JAKARTA - Joe Biden again attacked Donald Trump with harsh language. The former President of the United States called Trump a "loser" and accused him of being incompetent, corrupt, and too busy taking care of his image.
The Guardian, quoted Sunday, June 28, reported that the attack was delivered by Biden while he was the keynote speaker at a Democratic Party gala in Hanover, Maryland, Saturday. The Democrats are trying to take control of Congress from Trump and his Republican allies in the November midterm elections.
In a speech of about 10 minutes, Biden alluded to a series of Trump projects in Washington DC. He mentioned the demolition of the East Wing of the White House to build a ballroom, the inclusion of Trump's name on the facade of the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, which was later ordered by the court to be removed, the plan to build a victory arch, to the renovation of the Lincoln Memorial reflecting pool worth 14.7 million US dollars which was interrupted by an algal explosion.
For Biden, the problem is not only the projects he considers personal image issues. He also alluded to the Trump administration's move to try to compensate people convicted of the US Capitol invasion on January 6, 2021, after they received a presidential pardon from Trump.
"Whoa! Really a loser," Biden said, as quoted by The Guardian.
Biden then directed his criticism to the Lincoln Memorial reflection pool project. The federal government awarded a $1.7 million water filtration system contract without an auction to a Trump donor who is also a neighbor of Trump's Mar-a-Lago club in Florida.
According to Biden, the project reflects something worse than Trump's narcissism and incompetence.
"This is corruption. Open and blatant corruption," Biden said. He accused the scale of corruption of having never been seen in any government throughout the history of the United States.
Biden also criticized Trump's relationship with Russian President Vladimir Putin after Russian forces invaded Ukraine in 2022. He accused Trump of deliberately weakening and damaging the NATO military alliance.
"He has lowered America's standing in the world more than any president in history," Biden, 83, said of Trump, 80.
The speech was delivered exactly two years after Biden's televised debate against Trump that ended badly for Biden. The debate preceded Biden's decision to withdraw from the 2024 presidential nomination.
Trump then returned to the White House after defeating Vice President Kamala Harris, Biden's endorsed candidate.
Marih referring to The Guardian's report, Biden's appearance also occurred when his family began to appear more frequently in public after he left office. Jill Biden published the memoir View from the East Wing on June 2. In the book's promotional event, he said Biden's cancer diagnosis announced in May 2025 made them see life from a different perspective.
Biden's son, Hunter Biden, has also begun to draw attention with social media posts about politics, mental health, and recovery from addiction. That happened after Biden pardoned Hunter for a federal case related to guns and taxes at the end of his presidency.
Before attending the gala, Biden used a more moderate tone. In a written statement, he said democracy is not a spectator sport. He also praised political volunteers who knocked on doors, called voters, and did quiet work whose results were felt by many people.
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