Biden Hits Trump With Scathing New Nickname | HuffPost Latest News

Now that hes no longer running for reelection, President Joe Biden is ratcheting up his rhetoric against the GOP and taking a page from Donald Trump s playbook.

His first order of business was to lean into the jokes about his advanced age and to hand Trump a new nickname: Donald Dump.

Biden used the new moniker during a White House event Thursday celebrating his administrations deal with pharmaceutical companies to lower the costs of prescription drugs from Medicare.

During his speech, Biden went on the offense, slamming Republicans for refusing to support Democratic efforts to negotiate with Big Pharma. He also mocked Trump with the new name.

The guy were running against, whats his name? Donald Dump, or Donald whatever? They want to get rid of this, what we passed, Biden said.

Biden, 81, also joked about his own age during the speech, after months of being criticized by Trump (who is three years Bidens junior), Republicans and some Democrats who believed he was too old to run for reelection.

I served in the Senate for 270 years, Biden quipped. I know I only look 40, but Im a little bit older.

I only was 29 when I got elected, he said, noting that he used to be criticized for being too damn young.

He added: Now Im too damn old.

The announcement of the Big Pharma deal was the first joint appearance between Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris since Biden dropped out of the 2024 race and Harris secured the Democratic presidential nomination.

Harris spoke first, celebrating her accomplishments fighting drug costs as Californias attorney general and thanking Biden for his leadership in the administration. When Harris introduced Biden to speak, she led the audience in applauding the president, eliciting the crowd to chant: Thank you Joe!

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As Biden closed the event, he highlighted the length of his political career one last time.

I thank God that in the last three months Im president of the United States, I was able to finally get done what I tried to get done when I was a young senator, 30 years old, Biden concluded. Thank you, God. Thank you.