Biden campaign calls Trump ‘weak and desperate’ after New York court hearing

Joe Biden’s presidential re-election campaign labeled Donald Trump “weak and desperate” and “feeble, confused and tired”, after the former president and presumptive Republican nominee appeared in court and then spoke to the press in New York.

“Donald Trump is weak and desperate – both as a man and a candidate for president,” said James Singer, a spokesperson for the Biden campaign, on Monday.

“He spent the weekend golfing, the morning comparing himself to Jesus, and the afternoon lying about having money he definitely doesn’t have.

“His campaign can’t raise money, he is uninterested in campaigning outside his country club, and every time he opens his mouth, he pushes moderate and suburban voters away with his dangerous agenda.

“America deserves better than a feeble, confused, and tired Donald Trump.”

Trump’s lack of campaign events, fundraising deficit and focus on golf were widely noted last weekend.

After federal filings showed Biden nearly $40m ahead of Trump in funds raised, the president’s campaign taunted their rival as “Broke Don”. Many social media users opposed to Trump added to the taunting by making #DonPoorleone – inspired by the fictional Corleone crime family from The Godfather film series – a trending hashtag.

After Trump boasted about winning titles at one of his own golf clubs, the president’s social media team sought to damn him with faint praise.

On Monday morning, as Trump sat in court in New York in a hearing related to his looming trial on 34 criminal counts arising from hush-money payments to an adult film star who claimed a sexual encounter, he posted to social media a message from a supporter who compared him to Christ.

Trump’s unprecedented legal jeopardy also includes 14 criminal counts related to