Trump Has Signalled He’s ‘Concerned’ About Debate: Ex-Republican Spokesperson
Former Republican National Committee spokesperson Tim Miller said in a recent statement that it is "publicly" visible challenger Donald Trump is "concerned" about the first presidential debate of the year.
Miller claims that the way Trump is trying to go after President Joe Biden — by alleging that he uses performance-enhancing drugs — is evidence of his concern about the debate, Knewz.com has learned.
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Biden's advancing age has been one of the key points of the Trump presidential campaign, positioning the former president as the younger and energetic alternative to Biden, although Trump himself celebrated his 78th birthday recently.
Trump has repeatedly claimed that Biden requires drugs to appear energetic and formulate coherent arguments, alleging that the President will show up at the June 27 presidential debate “jacked up” after being given “a shot in the a--,” according to The Guardian.
Trump also made these claims regarding Biden's well-received State of the Union speech, where the 81-year-old President was praised for appearing energetic.
He asked President Biden to take a drug test ahead of the debate in a Truth Social post on Monday, June 24, a request he has been making as early as April.
"DRUG TEST FOR CROOKED JOE BIDEN??? I WOULD, ALSO, IMMEDIATELY AGREE TO ONE!!!" he wrote on the platform, per The Guardian.
Trump wants President Joe Biden to take a drug test ahead of the debate. By: MEGA
Former White House physician Ronny Jackson, currently a Republican congressman for Texas, reiterated the claim in a letter he wrote to the President asking him to take the test as well.
In an interview with MSNBC's Jen Psaki, former Republican spokesperson Miller said these antics "visibly" show that Trump is worried about the debate.
"I do think that what we can see publicly is that Donald Trump is concerned about how this debate is being framed up as you lead into the debate," Miller told Psaki.
"That is why he’s doing all the weird stuff about Joe Biden being on drugs. It’s worth reminding everybody that he tried this exact same playbook in 2020... But he already tried this ‘Joe Biden is on drugs’ thing. It didn’t work then."
It is worth noting that the Biden campaign has responded to Trump's allegations, with a spokesperson saying in a statement to The Hill, "Donald Trump is so scared of being held accountable for his toxic agenda of attacking reproductive freedom and cutting Social Security that he and his allies are resorting to desperate, obviously false lies."
Miller also pointed out that Trump has been trying to clear the air regarding several of his previous comments, which, according to him, is Trump's way of getting ahead of the attacks the debate might throw at him.
Trump has been trying to clear the air regarding several of his previous comments. By: MEGA
During a weekend rally, Trump stated that it was not true that he called American troops “suckers” and “losers,” which is something The Hill wrote he did say while speaking with his former chief of staff John Kelly during a 2018 trip to France.
"To me, that also shows that he's a little bit worried about the debate. He’s thinking about what Joe Biden’s attacks might be on him, and he’s trying to take the air out of the balloon ahead of time," Miller noted.
"So I think there’s a lot of evidence that Trump feels … is concerned about the debate. How that manifests in his weird mind, and whether he’s prepping or not, I’m not sure, but I think we can see plainly that he’s concerned."
For Trump, another cause for concern might be his felony conviction, something former United States senator Claire McCaskill believes Biden will go after at the debate.
"I think he [Biden] will go after him. I don't know how important it is to remind everyone that Donald Trump is a felon, I think everybody in America knows he's been convicted," McCaskill said in the MSNBC interview.
A section of Trump supporters have leaned towards supporting him even more following the conviction. By: MEGA
"The problem is there is this calcified group of people that are believing what Trump is saying, that somehow this is not a valid conviction," she further pointed out.
Notably, a section of Trump supporters have leaned towards supporting him even more following the conviction, perpetuating the narrative that the Department of Justice was out to get Trump ahead of the 2024 elections.
"Well I think I'm going to vote for the felon," said one of the voters interviewed for a JL Partners survey. "The Trump trial, I don't like the guy very much, but he got railroaded, so let's get him back to the office," said another.