President Trump said on Tuesday that he was “sorry” for re-election before the coronavirus pandemic hit the United States, and he could even win re-election against George Washington.
“George Washington would have had a hard time beating me before the plague came, for the plague of China,” Trump said in an interview with conservative radio host Hugh Hewitt. ‘And then, you know, like every other nation, like other countries, when you get hit, it affects you, and we went down a little bit. And then we went down a little bit more, and now we’re coming to a level we have not seen. ”
In both national polls and polls of major swing states, Trump has fallen behind former Vice President Joe Biden, the presumptive Democratic nominee, as voters register rejection of the president’s response to a pandemic that killed more than 160,000 Americans has and infected more than 5 million.
The president also suggested that if Biden were to win the election, everyone in the United States would have to learn to speak Chinese.
“Look, China will have owned the United States if this election is lost by Donald Trump,” he said. “If I do not win the election, China will own the United States. You will have to learn Chinese, you want to know the truth. ”
However, Trump believes there is enthusiasm on his part.
“I just got back from Texas, Ohio and Florida,” he told Hewitt. “They’re the biggest crowds on the highway I’ve ever seen.” (Trump estimates over the weekend in New Jersey that there were “at least 100,000 people in every place, driving through the streets, across the highways.”)
“I would love to do it,” Trump added. ‘We can not because of the COVID. You know, you can not sit people next to each other. ”
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US President Donald Trump presides over Air Force One prior to departure from Austin Straubel International Airport in Green Bay, Wisconsin, June 25, 2020. (Photo by SAUL LOEB / AFP) (Photo by SAUL LOEB / AFP via Getty Images)
President Donald Trump pumps his fist as he walks the South Wall after arriving at Marine One at the White House, Thursday, June 25, 2020, in Washington. Trump is returning from Wisconsin. (AP Photo / Alex Brandon)
TOPSHOT – US President Donald Trump boardes Air Force One prior to departure from Austin Straubel International Airport in Green Bay, Wisconsin, June 25, 2020. (Photo by SAUL LOEB / AFP) (Photo by SAUL LOEB / AFP via Getty Images)
President Donald Trump is on the South Sea after arriving at Marine One at the White House on Thursday, June 25, 2020, in Washington. Trump is returning from Wisconsin. (AP Photo / Alex Brandon)
WASHINGTON, DC – JUNE 16: President Donald J. Trump signs an executive order on safe policing for safe communities in the Rose Garden at the White House on Tuesday, June 16, 2020 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Jabin Botsford / The Washington Post via Getty Images)
US President Donald Trump sends to a tour by Fincantieri Marinette Marine in Marinette, Wisconsin, June 25, 2020. (Photo by SAUL LOEB / AFP) (Photo by SAUL LOEB / AFP via Getty Images)
MARINETTE, WISCONSIN – JUNE 25: US President Donald Trump talks to workers during a visit to the Fincantieri Marinette Marine shipyard on June 25, 2020 in Marinette, Wisconsin. The company recently received a $ 5.5 billion contract to build ships for the U.S. Navy. (Photo by Scott Olson / Getty Images)
TULSA, US – JUNE 20: US President Donald Trump meets his supporters at his Make America Great Again rally in Tulsa, Oklahoma, USA on June 20, 2020. (Photo by Kyle Mazza / Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)
TULSA, OK – JUNE 20: President Donald J. Trump speaks during “Make America Great Again!” rally at the BOK Center on Saturday, June 20, 2020 in Tulsa, OK. (Photo by Jabin Botsford / The Washington Post via Getty Images)
WASHINGTON, DC – JUNE 16: US President Donald Trump arrives at an event in the Rose Garden on “Safe Policing for Safe Communities” at the White House on June 16, 2020 in Washington, DC. President Trump has signed an executive order on police reform amid growing talks following the death of George Floyd. (Photo by Alex Wong / Getty Images)
WASHINGTON, DC – JUNE 16: US President Donald Trump speaks as members of lawmakers look up at an event in the Rose Garden on “Safe Policing for Safe Communities,” at the White House June 16, 2020 in Washington, DC. President Trump has signed an executive order on police reform amid growing talks following the death of George Floyd. (Photo by Alex Wong / Getty Images)
