Donald Trump continues to provoke in the election campaign: He posted a video on his online platform Truth Social that shows a picture of a tied-up Joe Biden on a pickup truck. The criticism came promptly.
Donald Trump posted a video on his online platform Truth Social on Friday that sparked much criticism in the United States. The short clip shows two pickup trucks driving on a highway carrying several Trump signs and flags. On the tailgate of a vehicle there is an image that shows US President Joe Biden lying down with his hands tied behind his back.
“This picture of Donald Trump is the kind of crap you post when you're calling for a bloodbath,” a spokesman for Biden's campaign said, referring to a statement Trump made in the middle of the month. The ex-president warned of a “bloodbath” for the US auto industry if he did not win the election. By this he meant massive job cuts in the industry.
Donald Trump: Justice system is being used as a weapon against me
Trump regularly calls for political violence “and it's time for people to take him seriously,” the Biden spokesman continued, referring to the storming of the US Capitol in Washington in January 2021 by hundreds of Trump supporters.
Trump's campaign said that Democrats and “lunatics” had not only called for despicable violence against Trump and his family. They would also use the justice system as a weapon against him.
The U.S. Secret Service, which protects current and former presidents, declined to comment on whether an investigation would be launched following the video's release.
Toughest election campaign feared
The Republican Trump and the Democrat Biden have now secured the necessary delegate votes in their parties' primaries to be sent back into the race in the presidential election on November 5th. This will be a repeat of the 2020 duel, from which Biden emerged as the winner. It is already clear that the election campaign will be one of the toughest in US history.
