The US President has called for the Republican to be jailed, later clarifying that he meant it “politically”
US President Joe Biden has claimed that Republican contender Donald Trump wants presidential immunity and powers to kill his opposition, and therefore should be locked up, as he spoke to a Democratic crowd with the election just half a month away.
Biden, who stepped aside earlier this year to allow Vice President Kamala Harris to become the Democratic nominee, made the statement at a campaign office in New Hampshire on Tuesday.
“He thinks he has a version of the Supreme Court ruling on immunity that allows him, if necessary, to physically eliminate someone he believes is a threat to him,” he said, referring to former President Trump.
“I know this sounds bizarre. If I had said this five years ago, you’d lock me up, but we’ve got to lock him up,” Biden stated, drawing applause from the audience.
