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Every post where Trump mentioned “Biden”.

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Latest Oct 10, 2024, 3:33 AM
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Biden at a glance

sustained contemptuous hostility with instrumental escalation
Posts analyzed4,079
Phases11
Turning points9
Coverage2011–2026

With 4,077 posts spanning 2011–2026, Biden is by far the most referenced individual in Trump's public output. The relationship evolves through five distinct phases. In the Obama years (2011–2016), Biden is a peripheral comic figure — gaffe-prone, weak, not a serious threat. In 2019, Biden transforms into the primary political target as his presidential candidacy and the Ukraine impeachment collide. In 2020, Trump runs the most sustained attack campaign of his career against Biden, hitting cognitive fitness, family corruption, radical-left co-optation, and election integrity simultaneously. From 2021–2024, Biden-as-president becomes the reference point for everything wrong with America: every domestic failure, foreign policy disaster, and legal prosecution of Trump is attributed to him. After Biden's withdrawal from the 2024 race, the attacks do not stop — Biden becomes the permanent scapegoat of the second term, responsible for inflation, the border, Ukraine, crime, and the 'autopen' constitutional crisis. Trump never stops attacking Biden even after Biden is no longer president, no longer a candidate, and no longer politically relevant. Biden has become a structural element of Trump's political identity rather than simply an opponent.

2011-2016
peripheral comic target

Biden as a bumbling, gaffe-prone vice president whose statements are both dangerous and ridiculous. He is used primarily as a proxy attack on Obama — if Biden is incompetent, the administration is incompetent. Not yet a serious political threat; more a useful rhetorical prop.

22 posts across six years — sparse but consistent in tone. The 2011 China trip, Taliban comments, and defense spending posts all use Biden as evidence of Obama administration incompetence. The 2012 VP debate posts are notably analytical — Trump watches Biden closely as a political performer ('Biden's sarcastic smiling may or may not be effective'). The 2015 condolence post on Beau Biden's death is the only genuinely sympathetic moment in the entire dataset. The 2016 'not very bright' and groping-history posts begin the more personal attack register that will dominate later years. The nickname 'Sleepy Joe' does not yet appear.

2018-2019 (pre-impeachment)
escalating personal attack and first corruption framing

Biden transitions from comic prop to active threat requiring personal humiliation. 'Crazy Joe', 'Sleepy Joe', and 'low IQ individual' all enter the vocabulary. The 2018 physical confrontation challenge ('would go down fast and hard') is a notable escalation in register. The Biden-Ukraine-Burisma corruption narrative begins in May 2019 as Biden announces his candidacy.

The 2018 post responding to Biden's physical threat challenge marks the first time Trump treats Biden as a genuine rival requiring personal dominance signaling. By early 2019, 'Sleepy Joe' is established and Biden's verbal gaffes are amplified systematically. The May 2019 Ukraine-Burisma posts mark the critical shift: Biden is no longer just gaffe-prone and weak — he is corrupt. Trump begins building the corruption case that will anchor the impeachment and define the entire 2020 campaign.

Turning point
Mar 22, 2018

Trump's response to Biden's physical confrontation challenge ('would go down fast and hard, crying all the way') is the first post treating Biden as a serious personal threat requiring aggressive humiliation. The register shifts from mockery to physical dominance language.

Turning point
May 2, 2019

Biden's April 2019 presidential announcement and the first Burisma posts transform him from a bumbling figure into the corrupt beneficiary of Democratic media protection. This adds a prosecutorial dimension to what was previously just mockery.

2019 (Sep–Dec, impeachment)
biden corruption as impeachment shield

Biden's Ukraine corruption is the justification for the call with Zelensky and the primary counter-narrative against impeachment. 'Where is Hunter?' becomes a refrain. Biden is simultaneously the political opponent to be defeated and the corrupt official whose crimes the Democrats are protecting. The two functions — electoral attack and legal defense — become inseparable.

116 posts in 2019, heavily concentrated in the Sep–Dec impeachment period. Biden is the central figure in Trump's impeachment defense: the call to Ukraine was about Biden's corruption, not a quid pro quo. Hunter Biden's Burisma payments, Joe Biden's prosecutor-firing ultimatum, and the Democrats' media protection of the family are repeated constantly. The 'Crooked Joe' framing begins to harden. This is also the period where Biden's cognitive fitness attacks ('tongue-tied', 'low IQ') intensify alongside the corruption narrative.

