Former President Trump tonight mocking his now former opponent in
the presidential race, telling me in a phone interview, quote,
Joe Biden is the worst president in the history of
the United States by far.
There's never been a president who has done such damage
to our country.
Mr.
Trump saying, quote, we will fix what he has done.
When I asked if he was surprised by the president's
announcement, Mr.
Trump responding, quote, he should have never been there in
the 1st place.
He should have stayed in his basement.
The former president's campaign had already ramped up its attacks
on Vice President Harris in recent weeks, including last night
in Grand Rapids, MI.
I call her laughing Kamala.
You ever watch her laugh?
She's crazy.
The former president polling the crowd about possible Democratic opponents.
So who would you like to most run against?
If you're us, if we want to win, ready.
Kamala Harris, Crooked Joe Biden, Mr.
Trump mentioning the president by name just once in his
record-breaking 92 minute convention speech Thursday.
If you took the 10 worst presidents in the history
of the United States, think of it, the 10 worst
added them up.
They will not have done the damage that Biden has
done.
Only going to use the term once, Biden, I'm not
going to use the name anymore.
Just one time tonight, Mr.
Trump's running mate JD Vance using a social media post
to question President Biden's fitness to remain in the Oval
Office.
Quote, if Joe Biden ends his re election campaign, how
can he justify remaining president?
Not running for re election would be a clear admission
that President Trump was right all along about by not
being mentally fit enough to serve as commander in chief.
Garrett Haake, NBC News, Washington.