Trump insists that ‘sleepy Joe’ Biden take a drug test before or after the debate

‘Naturally, I will agree to take one also,’ says Trump

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US President Donald Trump tweeted on Sunday that he was “ strongly demanding” that Democratic nominee Joe Biden take a drug test either before or after the debate on Tuesday. Trump on September 10 had suggested that Biden had used drugs to enhance his performance during the Democratic debates. "I think there’s probably— possibly— drugs involved. “That’s what I hear. I mean, there’s possibly drugs. I don’t know how you can go from being so bad where you can’t even get out a sentence,” he said.

Trump, who has called Biden ‘sleepy Joe’ said in the tweet on Sunday, “Naturally, I will agree to take one also. His debate performances have been record-setting UNEVEN, to put it mildly. Only drugs could have caused this discrepancy???” 

The Biden campaign is yet to respond to Trump’s tweet. In 2016, too, Trump had floated rumours that the then-Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton used drugs to enhance her performance during the debates.

Trump’s attacks on Biden comes from the fact that Biden’s previous performances at some of the debates had been bad, but his performance against Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders had been an improvement in comparison. "It wasn't that he was Winston Churchill because he wasn't, but it was a normal, boring debate. You know, nothing amazing happened. And we are going to call for a drug test because there's no way — you can't do that,” Trump said about Biden’s debate with Sanders to an interview with Fox News.74-year-old Trump has frequently questioned 77-year-old Biden’s mental acuity, while Biden has laughed off Trump’s accusations. 

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