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Pop singer Taylor Swift and cultural icon Oprah Winfrey are likely to be some of the moderators of the possible “blitz primary”—where potential Democrats will duke it out for the presidential ballot, replacing Joe Biden in the run for Office.

Knewz.com has learned that the 81-year-old incumbent president has seemingly failed to invoke the confidence of his supporters following the first presidential debate of the year on June 27.

Biden’s performance at the June 27 debate has led to prominent Democrats calling on him to take his name out of the running, something that has infuriated the President.

Whether it was while voicing his criticism of challenger Donald Trump or trying to answer his allegations against his presidency, Biden was found stumbling his way through his statements, especially towards the beginning of the CNN debate.

While talking about border security – a rather crucial topic for this year’s presidential election – Biden’s statement became increasingly unintelligible, with Trump grabbing the chance to reply: “I really don’t know what he said at the end of that sentence. I don’t think he knows what he said, either.”

Another notable example was when he tried to respond to a question about the national debt, and he trailed off toward the end of his response and ended his statement with another one of his verbal gaffes, saying, “We finally beat Medicare.”

Trump immediately pounced on the opportunity when it was his turn to respond: “Well he’s right, he did beat Medicare. He beat it to death and he’s destroying Medicare.”

Several senior House Democrats reportedly admitted to believing Biden should not run for Office anymore in a private meeting on Sunday, July 7.

The ones to have lost confidence in Biden as an able contender in the 2024 Presidential elections include Democrat Congressional Representatives Jerry Nadler and Joe Morelle of New York, Adam Smith of Washington, Jim Himes of Connecticut, and Mark Takano of California, sources have told The Wall Street Journal.

In the face of the ongoing turmoil regarding Biden’s candidacy, the Democrat camp has reportedly proposed a plan that would involve the incumbent president stepping down from the ballot and the party carrying out a “blitz primary” process ahead of the Democratic National Convention to determine his replacement.

It was reported by Semafor that the plan was the brainchild of Rosa Brooks, a Georgetown University law professor who served in the Obama and Clinton administrations and was a volunteer policy adviser to the Biden campaign in 2020, and Ted Dintersmith, education philanthropist and venture capitalist known to have donated to several Democrat campaigns.

“In the midst of malaise and crisis, we can forge an uplifting path,” the latter told the outlet.

As part of the proposed plan, potential candidates would be given a few days to announce their candidacy, following which the party would select six candidates with the most votes from delegates would “pledge to run positive-only [short] campaigns in the month leading up to the convention,” per Semafor.

In a bid to engage voters, the six candidates would engage in weekly forums during the month-long sprint curated by culturally relevant and popular celebrities. The list of possible curators reportedly includes names like Taylor Swift, Oprah Winfrey, and former First Lady Michelle Obama.

“We can limp to shameful, avoidable democracy-ending defeat. Or Democrats can make this Our Finest Hour. While we hope for help from Lord Almighty, the Lord helps those who help themselves,” the memo about the proposed plan states, according to Semafor. “We need to act. Now.”

News of the Democratic Party’s receding faith in his candidacy has reached Biden’s ears, as he dared disgruntled Democrats to run against him during a Morning Joe interview on Monday, July 8.

“I’m getting so frustrated by the elites … in the party. With any of these guys who don’t think I should run — run against me… Challenge me at the [Democratic National Convention, to be held in August],” Biden said in the interview, via OK! Magazine.

On the other hand, Radar Online reported that comedian and actor Whoopi Goldberg echoed the voices of those who still support the incumbent president on the TV show The View on July 8.

“I don’t care if he’s pooped his pants. I don’t care if he can’t put a sentence together. Show me he can’t do the job and then I’ll say, okay, maybe it’s time to go,” she said, per the outlet.

“Now, he had a bad night the first time that he went on and debated with Kamala Harris [in 2020], and everybody wanted him to quit then, saying: ‘You can’t talk to women like this’ or ‘You’re doing this wrong, you’re doing that wrong,” Goldberg added. “He came back, said, ‘You know what? I got it,’ and gave four years.”

As Donald Trump and Joe Biden gear up to face off in the first Presidential debate of the year on June 27, polls show unwavering support for the challenger and a reported lack of confidence in the incumbent president.

