President Trump refused to weigh in on whether Joe Biden is senile but said that the former vice president is “not competent” to be the president.
Trump told Fox News Sunday that he does not believe Biden is fit to lead the country but stopped short of addressing whether his 2020 competitor is senile after being directly asked by host Chris Wallace.
“I don’t want to say that. I’d say he’s not competent to be president. To be president, you have to be sharp and tough and so many other things. He doesn’t even come out of his basement,” Trump said.
“They think, ‘Oh, this is a great campaign.’ So he goes in, I’ll then make a speech, it’ll be a great speech, and some young guy starts writing, ‘Vice President Biden said this, this, this, this.’ He didn’t say it. Joe doesn’t know he’s alive, OK? He doesn’t know he’s alive,” he added.
Biden, 77, has said on the campaign trail that he is not suffering from any cognitive decline as many campaign gaffes sparked rumors that the former vice president was slipping. The presumptive Democratic presidential nominee said last month that he would compare Trump’s cognitive fitness to his at any time.
“I’ve been testing, and I’m constantly testing. Look, all you got to do is watch me. And I can hardly wait to compare my cognitive capability to the cognitive capability of the man I’m running against,” he said.
