Overview

• President Joe Biden, during a recent speech, criticized former President Donald Trump for allegedly referring to American service members who died in World War I as 'losers' and 'suckers'.
• Biden also accused Trump of wishing for an economic crash in the next 12 months, a claim he called 'unbelievable' and 'un-American'.
• The allegations about Trump's comments on fallen soldiers date back to a 2020 article by The Atlantic, which Trump has repeatedly denied and called a 'hoax'.
• Trump's former Chief of Staff Gen. John Kelly has been suggested as a potential source of the allegations, though he has not confirmed this.
• Online reactions to Biden's speech have been mixed, with some accusing the president of spreading a hoax and others suggesting he may be suffering from dementia.