Biden launches brutal ad answering Trump’s question: ‘Were you better off 4 years ago?’
The IndependentSign up for the daily Inside Washington email for exclusive US coverage and analysis sent to your inbox Get our free Inside Washington email Get our free Inside Washington email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Joe Biden has launched a brutal campaign advert in response to a post made by Donald Trump which asked voters if they were “better off” before his political rival took office. The former president took to his social media platform earlier this week, writing, in his typical style of all capital letters: “ARE YOU BETTER OFF THAN YOU WERE FOUR YEARS AGO?” On Thursday the Biden campaign posted a short clip to X, captioned: “Donald, I’m glad you asked.” The video, paid for by the president, contained a package of clips showing Mr Trump’s response to the coronavirus pandemic. The video also included one of Mr Trump’s infamous gaffes in which he questioned whether it would be possible to inject disinfectant “inside” the human body as a way of combating the virus. A rematch of the 2020 election, which Mr Trump falsely claimed was “stolen” from him, is now all-but inevitable in November, after both men continued to dominate their respective presidential primaries earlier this week.