Topline
President Donald Trump cast doubt on former First Lady Jill Biden’s claims she thought her husband was suffering a medical issue during his notoriously disastrous debate with Trump in 2024—saying instead that Biden “choked” because of Trump’s “strong performance.”
President Joe Biden walks off with first lady Jill Biden following the CNN Presidential Debate at the CNN Studios on June 27, 2024 in Atlanta, Georgia. (Photo by Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)
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Key Facts
Mocking Jill Biden’s comments in her new book that she thought the former president was having a stroke or was drugged, Trump speculated in a post on Truth Social Friday why she “never rushed onto the stage to help her troubled husband, as any good wife would do. The only thing she failed to mention was how well I was doing prior to his near total collapse.”
Trump asked, “did my strong performance in that debate cause him to plain and simple ‘choke,’ leading to his ignominious defeat, or were other reasons the cause? Nobody else knows the answer to that, BUT I DO!!!”
This is a developing story and will be updated.