After Joe Biden confirmed his announcement of not seeking reelection last night from the Oval Office, former President Donald Trump pointedly described it as a Democratic Party “coup” during an appearance on Fox News’ “Fox & Friends.”
“I think it was a coup,” Trump asserted. “They didn’t want him running. He was way down in the polls, and they thought he was going to lose. They went to him, and they said, you can’t win the race, which I think is true, unless I did something very foolish, which I wasn’t going to do, and I think he was so far down, and they said, ‘You’re not going to win, and you’re not in great shape, and you did poorly in the debate.’ I think the debate started everything.”
Trump singled out Rep. Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) and former President Barack Obama for their roles in influencing Biden’s decision.
“I know a lot of people on the other side, too, that they went, and they forced him out between Pelosi and Obama and some others that you see on television,” Trump declared. “It was interesting. I’d watch them on television, and they act so nice. ‘Oh, yes, we loved you — we loved you behind the scenes.’ I know for a fact they were brutal.”