Biden lays into ‘convicted felon’ Trump in fiery campaign speech: ‘Something snapped in this guy for real’

President Joe Biden called out Donald Trump for what he is – a “convicted felon” – in a fiery campaign speech, where he laid into his “clearly unhinged” Republican rival who “snapped” after losing the 2020 election.

In the immediate aftermath of Trump’s conviction on all charges in his New York hush money trial last week, the president offered only cautious comment on his political foe.

But on Monday evening, addressing a campaign event at the private residence of a wealthy Democratic donor couple in Greenwich, Connecticut, Biden didn’t hold back.

“Folks, the campaign entered uncharted territory last week,” he told his audience.

“For the first time in American history, a former president that is a convicted felon is now seeking the office of the presidency.”

“But as disturbing as that is, more damaging is the all-out assault Donald Trump is making on the American system of justice.”

Biden warned of Trump’s “all-out assault” on the justice system in revenge for his criminal conviction, saying it is “reckless and dangerous” for Trump and his conservative allies to insist that the verdict was rigged “just because they don’t like the outcome”.

The president continued by outlining the high stakes at play in this year’s election.

“The threat that Trump poses would be greater in a second term than it was in his first term,” he said.

“This isn’t the same Trump who got elected in 2016. He’s worse. Something snapped in this guy for real when he lost in 2020. He can’t accept he lost and it is literally driving him crazy.”

Biden continued: “Now he’s running again. And he’s not only obsessed with losing in 2020, he is clearly unhinged. Just listen to him.

“He says he wants to be – in his words – ‘a dictator on day ne.’ He says he