Biden campaign boasts new strategy to make Trump "go haywire"

Washington DC - As President Joe Biden heads into the general election as the Democratic nominee, his campaign has come up with a new strategy to deal with Donald Trump if he becomes the Republican nominee.

President Joe Biden and his campaign are reportedly preparing to take a more aggressive approach to dealing with Donald Trump in the general election.
President Joe Biden and his campaign are reportedly preparing to take a more aggressive approach to dealing with Donald Trump in the general election.  © Collage: SAUL LOEB & Brendan Smialowski / AFP

According to Axios, Biden has been telling those in his inner circle that he believes Trump is unstable "intellectually and emotionally," and he wants to take a more aggressive approach by endlessly taunting him.

Their "trigger Trump" strategy is intended, as one campaign advisor put it, to make Trump "go haywire in public."

In some ways, Biden and his campaign have already begun implementing the strategy.

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Last October, the campaign launched the Biden-Harris HQ social media account, which has since taken a sarcastic approach to pointing out Trump's biggest flaws. It even trolled Trump by launching an account on his Truth Social platform, which he uses as a direct line to his MAGA base.

Biden has also been publicly more critical of his rival. In a recent interview with The New Yorker, he admonished the former president, who he repeatedly referred to as a "loser", for still being unable to admit that he lost the 2020 election to him, even after losing over 60 court cases regarding the matter.

"If you and I had sat down ten years ago, and I said a President is going to say those things, you would have looked at me like, 'Biden, you've lost your senses,'" he said.

"I'm the only one who has ever beat him, and I'll beat him again."

Could Joe Biden's plan actually work?

President Joe Biden speaking in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington DC on March 1, 2024.
President Joe Biden speaking in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington DC on March 1, 2024.  © SAUL LOEB / AFP

This type of game is nothing new to Trump, who has made a habit of ruthlessly insulting his rivals and spreading unfounded conspiracy theories about them.

Many politicians, including some of those that ran in the GOP primaries, have tried to match Trump's far-right energy (Ron DeSantis) or beat it with better composure (Nikki Haley), only to fail miserably.

President Biden is expected to give his annual State of the Union address on Thursday, where he may put his new strategy on full display.

Trump, meanwhile, is expected to romp to victory in the Republican primary on Super Tuesday.

Cover photo: Collage: SAUL LOEB & Brendan Smialowski / AFP

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