Trump goes off on Biden in early morning screed ahead of debate: ‘Man is a walking LYING MACHINE’

Donald Trump has baselessly claimed that Joe Biden should be thrilled there are no fact checkers in the first presidential debate of the 2024 election, and branded the president a “lying machine.”

Trump appeared to be projecting in his early morning screed on Truth Social on Wednesday, and accused Biden of spreading “falsehoods”.

“Crooked Joe Biden’s ‘Handlers’ are loudly and profusely complaining that there will be no Fact Checkers during the Debate on Thursday,” Trump posted. “Actually, that is just DISINFORMATION — They could not be happier, because there is nobody that’s as loose with the TRUTH as Crooked Joe.”

The debate will be aired by CNN at 9pm on Thursday, June 27. The network has said there will not be real-time fact checking.

Trump went on to accuse Biden of making up a number of news stories. “From the 51 Fake Intelligence Agents, to Russia, Russia, Russia, to the Fake ‘Suckers and Losers Story’ he created about our beloved Military,” the former president raged.

All of these stories surfaced while Trump was in the White House.

Trump appeared to be referring to the 51 intelligence officials who signed a letter expressing their belief that the disclosure of Biden’s infamous emails — which Trump’s then-personal attorney Rudy Guiluiani brought to light — had “all the classic earmarks of a Russian information operation.”

“Russia Russia Russia” seems to be allude to special counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation into possible Russian meddling in the 2016 election. The two-year-long probe occurred during Trump’s term.

The “suckers and losers” remark appeared to be fresh in Trump’s mind following recent events. During a recent D-Day anniversary visit to France, Biden reminded European allies that Trump had dubbed