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Topics: Joe Biden, Donald Trump, US News, Politics
Callum Jones
Topics: Joe Biden, Donald Trump, US News, Politics
Joe Biden has issued a scathing response to Donald Trump's claims that the former president used 'autopen' to sign executive orders.
There's certainly no love lost between Trump and his predecessor, as the 47th POTUS has launched an investigation into Biden's decisions during his time in office.
Despite initially planning to be Trump's opponent in the 2024 presidential race, Biden ultimately dropped out in favour of his vice-president Kamala Harris.
The Trump administration is claiming Biden's aides concealed his 'cognitive decline' and have questioned who was truly running the country during the 46th POTUS' term.
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Wednesday's announcement has meant Attorney General Pam Bondi will investigate whether any of Biden's aides 'conspired to deceive the public about Biden's mental state and unconstitutionally exercise the authorities and responsibilities of the President'.
"This conspiracy marks one of the most dangerous and concerning scandals in American history," Trump added. "The American public was purposefully shielded from discovering who wielded the executive power, all while Biden’s signature was deployed across thousands of documents to effect radical policy shifts."
Biden's team have since issued a response following the claims made by Trump's team.
"Let me be clear: I made the decisions during my presidency. I made the decisions about the pardons, executive orders, legislation, and proclamations. Any suggestion that I didn't is ridiculous and false," Biden said in a statement.
"This is nothing more than a distraction by Donald Trump and Congressional Republicans who are working to push disastrous legislation that would cut essential programs like Medicaid and raise costs on American families, all to pay for tax breaks for the ultra-wealthy and big corporations."
Biden announced last month that he had been diagnosed with an aggressive type of prostate cancer, with Trump initially taking to to Truth Social to share how he and Melania were 'saddened' by the news, he's since rather distastefully urged others not to feel sorry for him.
During his Oval Office press conference regarding Elon Musk's position in the White House, Trump was asked about Biden's diagnosis, leading the POTUS to call him 'somewhat vicious'.
"[Biden's] been a sort of moderate person over his lifetime," he said. "Not a smart person, but a somewhat vicious person, I will say."
The 46th POTUS added: "If you feel sorry for him, don't feel so sorry, because he's vicious. What he did with his political opponent and all of the people that he hurt - he hurt a lot of people, Biden, so I really don't feel sorry for him."