Knewz.com has learned that Trump’s demeanor at the CNN debate, however, might make or break his chances of grabbing the throne in the November election.

As of now, many voters have claimed that they do not have a real choice on the ballot, with Trump having been convicted on 34 felony counts of falsifying business records and Biden not being able to invoke a lot of confidence due to his advancing age.

“We are once again forced to choose between two terrible choices. Genocide Joe is doing everything in his power to lose,” a Democrat supporter from Texas – who voted for Biden in 2020 – said when interviewed for a recent JL Partners survey.

“They’re both old idiot candidates,” said another individual who voted for Biden in the previous Presidential election.

However, polls have also shown that Trump has maintained most of his voter base despite his criminal conviction, something Dr. Allan Lichtman, a historian with a record of correctly predicting the outcome of presidential elections, noted when he shared his predictions about the November 2024 elections.

On the other hand, Dr. Lichtman also noted that “a lot would have to go wrong for Biden to lose to Trump,” per his calculations.

As it stands, the June 27 debate on CNN could establish either of them as the more suitable candidate for Office in the minds of the unsure voters. Real Clear Politics columnist Frank Miele commented that for Trump, the key to winning the year’s first presidential debate will be his “demeanor.”

“When Trump joins President Joe Biden on CNN for the earliest general election presidential debate in U.S. history, it’s not going to matter what the former president says so much as how he says it,” he wrote, noting that many of his supporters are concerned whether he will “act presidential” at the debate.

It is worth noting that the JL Partners survey found that 79% of voters predicted that Trump will most likely interrupt Biden and speak over him, much like he did during the 2020 Presidential debate.

The poll also found 61% of voters claiming that Trump will most likely “tell a rambling story” at the debate, while 54% expect his mic to be cut off.

However, if Trump manages to keep his cool during the debate and offer prepared responses to the questions asked by the CNN moderators, who Miele believes will have their “sights set on” him, he will have invoked more confidence during the surveys following the debate.

Miele predicts that the questions to be asked by the panelists will focus on “election interference in 2020, election acceptance in 2024, and Hunter Biden.”

“Hopefully his campaign team will make sure that he is prepped and ready to avoid each obstacle, such as making ambiguous jokes like ‘dictator on day one,’ demeaning the elderly president as ‘Crooked Joe,’ and talking more about himself than about the problems of everyday Americans.”

“If Trump remembers to act presidential, and not like an attack dog, there is every reason to believe he will attract voters eager for a change,” Miele predicted.

The Real Clear Politics columnist also said that Trump’s demeanor will solidify the confidence of his supporters partly due to the ground rules set by President Biden for the CNN debate.

Biden agreed to participate in the June 27 Presidential debate on the condition that there be no studio audience present and that CNN use microphones that “automatically shut off when each candidate’s allotted time is complete,” per The Telegraph.

“Both of those changes could help Trump avoid a repeat of the bullying performance that may have cost him the election in 2020. In addition, turning off Trump’s mic will force Biden to complete his responses without making gaffes or getting lost in his addle-pated syntax, an opportunity Trump missed in the 2020 debate,” wrote Miele.

Notably, 49% of voters predicted in the JL Partners survey that President Biden might forget where he is during the debate and 70% of the voters wrote in the poll that they expect Biden “to mess up his words.”

Around 40-41% of voters also bet that the President would have trouble standing up at the debate and would likely walk off the wrong side of the stage.

Donald Trump has been extensively using President Joe Biden‘s advancing age as one of the significant rallying points in his presidential campaign and posing himself as the younger and more active alternative for Office.

However, new reports have raised questions about the onset of Trump’s own apparent “senility,” Knewz.com has learned.

Concerns have risen notably nationwide about the capability of 81-year-old Biden, who has repeatedly faced criticism for his age and verbal blunders.

Senior Trump aide Jason Miller said in a recent statement via AFP that the incumbent President’s brain “is straight gnocchi at this point.”

However, despite positioning Biden as the fumbling old man who is not fit to run for Office, Trump himself celebrated his 78th birthday on Friday, June 14, making him only 3.5 years younger than the President.

