Donald Trump considered his opponent in the upcoming elections, Joe Biden, to be "incompetent" to lead the country, while polls at the end of the week showed an increase in voter discontent with the way the US President managed the new Corona virus crisis.
"He's in a bad situation, a bad mental condition," Trump said - in an interview with "Fox News Sunday" - about Biden.
He considered that if Biden was elected on November 3, he would "destroy this country."
In the face of several challenges related to the spread of the virus, ethnic unrest and economic difficulties; Trump directed the former vice president several unsubstantiated accusations, saying that he would "raise your taxes 3 times" and "reduce the police budget."
He added that "religion will be gone", indicating that democratic officials prevented large gatherings in churches to curb the spread of the virus.
When asked if he would accept the election results in November if he was defeated, Trump repeated the position he adopted in 2016, saying, "I have to see ... I will not be satisfied with saying yes."
The recorded dialogue was presented with the results of new polls showing Biden's growing support, as doubts escalated over Trump's handling of the crisis, with a surge in injuries recorded in several states.
Journalist Chris Wallace told the president that a new poll by "Fox" showed Biden's superiority, not only in the issue of managing the epidemic (by 17 points) and dealing with racist unrest (by 21 points), but also in how to manage the economy, which has long represented Trump's strength .
A new joint poll between "Washington Post" and "ABC News" showed Biden ahead of Trump among registered voters across the country by 15 points (55 to 40%).
But Trump stressed that these polls are "fake", explaining that the expectations of white whites show his lead in the total country and in the states usually swing between the Democratic and Republican parties.
Mom, mom, take me and
Trump repeated his attacks on Biden, whose activity was kept to a minimum in light of the restrictions imposed to contain the Covid-19 epidemic.
He claimed that his democratic rival wanted to "reduce the police budget", which is a demand by some protesters against racism; He insisted that this was included in Biden's agenda document, but he was unable to provide evidence of this when that journalist Wallace requested that.
When a Fox News journalist asked him if he thought Padin had dementia, Trump said: I don't want to say that, what I am saying is that he is not qualified to be president. To be president you have to be smart and strong, among other things. He does not leave even the basement of his house. "
He also asked whether Biden was able to pass a test of cognitive abilities, and he said he conducted it and "excelled" in it, and considered that the Democratic presidential candidate would collapse under the impact of difficult questions.
He added, "Let Biden participate in an interview like this, he will leave the crying land for his mother. He will say," My mother, my mother, please take me to the house. "
The world envies us
and Trump renewed his defense of the way he dealt with the epidemic, saying that "the world envies us" on tests, and on his early expectation that the virus will one day disappear, adding, "I will be right in the end."
The Republican billionaire reiterated his refusal to establish mandatory placement of the muzzle, justifying that he wanted "to have a degree of freedom for people."
Regarding the country's ethnic unrest and the recent rise in violent crime in some cities, the US president has blamed "democratic-run cities" that are "stupidly managed."
When the reporter presented statistics showing that there was a double risk that black Americans would be killed by police compared to whites, Trump replied, "A lot of whites are killed too. You have to say that."
Those who raise the flag of the Confederation were equated with those who adopt the slogan "The lives of blacks are important", considering that this is a matter of "freedom of expression".
Long awaited and
Trump repeated his opposition to changing the designations of US military bases bearing the names of Confederate generals, despite the army's support for the proposal.
"I don't care what the army says," he mockedly asked, "Are we going to call it the Reverend Al Sharpton?" The latter is a prominent black American human rights activist.
Biden's campaign did not respond directly to what was reported in the interview, although the Democratic candidate previously said on Twitter that "banning the Confederate flag in military sites is a long-awaited decision."
Trump said on other separate issues that the economy is "doing well", despite the presence of millions of unemployed people, and the re-imposition of quarantine measures in some states, and he noted that the stock market is at almost record levels.