Trump admits ‘I have some very severe problems’ in Biden-like ramble at White House

Donald Trump delivered a roughly hour-long, meandering speech to invited first responders in the White House Rose Garden, hours after returning from a multi-day campaign swing, and The Independent describes it as strikingly reminiscent of Joe Biden's final year in office. With midterm voting less than a month away, the president dismissed bad news as media invention, praised his crowds, and spoke about a future successor standing in the same spot. He credited himself with tariff-driven investment of $22 trillion and said Biden had claimed gains from drug-pricing changes that originated in Trump's first term.

He was more forthcoming about specific contests. He called a Montana House race somewhat tight and said Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton, whom he termed a little controversial, had pulled nearly even with Democrat James Talarico. In Michigan, where Abdul El-Sayed leads Mike Rogers, Trump called El-Sayed a Muslim Brotherhood figure and gave him a mangled name.

While explaining that he avoids alcohol and drugs, Trump told Attorney General Todd Blanche he had "some very severe problems," then joked that reporters would now pursue the remark.

Summarized by PolitiKool from The Independent’s reporting. Read the full story at The Independent →