Matthew Foster, a lecturer in government at American University, told the news outlet AFP that Trump is “giving off the old, drunken uncle vibe at times when he is giving these speeches [at his public appearances], and this might be a sign of age, that you become less able to control all of your impulses.”

While Foster noted that Biden does show a noticeable difference “in physical capability” as compared to Trump, he pointed out that Trump’s schedule is much lighter than the President’s, with more time between public appearances.

Furthermore, Trump has often been seen drifting into lengthy ramblings during his speeches. AFP cited the example of Trump setting off on a maundering rant at Las Vegas that drifted through an array of topics ranging from “shark attacks to electric batteries to electrocutions.”

It is worth noting that, in a new survey conducted by the pollster JL Partners, 61% of voters predicted that Trump will most likely “tell a rambling story” at the debate, while 54% expect his mic to be cut off.

AFP further highlighted that the 78-year-old challenger to the throne has “confused the leaders of Turkey and Hungary, warned that the world was headed for a second — not third — world war, and called fictional serial killer Hannibal Lecter a ‘wonderful man,'” over the past few months.

The former president is also known to often confuse Biden with Barack Obama, per Reuters.

Furthermore, there are no public records of Trump’s current physical condition as he touts himself as the younger and energetic alternative to Biden. By law, the President has to undergo routine medical tests, the results of which are made public by the White House.

According to the President’s “Current Health Summary” released in February 2024, Biden is an “active” 81-year-old with no concerning medical ailments. The report also noted that Biden is “fit to successfully execute duties of the Presidency.”

On the other hand, Trump produced a short letter from his doctor back in November 2023, per AFP, which reportedly said that the former President was in “excellent” health and that he had lost an unspecified amount of weight.

Earlier in 2024, he told his supporters that he had undergone a cognitive exam and “aced it,” adding that he would be able to tell his followers when he goes “bad.”

Between Trump calling Biden old and the President calling his predecessor “unhinged” (per Reuters), it should be noted that if either is selected, they would become the oldest United States President to take Office.

According to the polls conducted by JL Partners, a section of voters do not even feel like they have a proper choice in front of them for the November 2024 elections. “They’re both old idiot candidates,” said an individual who voted for Biden in the previous Presidential election.

“We are once again forced to choose between two terrible choices. Genocide Joe is doing everything in his power to lose,” another Democrat supporter from Texas – who voted for Biden in 2020 – said when interviewed for the survey.

Notably, when asked to pick their dream president from anyone alive today, the majority of the voters picked Trump and Obama.

The latest poll conducted ahead of the televised Joe Biden-Donald Trump face-off shows that many voters believe the incumbent President will forget where he is during the first Presidential debate.

Knewz.com has learned that a significant amount of voters surveyed for the poll also believe that Biden‘s statements at the debate will be replete with gaffes.

These poll results came as concerns mount nationwide about the capability of the “senile” 81-year-old president, who has repeatedly faced criticism for his age as well as his verbal blunders.

Conducted by the pollster JL Partners, the survey asked the question “Do you expect or not expect the following things to happen in the debate?” and offered a list of scenarios to a pool of voters, 49% of whom wrote that they expect President Biden to forget where he is during the June 27 presidential debate.

Furthermore, 70% of the voters wrote in the poll that they expect Biden “to mess up his words.”

Notably, 40-41% of voters also bet that the President would have trouble standing up at the debate and would likely walk off the wrong side of the stage.

The overall poll continued to show a widespread loss of confidence in Biden, even among democrats who voted for him.

“We are once again forced to choose between two terrible choices. Genocide Joe is doing everything in his power to lose,” a Democrat supporter from Texas – who voted for Biden in 2020 – said when interviewed for the survey.

“They’re both old idiot candidates,” said another individual who voted for Biden in the previous Presidential election.

The Telegraph pointed out that President Biden’s “age has come under fresh scrutiny this week after he was filmed appearing to freeze during a Juneteenth celebration at the White House, while others danced around him.”

“At the G7 summit in Puglia, Italy, on [June 13], he appeared to walk away from world leaders and had to be brought back to the group by Giorgia Meloni, the Italian prime minister.”

On the other hand, 79% of voters predicted in the JL Partners poll that Trump will most likely interrupt Biden and speak over him, much like he did during the 2020 Presidential debate.