Turning point
Sep 22, 2019

The Ukraine call and impeachment inquiry make Biden's corruption Trump's primary legal defense. The electoral and legal functions of the Biden attack merge into a single narrative: investigating Biden was a presidential duty, not election interference.

2020 (Jan–Jun, primary season)
full campaign attack cognitive fitness and radicalization

Biden as a mentally declining figure being pushed left by Sanders and the radical Democrats. 'Sleepy Joe' dominates. Gaffes ('150 million Americans shot') are amplified as evidence of unfitness. The Biden-Sanders 'unity manifesto' is characterized as extreme socialism. Biden is simultaneously too weak to govern and too dangerous in the hands of the radical left.

The primary season establishes the dual-attack template: Biden is both personally unfit (cognitive decline, gaffes, physical weakness) and ideologically captured by the radical left (defund police, fracking ban, open borders, tax hikes). The Hunter Biden corruption thread continues. Trump treats Biden's primary victory with a mixture of relief (easier than Bernie) and continued contempt. The 'Sleepy Joe' nickname appears in nearly every substantive post.

Turning point
Mar 6, 2020

Biden's Super Tuesday victory over Sanders consolidates Trump's target. All attack resources shift to Biden alone. The dual-track attack (cognitively unfit AND captured by the radical left) is fully deployed.

2020 (Jul–Nov, general election)
total electoral war multi front attack

Biden as an existential threat to every American value — safety, economy, military, religion, suburbs, law enforcement, energy independence, constitutional order. 'No one will be SAFE in Joe Biden's America' becomes the anchor message. The corruption (Ukraine, China, Hunter) and cognitive decline attacks continue in parallel. The Obama-Biden era is retrospectively painted as the origin of every social disorder.

The densest Biden period in the dataset. 874 posts in 2020, the majority in the general election months. Trump deploys every available attack simultaneously: crime ('no one safe'), economy (biggest tax hike in history), military (defund), abortion (late term), immigration (open borders), cognitive fitness, and family corruption. The 'Crooked Joe Biden' framing is consistent. Biden is framed as a vessel for radical forces rather than an autonomous actor — he 'has no choice, the Dems are controlling him'. Treasonous plot language ('Biden, Obama and Crooked Hillary led this treasonous plot') appears in October.

2021-2022
president biden as catastrophic failure

Every domestic and foreign policy failure is attributed to Biden personally. Inflation, gas prices, Ukraine war, Afghanistan, electric vehicle mandates, the Mar-a-Lago raid, and FBI weaponization all trace back to Biden. The 'would never have happened under Trump' counterfactual dominates. The DOJ is framed as Biden's personal prosecution arm. 2021 is nearly absent (4 posts — likely Truth Social transition and ban from Twitter).

4 posts in 2021 (dataset gap), 248 in 2022. The return to public posting on Truth Social brings a sustained 'Biden is destroying America' narrative. Every economic indicator is weaponized: inflation at 11%, historic gas prices, OPEC humiliation. The Ukraine war is immediately attributed to Biden's weakness. The Mar-a-Lago raid (August 2022) adds a personal persecution dimension — Biden's DOJ using state power against a political opponent. The weaponization narrative will dominate 2023.

Turning point
Aug 8, 2022

The FBI raid on Mar-a-Lago transforms Biden from a failed president into an active threat to Trump personally. 'Biden's DOJ' becomes the formulation for all subsequent prosecutorial actions. The weaponization narrative is born.

2023
weaponized doj banana republic framing

Biden as the director of an unprecedented weaponization of the Justice Department against his political opponent. 'Banana Republic', 'Witch Hunt', 'Crooked Joe Biden' are the defining vocabulary. The indictments of Trump are framed as Biden personally directing prosecution of his leading political rival. Every institutional action against Trump is traced back to Biden. Cognitive decline attacks continue alongside the legal persecution narrative.

1,315 posts — the single densest year in the dataset. The four Trump indictments (Mar-a-Lago documents, January 6, Georgia, Manhattan) generate a torrent of Biden-directed attacks. 'CROOKED JOE BIDEN & HIS INJUSTICE DEPARTMENT' is a recurring all-caps formulation. Biden is accused of directing Jack Smith, controlling Merrick Garland, and personally ordering Trump's prosecution while avoiding accountability for his own classified documents and family corruption. The cognitive fitness attack intensifies: Biden reads answers off cards, freezes, can't complete sentences. The 'worst president in history' framing consolidates.

