Overview
- During a Jan. 13 address in Detroit, President Trump mimicked Joe Biden by coughing, groaning and adopting a wheezy voice while describing Biden’s speeches.
- Trump told the crowd, “Did you ever notice that Joe would cough before a speech?” and went on to deride the length and quality of Biden’s remarks.
- He also referenced a past State of the Union, saying Biden was “as high as a kite” and arguing the speech only barely made it through.
- Attendees at the Detroit Economic Club did not laugh or clap, with multiple reports describing the response as stunned silence.
- Clips posted on X drew widespread condemnation, with users calling the moment a moral low, and no official responses from either figure were reported in the coverage.