Donald Trump trolled Joe Biden and Kamala Harris by riding a MAGA garbage truck to his rally in Wisconsin on Wednesday night in response to Biden’s comments that upended the presidential race with a week to go.
The former president rolled up to reporters on the tarmac in Green Bay, leaning out the window to take questions before his event in the battleground which is one of the seven states that will decide the election.
Trump and Harris are locked in a statistical tie in Wisconsin, and nationwide they are separated by by razor-thin margins as one of the closet campaigns in history draws to a close.
‘How do you like my garbage truck? This truck is in honor of Kamala and Joe Biden,’ he told the waiting media while wearing an orange workman’s vest.
‘For Joe Biden to make that statement — it’s really a disgrace,’ he added before speaking to supporters while Harris addressed her own fans in a different part of the state.
Trump was referring to the comments made by 81-year-old Biden that referred to his supporters as ‘garbage.’
Donald Trump trolled President Joe Biden and Kamala Harris by riding a garbage truck to his rally in Wisconsin
‘The only garbage I see floating out there is his supporters,’ Biden was initially quoted as saying.
The White House later clarified his words with an apostrophe in the transcript, and claimed the president was only talking about comedian Tony Hinchcliffe calling Puerto Rico a ‘floating island of garbage.’
Kamala Harris tried Wednesday to distance herself from her chief’s remarks.
The side of the truck was emblazoned with a Trump sign and had an American flag on the window.
‘How do you like my garbage truck? This truck is in honor of Kamala and Joe Biden,’ he told reporters in Green Bay
Trump was also asked if he owes Puerto Rico an apology after comedian Tony Hinchcliffe called it a ‘floating island of garbage’ at his Madison Square Garden rally on Sunday
The ex-president donned the vest on stage at his rally in Green Bay too
As the 78-year-old leaned out the side, wearing an orange reflective vest, he took questions from the press.
One asked if he owes Puerto Rico an apology over comedian Tony Hinchcliffe calling it a ‘floating island of garbage’ during his Madison Square Garden rally on Sunday.
‘I love Puerto Rico. And Puerto Rico loves me. I don’t know anything about a comedian’, Trump said.
The side of the truck was emblazoned with a Trump sign and had an American flag on the window
A group of journalists stood on the tarmac to throw questions at the former president
The Republican nominee was in Wisconsin for a rally with NFL legend Brett Favre
‘Nobody has done more for Puerto Rico than me. Nobody gets along better with Puerto Rico. They love me and I love them.’
The Republican nominee was in Wisconsin for a rally with NFL legend Brett Favre.
The retired Green Bay Packer quarterback told the crowd: ‘Just like the Packers organization, Donald Trump and his organization is a winner and the United States of America won with his leadership
‘I can assure you we’re not garbage. How dare you say that. Looking out I see police officers, teachers, nurses, grandparents, students. I see everyday Americans that make this country great.’
Trump then took the rally stage still wearing the orange vest as the crowd roared.
‘I have to begin by saying, 250 million Americans are not garbage,’ he opened by saying.
‘Kamala and Joe call all of us garbage. I call you the heart and soul of America. You built our country,’ Trump said to massive applause.
He recounted the offer he got to drive the garbage truck just minutes before landing in Wisconsin.
The former president only had a 30 minute heads up on the garbage truck stunt
Trump noted how high the steps were into the garbage truck and his adrenaline was going as he approached the vehicle
‘Sir would you like to drive a garbage truck?’ one of his staffers petitioned.
He said he thought it sounded ‘kind of cool’ and was up for it before he was told, ‘Sir we have a vest.’
Then came the next challenge: Climbing the dauntingly high steps up into the garbage truck.
‘How the hell do you get into the truck,’ Trump joked, noting how ‘it was way up high.’
He admitted thinking, ‘If I don’t get up there this is going to be very embarrassing.’
The former president revealed that with all the cameras rolling he really ‘had the adrenaline going.’
Trump walks into his event in Green Bay wearing an orange vest
A Trump aide told the former president he looked skinnier in the vest so he decided to wear it on stage
But after the event he panicked: ‘Where is my jacket?’
His concerns were quickly alleviated, he said.
‘It actually makes you look thinner,’ Trump said while smiling, mentioning that he appreciated the flattery.
‘They got me and I said now I want to wear it on stage,’ he told the cracking up crowd.
‘I may never wear a blue jacket again,’ he continued on, stoking the crowd’s laughs.