Turning point
Jun 9, 2023

The first federal indictment (classified documents) triggers the 'Banana Republic' framing. Biden is now personally directing the prosecution of his leading political opponent — a characterization Trump will repeat through every subsequent indictment.

2024 (Jan–Jul, pre-withdrawal)
electoral rematch framing biden as criminal and unfit

Trump frames 2024 as a rematch against a manifestly unfit and corrupt incumbent. The Hur report (classified documents found in Biden's garage, basement den, multiple offices) is deployed as evidence of a double standard. Biden's border policy is characterized as mass murder ('Border Bloodbath'). The Manhattan trial is explicitly framed as a Biden-directed election interference operation.

1,224 posts in 2024. The pre-withdrawal phase treats Biden as the inevitable opponent. Trump constantly cites poll leads over 'Crooked Joe'. The Hur report becomes a major attack vector — a Democrat-appointed special counsel found documents everywhere but recommended no charges, which Trump characterizes as a flagrant double standard. Biden's perceived cognitive decline is amplified through every public stumble and prepared-question format. The 'Border Bloodbath' formulation peaks in this period. The Manhattan trial is described as a Biden election interference operation.

Turning point
Jul 21, 2024

Biden's withdrawal from the race removes him as a direct electoral target but does not diminish his rhetorical function. Trump seamlessly transitions from attacking Biden-as-candidate to attacking Biden-as-record. The attacks continue without interruption.

2024 (Jul–Dec, post-withdrawal)
transitional biden as failed placeholder

Biden's withdrawal from the race partially deflates him as an electoral target but he remains a reference point for every Democratic failure. 'Crooked Joe' and 'Kamala and Biden' are used interchangeably, linking Biden's record to Harris. Biden is no longer the primary antagonist but retains the role of the corrupt enabler behind Harris.

After Biden's July 2024 withdrawal, Trump's attack focus shifts toward Harris. Biden appears in compound formulations ('Kamala Harris and Crooked Joe') as a co-owner of the record being attacked. The 'Biden Tapes' subpoena fight continues. Biden remains the scapegoat for the general state of America but is no longer the daily target. The transition from Biden-as-opponent to Biden-as-predecessor is smooth — Trump simply extends all existing attack lines to the Biden administration as a historical record.

2025
ex president biden as permanent scapegoat

Every problem inherited by the Trump second term is attributed to Biden. Open borders, Ukraine war, inflation, air traffic control failures, crime, FBI targeting of Trump, Keystone XL cancellation — all trace back to Biden. 'The incompetent Biden Administration' and 'Sleepy Joe Biden' remain in constant rotation even after Biden is a private citizen. The 'autopen' controversy adds a new constitutional grievance dimension.

226 posts. Biden is no longer president, no longer a candidate, and no longer politically active — but Trump references him in nearly every policy announcement as the negative baseline. The 'autopen' claims (Biden's pardons and orders signed without his knowledge) become a major late-year theme, framed as evidence of an illegitimate presidency and possible constitutional crimes. The FBI emails revealing 'Biden DOJ's obsession with targeting Trump' continue to circulate. The pattern is clear: Biden's role as scapegoat has become structurally necessary to Trump's governing narrative.

Turning point
Jan 20, 2025

On re-entering office Trump immediately begins attributing every inherited problem to Biden. The scapegoat function becomes structural and permanent — Biden is the negative baseline against which every Trump achievement is measured.

2026 (Jan–Mar)
historical scapegoat and legal accountability target

Biden is increasingly framed as a historical case study in corrupt governance rather than a current political threat. Economic comparisons (mortgage rates, utility bills) position Trump's record against Biden's as proof of superior governance. The autopen controversy morphs into constitutional illegitimacy claims. CIA retraction of Biden-era intel reports and DOJ-Fulton DA grant links add a systematic corruption dimension. Biden may face formal accountability.

47 posts. Biden appears mainly as a comparative baseline for Trump's economic achievements ('mortgage rates were around 8% under Biden, now 5.7%') and as the target of ongoing institutional investigations (CIA reports retraction, DOJ-Fulton DA grant revelations, Georgia prosecutor coordination). The autopen posts signal that Trump may be building toward a formal legal challenge to Biden-era executive actions. Biden is no longer attacked as a person but as a record, an institution, and a potential legal target.