The poll also found 61% of voters claiming that Trump will most likely “tell a rambling story” at the debate, while 54% expect his mic to be cut off.

Notably, Biden agreed to participate in the June 27 Presidential debate on the condition that CNN use microphones that “automatically shut off when each candidate’s allotted time is complete,” per The Telegraph.

It is worth noting that the survey also found a strong support base for Trump, despite his recent conviction of several felony charges.

“Well I think I’m going to vote for the felon,” said one of the voters interviewed for the 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.

Many voters seemed to be on board with the “wrongful indictment of Trump” rhetoric, as one individual said, “The sham trial of Trump. Would have voted third party but now I will vote for him.”

“‘All the political indictments of Donald Trump has strengthened my support for him,” another claimed.

“If you can prosecute Trump for something and Biden did exact same thing and was not prosecuted, then that tells me the Democrats have weaponized our courts and they can do anything to anyone,” said a Republican supporter from Alabama, while claiming that “Freedoms are being taken away by Democrats.”

Another Republican supporter from Georgia said, “I like the fact that Trump is now one of us. He knows our problems now.”

As of now, it seems Dr. Allan Lichtman, the historian with a stellar record of correctly predicting nine of the last ten Presidential elections, was right in saying that Trump’s voter base does not seem to have “cracked” amidst his criminal charges.

Dr. Allan Lichtman, a historian with a stellar track record of correctly predicting nine of the ten last general election outcomes, has weighed in on the Donald Trump vs. Joe Biden debate.

The American University professor warned that while it might be too early to tell if a guilty verdict will spell disaster for Trump, the Democrats are likely not in a position to rest easy either, Knewz.com has learned.

Dr. Lichtman bases his predictions on a formula he calls “Keys to the White House,” which he developed with mathematician Vladimir Keilis-Borok in 1981 and is based on their analysis of presidential elections dating back to 1860.

According to the election oracle, the secret to the success of his predictions is leaving his own preferences out of the equation.

The “Keys,” a collection of 13 true or false questions, helped Dr. Lichtman correctly predict the re-election of President Barack Obama in 2012, a time when GOP candidate Mitt Romney was being favored nationwide.

He also correctly predicted Trump’s win in the 2016 Presidential elections despite polls, debate performances, and political commentators all favoring Democrat Hillary Clinton. He called the 2020 election for Biden as well.

“The keys are an alternative to the polls, which are not predictors. They’re snapshots, they’re abused, not used as predictors. And the pundits, you know, who are a lot of fun, but they’re sports talk radio. They have no scientific basis for any of their predictions,” Dr. Lichtman told Fox News.

“We reconceptualize presidential elections not as Carter versus Reagan, Republican versus Democrat, liberal versus conservative, but in geophysical terms.”

He also explained his process further, saying that if an answer to the True-False questionnaire in the “Key” is “true,” it shows that the party in the White House keeps its power. If the answer is “false,” it indicates an “Earthquake: The White House party is turned out.”

The 13 “Keys” in Dr. Lichtman’ss formula are party mandate, contest, incumbency, third party, short-term economy, long-term economy, policy change, social unrest, scandal, foreign/military failure, foreign/military success, incumbent charisma, and challenger charisma.

Although he has not yet made a final projection, he believes that “a lot would have to go wrong for Biden to lose to Trump,” per Fox News. However, the incumbent President has already lost two of his “Keys.”

“He’s lost what I call the mandate key based on midterm elections because the Democrats lost seats in 2022, they needed to win seats to win that key. And he loses the charisma key because he’s no Franklin Roosevelt or John F. Kennedy,” said Dr. Lichtman.

Per his predictions, if he loses over six Keys, he is likely to be voted out of Office. However, he also claimed that replacing the incumbent President with another Democrat candidate would cost the party two more Keys.

“With Biden running, he wins my incumbency key: sitting president. He wins the party contest: uncontested. Essentially, that means he wins two keys off the top… This nonsense about Biden stepping down points to the dangers of off-the-top-of-the-head punditry and commentary that is not based on any scientific understanding of how elections work.”

