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THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES, DONALD Trump, HAS demanded that his Democratic rival Joe Biden take a drug test for their first debate, which will put them face to face for the first time in the volatile US presidential campaign.
Tuesday’s clash, which comes as Biden leads the indictment against Trump’s attempt to install conservative Amy Coney Barrett in the late Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s lifetime seat on the Supreme Court, will take the contest to a new stage.
For the first time, millions of Americans will watch the two leaders, who describe each other as existential threats to the country, debate live on television.
Trump, lagging behind in the polls, mocked Biden on Sunday with another salvo on his mental acuity.
“I will strongly require a Sleepy Joe Biden drug test before or after Tuesday night’s debate,” he tweeted, saying one would also be done. “His performances in Debate have broken UNEVEN records, to put it mildly. Could only drugs have caused this discrepancy?
The president offered no evidence to back up his hint, and recently completed negotiations between the Biden camps and Trump over the terms of the debate reportedly failed to mention any drug tests.
When asked by reporters about the lawsuit, Biden laughed before declining to comment.
Both septuagenarians are prone to making mistakes and blunders when speaking, but Trump, 74, has repeatedly described Biden, 77, as mentally handicapped.
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Biden has shrugged off such accusations. On Saturday he said he expects “personal attacks and lies” from the president, comparing Trump to Nazi propaganda chief Joseph Goebbels.
© – AFP, 2020
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