Joe Biden, visibly galvanized by the enthusiastic reception received during a campaign event on Wednesday, made fun of his rival Donald Trump and his hair, recalling a stunning statement from the Republican at the time of the Covid-19 pandemic .
“Remember, when he was trying to manage Covid, he suggested injecting a little bleach into his veins,” recalled the 81-year-old Democrat in Washington, in front of an assembly of trade unionists from the health sector. building, who called for a vote for him in November.
“He missed it, everything went to his hair!”, continued the American president, to bursts of laughter.
During a press conference at the White House on April 23, 2020, Donald Trump dismayed the scientific community by appearing to consider treating Covid-19 by injecting disinfectant.
“I see the disinfectant knocks him out in a minute. One minute. And is there a way to do something like that with an injection inside or almost like a cleaning?” he asked, after a presentation by a senior official covering, among other things, the Using bleach to clean surfaces.
Joe Biden and Donald Trump are both candidates for the presidential election in November, as they were four years ago.
The political rivalry between the two men is coupled with a personal animosity that neither seeks to hide.
The 77-year-old Republican tycoon regularly performs imitations of the man he calls “Sleeping Joe,” pretending to be totally disoriented on stage, or starting to stutter.
The 81-year-old Democrat, for his part, makes fun of the financial troubles of his opponent, surrounded by legal proceedings, and whom he nicknamed “Don the Broke”.