The four Keys to watch for Biden, according to Dr. Lichtman, are whether a third-party candidate (like Robert F. Kennedy Jr.) wins at least 10% support in national polls, the social unrest related to Pro-Palestine college protests, and the success or failure of Biden’ foreign policy amidst the Ukraine war and the Gaza conflict.

On the other hand, he claimed that Trump’s conviction on 34 felony counts of falsifying business records does not seem to have “cracked his base” of supporting voters, although it remains to be seen how voters outside of the base would react to “a convicted criminal on the presidential ballot.”

“We’re not going to know much until the sentencing hearing on July 11, right before the Republican convention… We don’t know how this might affect moderate and swing independent voters. So really, we have got to look over time and not rely on instant, unreliable punditry,” the historian stated.

Sunday, March 31 is many things on the calendar. Knewz.com has confirmed that Donald Trump and his backers think Joe Biden is emphasizing the wrong things,

“Happy Easter!” Trump wrote on Truth Social during the morning.

“Happy Easter, America,” the President’s X feed (formerly Twitter) posted 61 minutes earlier.

But Biden’s statement came too late for Trump supporters, who say Biden is anti-Christian even though he is Catholic. Trump posted links during the weekend to several arguments for that view.

For one thing, the White House website posted a proclamation about Sunday being the “Transgender Day of Visibility” on Friday, March 29. A “statement… on Easter” was not posted until Sunday morning, with no proclamation.

For some conservative Republicans, that difference can be a big deal.

“The American people are sick of this,” former Trump aide Steve Bannon wrote on social media, with Trump “retruthing” it.

Trump also posted links to articles about items banned from the White House Easter Egg Roll Monday, April 1.

One was a Fox News story indicating National Guard personnel could not submit religious designs for the eggs.

A promotional flyer said the Egg Roll art contest “must not include any questionable content, religious symbols, overtly religious themes, or partisan political statements.”

The theme of the art contest is “Celebrating our Military Families.” But entries could not be racist, bigoted or promote “discrimination based on race, gender, religion, nationality, disability, sexual orientation or age.”

The President of the American Egg Board sees no problems with the rules.

“We just can’t be seen to be promoting one religion over the other,” Emily Metz said, “the same way we can’t be seen to be promoting one political viewpoint or ideology over the other.” She called the approach “egg-nostic.”

But Trump clearly is promoting Christianity. Knewz.com reported on his “Holy Week” video Tuesday, March 26 promoting Lee Greenwood’s “God Bless the U.S.A. Bible.”

“We need to bring them back fast,” Trump said of religion in general and Christianity in particular.

In his White House statement, Biden said Easter “reminds us of the power of hope and the promise of Christ’s Resurrection.

“We remember Jesus’ sacrifice. We pray for one another and cherish the blessing of the dawn of new possibilities,” Biden added.

After writing “Happy Easter” on Truth Social, Trump posted a flurry of items about politics and the presidential race.

For some people, March 31 is not about Easter or transgender people. It’s also “César Chávez Day,” marking the birthday of the Hispanic worker rights activist. Efforts to make that day a national holiday have not caught on.

Biden issued a lengthy proclamation on that event as well, writing, “I am proud to keep a bust of César Chávez in the Oval Office.”

Meanwhile, the Washington Post reports Chávez’s family is demanding independent presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. stop using the name and image in campaign material.

Kennedy says he was a good friend of Chávez, and held a Latino outreach event in Los Angeles during the weekend.

Some relatives admit Kennedy helped carry Chávez’s casket in 1993. But they say they’re backing Biden.

The Biden Administration is rolling out guidelines to regulate how government agencies may use artificial intelligence (AI).

The new requirements aim to mitigate the risks posed by AI while harnessing its benefits by integrating the technology into national operations, Knewz.com has learned.

“When government agencies use AI tools, we will now require them to verify that those tools do not endanger the rights and safety of the American people,” Vice President Kamala Harris told reporters during a press call ahead of the announcement on Thursday, March 28.

The legislation, issued to agency leaders on Thursday by the White House Office of Management and Budget (OMB), was designed to ensure that AI systems are developed and utilized with fairness, transparency and accountability.

