Trump rehashes baseless claims about Biden in barrage of pre-debate bluster
Former US president uses familiar tactics of denigrating Biden and debate hosts to minimise the eventβs importance
Donald Trump has unleashed a fusillade of baseless accusations against Joe Biden and CNN moderators ahead of Thursdayβs first US presidential debate in an apparent βpre-bunkingβ exercise designed to have his excuses ready-made if he is declared the loser.
In a familiar rehash of tactics used in previous campaigns, the presumptive Republican nominee has intensified demands that Biden should take a drug test and accused him of being βhigher than a kiteβ in last Januaryβs state of the union address, when the president won praise for an energetic performance.
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