Turning point
Jan 17, 2026

The autopen controversy — claims that Biden's executive orders and pardons were signed without his knowledge or consent — opens the possibility of retrospectively invalidating Biden-era governance. Biden transitions from a political failure to a potential constitutional crime.

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Biden posts over time

Color intensity reflects mention frequency relative to the busiest month.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecTotal
20116
20128
20131
20155
20162
20181
2019115
2020874
20215
2022247
20231,316
20241,224
2025226
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Kamala just said that she can’t think of ONE THING she’d do differently than Crooked Joe Biden—So how about…

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I WON THE LAST TWO DEBATES, ONE WITH CROOKED JOE, THE OTHER WITH LYIN’ KAMALA. I ACCEPTED THE FOX-NEWS INVITATION TO DEBATE KAMALA ON SEPTEMBER 4TH, BUT SHE TURNED IT DOWN. JD VANCE EASILY WON HIS DEBATE WITH TAMPON TIM WALZ, WHO CALLED HIMSELF A KNUCKLEHEAD! I AM ALSO LEADING IN THE POLLS, WITH THE LEAD GETTING BIGGER BY THE DAY - AND LEADING IN ALL SWING STATES. THE FIRST THING A PRIZEFIGHTER DOES WHEN HE LOSES A FIGHT IS SAY THAT HE “DEMANDS A REMATCH.” IT IS VERY LATE IN THE PROCESS, VOTING HAS ALREADY BEGUN - THERE WILL BE NO REMATCH! BESIDES, KAMALA STATED CLEARLY, YESTERDAY, THAT SHE WOULD NOT DO ANYTHING DIFFERENT THAN JOE BIDEN, SO THERE IS NOTHING TO DEBATE. THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION TO THIS MATTER! DONALD J. TRUMP

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Western North Carolina, and the whole state, for that matter, has been totally and incompetently mismanaged by Harris/Biden. They can’t get anything done properly, but I will make up for lost time, and do it right, when I get there. Hold on, and vote these horrible “public servants” out of office. They are incapable of doing the job, and Kamala is even, WORSE THAN BIDEN. MAGA2024!

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“KAMALA MIGHT SINK WITH BIDEN’S SHIP”

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Lyin’ Kamala, who is being exposed as a “dummy” every time she does a show, just stated to the degenerates on The View that she would have done nothing different than Crooked Joe Biden, the WORST PRESIDENT IN THE HISTORY OF THE UNITED STATES. The Lamestream Media doesn’t want to… https://t.co/c7bDvMc9GK

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Lyin’ Kamala, who is being exposed as a “dummy” every time she does a show, just stated to the degenerates on The View that she would have done nothing different than Crooked Joe Biden, the WORST PRESIDENT IN THE HISTORY OF THE UNITED STATES. The Lamestream Media doesn’t want to pick up the story, the dumb women on the show wish they never asked her the question that led to that Election Defying answer, but the Internet is going WILD. For starters, THE BORDER DISASTER, WITH MURDERERS AND EVERYONE ELSE BEING ALLOWED TO INVADE OUR COUNTRY, WORST INFLATION IN HISTORY, THE UKRAINE DISASTER, OCTOBER 7TH WITH ISRAEL, LOSS OF ENERGY INDEPENDENCE, THE AFGHANISTAN DEBACLE, LOSS OF RESPECT ALL OVER THE GLOBE, AND MUCH MORE! Her dumbest answer so far!

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RT @TeamTrump "If anything, would you have done something differently than President Biden during the past four years?" \nKAMALA: "There is not a thing that comes to mind." \n🚨🚨🚨

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[RT @TrumpWarRoom]: "If anything, would you have done something differently than President Biden during the past four years?" KAMALA: "There is not a thing that comes to mind." 🚨🚨🚨 https://t.co/kvS3zkMc4p

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The GREAT people of North Carolina are being stood up by Harris and Biden, who are giving almost all of the FEMA money to Illegal Migrants in what is now considered to be the WORST rescue operation in the history of the U.S. On top of that, Billions of Dollars is going to foreign countries! NORTH CAROLINA HAS BEEN VIRTUALLY ABANDONED BY KAMALA!!! DROP HER LIKE SHE DROPPED YOU - VOTE FOR PRESIDENT DONALD J. TRUMP. MAGA2024!