By December 1, federal agencies will be required to implement “concrete safeguards” when using AI in a way that could impede individuals’ rights or safety. If they fail to meet these requirements, agencies “must cease using the AI system, unless agency leadership justifies why doing so would increase risks to safety or rights overall or would create an unacceptable impediment to critical agency operations,” the White House said in the announcement.

One of the new guidelines requires agencies to appoint a “chief AI officer” with the “experience, expertise and authority” to oversee the use of all AI technologies. Another dictates that every year, agencies must release a public inventory of their AI systems and the potential risks they may pose.

The initiative also requires human oversight when AI is used in the federal health care system and to detect fraud in government services.

Furthermore, travelers may also continue to opt out of facial recognition scans at airports without delays or losing their place in line.

“This guidance places people and communities at the center of the government’s innovation goals.”

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“Leaders from governments, civil society and the private sector have a moral, ethical and societal duty to make sure that artificial intelligence is adopted and advanced in a way that protects the public from potential harm, while ensuring everyone is able to enjoy its full benefit,” Harris said.

But the initiative is also aimed at using AI to enhance public services, according to OMB Director Shalanda Young.

“These new requirements will be supported by greater transparency,” Young said. “AI presents not only risks, but also tremendous opportunity to improve public services and make progress on societal challenges like addressing climate change, improving public health and advancing equitable economic opportunity.”

She added that the government was poised to hire “at least” 100 AI professionals by this summer, according to CNN.

The new requirements build on President Joe Biden’s more wide-ranging executive order issued in October of last year that laid out safeguards the country should take against the technology.

Later this year, the OMB plans to follow up with agencies to ensure their AI contracts align with its policy, the White House said.

In September 2023, the U.S. Government Accountability Office released a report that found seven law enforcement agencies, including the FBI, conducted more than 60,000 searches using face-scanning technology without training staff sufficiently to use these systems and interpret results.

As former President Donald Trump was due in court in connection to his “hush money” court case, his political opponents were mocking him on a much lighter manner.

Despite the fact his legal matters are heating up, Trump gushed on Truth Social about winning the club and senior championships at Trump International Golf Club in West Palm Beach, Florida on Sunday, March 24, Knewz.com has learned.

“It is my great honor to be at Trump International Golf Club in West Palm Beach tonight, AWARDS NIGHT, to receive THE CLUB CHAMPIONSHIP TROPHY & THE SENIOR CLUB CHAMPIONSHIP TROPHY. I WON BOTH!” Trump wrote on Truth Social.

“A large and golfing talented membership, a GREAT and difficult course, made the play very exciting. The qualifying and match play was amazing. A large and distinguished group will be there tonight. Very exciting, thank you!!!” he added.

That prompted a dry response from current President Joe Biden on X.

“Congratulations, Donald. Quite the accomplishment,” he wrote.

Biden’s mocking of Trump comes several months ahead of what is expected to be a presidential rematch between the two.

Others on the left joined the mocking party, including former MSNBC anchor Keith Olbermann, who recently said he wished Trump would be assassinated.

“Oh, man. Beating up Dishonest J. Trump over his…golf game,” Olbermann wrote, according to The Daily Mail.

Bloomberg opinion editor Tim O’Brien also got into fray, posting: “He’s too nice to note that Trump is a notorious cheater at golf.”

Meanwhile, Trump had bigger fish to fry on Monday, March 25.

The former president arrived at New York criminal court ahead of a pre-trial hearing in connection to his “hush money” case involving former adult film star Stormy Daniels.

Trump was also hours away from a deadline to secure a bond for $464 million in connection to a civil case in which a judge ruled he must pay for inflating the value of his properties in business dealings.

Those are among other cases that will begin heating up in the coming months. Trump has called all of the litigation against him a political “witch hunt.”

“These are Rigged cases, all coordinated by the White House and DOJ for purposes of Election Interference. THE NUMBER ENGORON SET IS FRAUDULENT. It should be ZERO, I DID NOTHING WRONG! The D.A. Case, that I am going to today, should be dismissed. No crime. Our Country is CORRUPT!” Trump wrote on Truth Social early Monday morning.

According to fivethirtyeight.com — which tracks several national polls — Trump had a 53 percent-to-47 percent lead over Biden in the most recent polling from ActiVote, which ended March 22.

