That leader appeared worried about the double standard the media was applying to Biden, while largely ignoring former President Donald Trump despite his increasingly unhinged tone during press conferences and public appearances.
"In a lot of those press conferences, and in a lot of his campaign rallies now, [Trump] is saying bizarre and incoherent things," Coons said. "I talked to a head of state from a European country last night who said, 'how is it possible that former President Trump is rambling on about electrocution by sharks and exploding pine trees… and no one is asking about it, and people seem only concerned about the current president.' We've got two candidates."
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"When Donald Trump was president, we had four bad years. Joe Biden had one bad debate night. But he's had three and a half great years of accomplishing good things for our country," he added.
As Coons referenced, Trump's rally speeches have become less coherent the longer the campaign cycle drags on. Trump has lately appeared obsessed with fictional serial killer and cannibal Hannibal Lecter from the 1991 film The Silence of the Lambs. And during one Florida rally earlier this week, the 78 year-old Trump claimed without evidence that Americans "don't eat bacon anymore."
The New Republic documented other directionless rants from Trump's rally in Doral, Florida, in which he claimed that Biden didn't know what a synagogue was, and bragged that he could beat the 46th president of the United States in golf even with a handicap.
"This evening, I’m also officially challenging Crooked Joe to an 18-hole golf match right here on Doral’s Blue Monster,” Trump said. “I’ll even give Joe Biden 10 strokes aside. And if he wins, I will give the charity of his choice $1 million.”
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The former president predicted that Biden — who is currently hosting European leaders for the critical NATO summit — wouldn’t accept his challenge because he’s “all talk.”
Despite Coons' wishes for the media to focus instead on Trump's repeated gaffes on the campaign stump, the post-debate narrative that has hounded Biden is persisting in its second week. A group of leading Democrats on Capitol Hill are scheduled to meet with Biden's top campaign officials tomorrow in Washington, presumably to pressure them to convince their candidate to step aside.
Watch Coons' segment below, or by clicking this link.
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