Donald Trump’s marketing campaign is difficult at work manufacturing a purpose for him to skip Thursday’s presidential debate, and his newest tactic is probably the most ridiculous one but.
Trump and his former White Home physician Consultant Ronny Jackson, who reportedly saved the previous president’s administration “awash in speed,” have repeatedly suggested that President Joe Biden will take efficiency enhancing medicine earlier than the controversy, as a part of their campaign to undermine the occasion and provides Trump a get out of jail free card.
Now, they’ve elevated their very own bonkers conspiracy concept even additional: Trump posted a letter to Fact Social on Monday that Jackson supposedly despatched to the White Home demanding Biden undergo a drug check earlier than the controversy.
“I demand that you just undergo a clinically validated drug check as a way to reassure the American individuals that you’re mentally match to function President and never counting on efficiency enhancing medicine that will help you along with your debate efficiency,” Jackson wrote. The pill-pushing Texas Republican demanded that the outcomes of the president’s drug check be made public.
In his letter, Jackson echoed Trump’s and right-wing media’s insistence that Biden is affected by cognitive decline, together with a reference to a video of Biden that had been doctored to make him seem to get lost from a bunch on the G7 convention, and Robert Hur’s damning report, casting public doubt on Biden’s memory. Hur’s characterization of their interview has been contested by the White Home.
All of this concocted drama round drug use, in addition to claims that CNN will host a biased debate, positively reek of desperation to get the previous president out of Thursday evening’s presidential showdown. It’s not shocking, as Trump shouldn’t be suited to precise debate: his speech is usually erratic and incoherent, and he’s liable to going off on tangents. Plus, Trump has traditionally taken a hit within the polls after debating with Democrats in 2016, and once more in 2020. Whereas Trump likes to hype up a crowd, he’s simply not that convincing when he’s sharing the stage.
It additionally seems that Jackson could quickly need to concentrate on issues of his personal. The Home Ethics Committee announced Monday that it’s going to evaluate a report from a congressional watchdog that found “substantial purpose” to imagine that Jackson had transformed hundreds of {dollars} of marketing campaign cash for his personal private use.
Jackson was demoted by the U.S. Navy in 2022 after the Pentagon inspector common discovered that he commonly drank on the job, berated his subordinates, and acted inappropriately. Final yr, Jackson was filmed unleashing a profanity-laced tirade on a Division of Public Security officer.