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The the GREAT people of North Carolina are being stood up by Harris and Biden, who are giving almost all of the FEMA money to Illegal Migrants in what is now considered to be the WORST rescue operation in the history of the U.S. On top of that, Billions of Dollars is going to foreign countries! NORTH CAROLINA HAS BEEN VIRTUALLY ABANDONED BY KAMALA!!! DROP HER LIKE SHE DROPPED YOU - VOTE FOR PRESIDENT DONALD J. TRUMP. MAGA2024!

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Art Laffer and Stephen Moore have written a GREAT new Book, “THE TRUMP ECONOMIC MIRACLE: AND THE PLAN TO UNLEASH PROSPERITY AGAIN.” In my first term, we cut Taxes and Regulations at record levels, had virtually No Inflation, Record Job Numbers, the Lowest Unemployment Rates for ALL, and the Greatest Period of Economic Growth that our Country has ever seen. During this Harris-Biden “interlude,” we have experienced the true danger of Radical Left Policies that are driving up prices, and hurting families across our Nation but, never fear. Together, we will MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN - THE BEST IS YET TO COME! https://www. amazon.com/Trump-Economic-Mira cle-Unleash-Prosperity/dp/B0DHWHBXSJ?dplnkId=5079b737-f438-4324-9701-3c6dd2cbba94&nodl=1

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https://www. breitbart.com/politics/2024/10 /03/pathological-serial-liar-kamala-harris-caught-in-lie-about-moment-biden-told-her-he-wasnt-running/

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Jesse Watters: “Over 200 Americans are dead after Hurricane Helene and the thousands of victims impacted have been disgracefully left behind. The Biden administration has blocked ongoing rescue operations and North Carolina is living in the dark ages because Joe Biden and Kamala Harris hate Elon Musk. FEMA is now out of money, because Joe Biden and Kamala spent over a billion dollars of FEMA cash on migrants. Illegals got luxury hotel rooms, but Kamala’s just tossing Helene victims $750 and heading back on the campaign trail. This must not meet her standard for giving extra resources- she only wants to do that based on equity.”

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"When we heard that Biden was just going to be flying around. As our president, where is that guidance. You're supposed to be here helping us with this. It's almost a sense of abandonment."

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Horrible! https://www. foxnews.com/politics/over-1-7- million-migrants-who-could-pose-national-security-risk-arrived-us-biden-admin-report

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Judge Jeanine Pirro: “There's no question that the Department of Justice has had regulations over the years that say - Whenever there is an Election on a State or National level, you do not release, Number One, an investigation, an Indictment, anything that may impact the Election…This is definitely Election Interference—There's nothing new in this. It's the same old stuff, over and over again. Where Hunter Biden got the benefit of every doubt in every calendar, and every schedule, and every statute of limitations, they're doing whatever they can to hurt Donald Trump.”

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RT: https://truthsocial.com/users/realDonaldTrump/statuses/113239877794439539 The release of this falsehood-ridden, Unconstitutional, J6 brief immediately following Tim Walz’s disastrous Debate performance, and 33 days before the Most Important Election in the History of our Country, is another obvious attempt by the Harris-Biden regime to undermine and Weaponize American Democracy, and INTERFERE IN THE 2024 PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION. Deranged Jack Smith, the hand picked Prosecutor of the Harris-Biden DOJ, and Washington, D.C. based Radical Left Democrats, are HELL BENT on continuing to Weaponize the Justice Department in an attempt to cling to power. “TRUMP” is dominating the Election cycle, leading in the Polls, and the Radical Democrats throughout the Deep State are totally “freaking out.” This entire case is a Partisan, Unconstitutional, Witch Hunt, that should be dismissed, entirely, just like the Florida case was dismissed!

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[RT @michaelgwaltz]: People are DYING stranded in the mountains of North Carolina. Civilian volunteers are stepping in where they can but why hasn’t Biden-Harris authorized the DOZENS of active duty helicopters sitting at Ft. Bragg (Liberty) just down the road to go help?

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Lyin’ Kamala just put out a request for another Debate because they lost so badly tonight - Again, it’s like the fighter who lost, gets up and says, “I WANT A REMATCH.” I beat Biden, I then beat her, and I’m not looking to do it again, too far down the line. Votes are already cast - And I’m leading BIG in the Polls. I’ll MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN, she’s incapable of it!

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CBS is LYING AGAIN about the 2020 Election. Where is my apology from Leslie Stahl? She claimed that the Hunter Biden LAPTOP FROM HELL was not real, and that my Campaign wasn’t spied on. CBS IS FAKE NEWS!

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