Last Updated on April 9, 2024
In a recent speech at Mar-a-Lago during the “Border 9/11 Gala,” President Donald Trump claimed that President Joe Biden appeared to be under the influence of cocaine during his State of the Union address. Trump didn’t stop there; he escalated the situation by demanding drug tests before any potential debate between himself and Biden.
“We’ve challenged him to a debate. We said, ‘Let’s go, Joe!’ I don’t think he’s going to debate. And we want drug tests too if we do debate. We’re demanding drug tests because he was all jacked up the other night,” Trump declared, casting a shadow of doubt over Biden’s sobriety during public appearances.
Should Biden refuse to take the drug screening, many Americans may be left to assume he would not pass the test.
This could add a layer of doubt for those who otherwise might have considered voting for him. The accusations became more specific as Trump linked the bag of cocaine found at the White House directly to Biden, claiming the owner of the cocaine was never identified or charged.
“There’s a reason when you look at all that cocaine. What happened to the cocaine? You know, they had a lot of cocaine. Isn’t that amazing? So, it’s in a little booth. I know them well because people would come in. They’d sit in these booths. There’s fingerprints all over the booth. There wasn’t one fingerprint in the booth. That means somebody walked in there and did a big number. There wasn’t a fingerprint, but, you know, you hear about that. I think maybe that stuff, what a terrible thing where they said we just can’t find the person who put it there, that we have no idea who wanted it. I think I know who wanted it,” Trump added.
Trump also speculated about the prospects of a debate with Biden, suggesting Biden might avoid the event to not legitimize Trump’s position or platform.
These developments add another layer of controversy to the political landscape, with Trump’s accusations of drug abuse against Biden being among the most direct and personal made thus far.
The idea that President Biden may be addicted to cocaine may not come as a shocking allegation due to his children’s very public struggles with addiction to illicit substances, particularly crack/cocaine, further fueling the fire of public scrutiny.
