The former American President, Donald Trump, sidestepped a direct question about his continued support for Israel, while making a controversial insinuation about the alleged drug use of his successor, President Joe Biden.
During a radio interview, Trump was questioned about his stance on Israel, particularly in the context of his comments last month urging the Jewish state to expedite its war against Hamas in Gaza.
“Are you still 100% with Israel?” the interviewer asked. “And what’s your advice to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu beyond ‘Get it over with in a hurry?’
The 77-year-old former president, known for his straightforward responses, chose to give a rather evasive answer.
“Well, that’s all the advice you can give,” Trump answered. “I mean, that’s the advice. You’ve got to get it over with, and you have to get back to normalcy.”
Trump further expressed his dissatisfaction with the way Israel was conducting its offensive and managing the global response.
In the same interview, Trump did not mince words while criticizing President Biden, whom he referred to as the “worst president we’ve ever had”.
“He’s an idiot.” Trump said about Biden. “He’s the dumbest president we’ve ever had. He’s the most corrupt, and he’s the most incompetent. And he’s the worst president we’ve ever had by a factor.”
The conversation took an unexpected turn when Trump implied that Biden might have been the one who left cocaine in the West Wing last summer.
“You know that white stuff that they happened to find, which happened to be cocaine in the White House? I don’t know, I think something’s going on there, because I watched this State of the Union, and he was all jacked up at the beginning. By the end, he was fading fast. There’s something going on there.”
In a shocking demand, Trump suggested that Biden should be subjected to drug tests, especially before any possible debates.
“I want to debate,” the 45th president reiterated. “And I think debates, with him, at least, should be drug tested. I want a drug test.”
With the upcoming Nov. 5 election, one of the major unknowns is who Trump will choose as his running mate.
“I have a list,” Trump teased. “I’m going to pick somebody that’s going to, most importantly … [be a] good president.”
Trump was not very complimentary about the current Vice President, Kamala Harris.
“Biden has one of the worst people,” he added, referring to Vice President Kamala Harris. “I think she becomes a very big part of the campaign.”
The Post reached out to the Biden campaign for comment but received no immediate response.
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Since leaving the White House, Trump has reportedly become disillusioned with Netanyahu, expressing disappointment that he “let us down” by acknowledging Biden’s victory in the 2020 election.
“They’ve got to finish what they started, and they’ve got to finish it fast, and we have to get on with life,” Trump repeated.
Last summer, the Secret Service publicly announced it had closed the investigation into the cocaine discovery without identifying a suspect due to a “lack of physical evidence”.
President Biden has been heavily criticized by Trump, who sees him as a threat to US democracy.