However, the latest poll from YouGov, sponsored by The Economist, had Biden leading 44 percent to 43 percent in polling that ended on March 19.

Trump has often blamed the Biden administration for the legal cases against him. On Monday, he was at it again.

“VOTER INTIMIDATION by the White House THUGS, and it will never work!” he wrote on Truth Social.

While Trump has often referred to Biden as “Sleepy Joe” or “Crooked Joe,” the president recently coined a nickname for the former president.

Congratulations, Donald. Quite the accomplishment. pic.twitter.com/nyDivqPwoI

— Joe Biden (@JoeBiden) March 25, 2024

As Knewz.com reported on Saturday, March 23, the Biden campaign has begun calling the former president “Broke Don.”

The campaign wrote in a fundraiser email, “Not a Winning Campaign: Broke Don Hides in Basement.” 

The message went on to say, “Trump can’t raise money, isn’t campaigning, and is letting convicts and conspiracy theorists run his campaign,” according to The Hill. 

The nickname was meant to mock the Republican nominee’s paltry fundraising efforts. The Trump campaign raised $10.9 million in February, and his joint fundraising committee raised $11 million, bringing the total cash on hand to $42 million. 

That number significantly lags the $53 million raised by the Biden campaign last month and the $155 million it has in its coffers. 

The Joe Biden presidential campaign is trying to brand political rival Donald Trump as “Broke Don,” using the nickname strategy that has become core to Trump’s political playbook.

Knewz.com has learned that the campaign wrote in a fundraiser email, “Not a Winning Campaign: Broke Don Hides in Basement.” 

The message went on to say, “Trump can’t raise money, isn’t campaigning, and is letting convicts and conspiracy theorists run his campaign,” according to The Hill. 

The nickname was meant to mock the Republican nominee’s paltry fundraising efforts. The Trump campaign raised $10.9 million in February, and his joint fundraising committee raised $11 million, bringing the total cash on hand to $42 million. 

That number significantly lags the $53 million raised by the Biden campaign last month and the $155 million it has in its coffers. 

Trump’s financial situation is dire, but he may be receiving a much-needed reprieve. 

The former president is facing more than US$500 million in penalties after losing two civil cases in New York, and reports from earlier this week suggest he cannot secure financing to pay the bond for his $464 million civil fraud payment.

If he does not cover that bond, the court could freeze Trump’s bank accounts, begin charging his building tenants rent, or force Trump to unseal his tax returns, another long-standing point of political frustration. 

On Friday, Trump’s social media company Truth Social received the green light to go public via a Special Purpose Acquisition Company, or SPAC deal. Digital World Acquisition Corp., a publicly traded acquisition group, approved the purchase of Trump Media & Technology Group, which runs Truth Social. Trump, who owns 79% of the social media company, could receive a nearly $3 billion payout from the deal.  

Trump has become famous during his political career for nicknaming his opposition, and the insult “Sleepy Joe” Biden has been particularly sticky. 

The most famous of his name-callings is the “Crooked Hillary” moniker from the 2016 election, referencing his Democrat rival Hillary Clinton. He also notably coined “Lying” Ted Cruz and referred to Elizabeth Warren as “Pocahontas” after the senator released DNA evidence that suggested she had trace amounts of Native American heritage. 

Most recently, “Meatball Ron” became a strange label for Ron DeSantis, who lost to Trump in the Republican primary. 

Critics of the Biden administration’s decision to dub Trump “Broke Don” say he is trying to “out-Trump Trump,” a move that has proven ineffective over the years. 

Bruce Mehlman, a former official under President George W. Bush, used a famous political truism in an interview with The Hill: “Never wrestle with a pig because you’ll both get dirty, and the pig likes it,” he said. 

Some supporters have called the nickname “refreshing” and argue that the strategy of rising above Trump’s bullying is ineffective.  

Biden also joked at a campaign rally that he was approached by a desperate man struggling to get out from under his debt. “I had to say, ‘I am sorry, Donald. I can’t help you,’” the president quipped. 

President Joe Biden applauded Congress members Saturday after the Senate passed a $1.2 trillion spending package following a brief partial government shutdown.