US President Donald Trump Signs an Executive Order on Safe Policing for Safe Communities, in the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington, DC, June 16, 2020. (Photo by Saul LOEB / AFP) (Photo by SAUL LOEB / AFP via Getty Images )
WASHINGTON, DC – JUNE 16: US President Donald Trump speaks at an event in the Rose Garden on “Safe Policing for Safe Communities” at the White House June 16, 2020 in Washington, DC. President Trump will sign an executive order on police reform amid growing talks following the death of George Floyd. (Photo by Alex Wong / Getty Images)
WASHINGTON, DC – JUNE 15: US President Donald Trump speaks at a round table on “Fighting for America’s Seniors” in the White House Cabinet Room June 15, 2020 in Washington, DC. President Trump took part in the roundtable to discuss the administration’s efforts to protect ‘America’s seniors’ from COVID-19. (Photo by Doug Mills-Pool / Getty Images)
WASHINGTON, DC – JUNE 15: US President Donald Trump listens during a round table on “Fighting for America’s Seniors” in the White House Cabinet Room June 15, 2020 in Washington, DC. President Trump took part in the roundtable to discuss the administration’s efforts to protect ‘America’s seniors’ from COVID-19. (Photo by Doug Mills-Pool / Getty Images)
WASHINGTON, DC – JUNE 15: US President Donald Trump listens during a round table on “Fighting for America’s Seniors” in the White House Cabinet Room June 15, 2020 in Washington, DC. President Trump took part in the roundtable to discuss the administration’s efforts to protect ‘America’s seniors’ from COVID-19. (Photo by Doug Mills-Pool / Getty Images)
US President Donald Trump speaks at a roundtable meeting on seniors in the Cabinet Chamber at the White House in Washington, DC, June 15, 2020. – President Donald Trump will hold a roundtable discussion with seniors called Fighting for Americas Seniors on Monday. (Photo by SAUL LOEB / AFP) (Photo by SAUL LOEB / AFP via Getty Images)
US President Donald Trump speaks at a roundtable meeting on seniors in the Cabinet Chamber at the White House in Washington, DC, June 15, 2020. – President Donald Trump will hold a roundtable discussion with seniors called Fighting for Americas Seniors on Monday. (Photo by SAUL LOEB / AFP) (Photo by SAUL LOEB / AFP via Getty Images)
US President Donald Trump will attend a roundtable discussion on seniors in the White House, Washington, DC, June 15, 2020. – President Donald Trump will hold a roundtable discussion on Monday with seniors called Fighting for Americas Seniors. (Photo by SAUL LOEB / AFP) (Photo by SAUL LOEB / AFP via Getty Images)
President Donald Trump will speak at a police reform event at the White House Rose Garden on Tuesday, June 16, 2020, in Washington. (AP Photo / Evan Vucci)
President Donald Trump will speak during a tour of America’s seniors in the White House office on Monday, June 15, 2020, in Washington. (AP Photo / Evan Vucci)
President Donald Trump listens during a tour of America’s seniors in the White House Cabinet Room on Monday, June 15, 2020, in Washington. (AP Photo / Evan Vucci)
President Donald Trump is walking on the South Ground of the White House in Washington, Sunday, June 14, 2020, after leaving Marine One when he returns from his golf club in New Jersey. (AP Photo / Patrick Semansky)
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The president reiterated his call for the return of college football in the fall, reducing the risks of coronavirus outbreaks among teams, and used the issue to draw a contrast with presumptive Democratic nominee Joe Biden, whom Trump often baits through him Call it “Sleepy”.
“I think you should play football,” Trump said. “These are young, strong athletes. As you know, this disease has very little effect on young people, the immune system, and plus, they are in great health. They have a very good health. ”
(According to ESPN, at least five collegiate athletes have been diagnosed with myocarditis, a rare condition that can lead to heart damage and even cardiac arrest if left untreated. The diagnoses are why some athletic divisions are seriously considering the possibility of not playing football and other fall sports by 2020). .)
Asked if he thought Biden would agree, Trump replied: ‘I do not think Joe knows he is what he is doing right now. I think Joe’s trying to get out of the basement. I’m not sure he knows that. If you ask him that question, I do not think he can answer it. ‘
