前副总统乔·拜登对总统提出了严厉的批评唐纳德·特朗普在周五特拉华州威尔明顿的一次演讲中。
这次露面被认为是关于经济的。但在拜登谈到这个话题之前，他对2007年的一个故事作出了回应大西洋杰弗里·戈德堡(Jeffrey Goldberg)报道称，据称特朗普将在战争中阵亡的美国军人称为“失败者”和“笨蛋”，并取消了2018年对巴黎郊外美国士兵墓地的访问，因为他认为纪念他们并不重要。
美国广播公司新闻尚未独立证实《大西洋报道》，该报道引用了四个不知名的消息来源，这些消息来源都是直接知情的。特朗普强烈否认了这一点。
拜登告诉记者:“坦白地说，如果《大西洋月刊》上写的是真的，那就太恶心了。”这证实了我们大多数人认为的事实，即唐纳德·特朗普不适合担任总统，也不适合担任总司令。”
拜登补充说:“这是可悲的。”“我已经说过很多次了，我会再说一遍。这些人是美国的脊梁。他们是心灵，灵魂，勇气。这就是爱国主义。”
注意到总统在参议员约翰·麦凯恩·拜登去世后的反应，特朗普说，“当船进港时，他确保了美国军舰麦凯恩被报道了[所以]我们看不到它。他就是诋毁约翰的那个人。"
拜登回忆起他已故的儿子博·拜登时说:“据报道，总统说——我强调是据报道说——那些报名参军而不是做更有利可图的事情的人是傻瓜。”让我说清楚。当我的儿子是一个助理美国检察官，他自愿去科索沃，而战争正在进行，作为一个平民，他不是一个傻瓜。”
他补充说:“当我的儿子志愿加入美国军队，担任司法部长，并前往伊拉克一年，赢得铜牌和其他赞扬，他不是一个傻瓜。”“和他一起服役的男女军人，尤其是那些没有回家的人，不是失败者。”
特朗普竞选团队没有立即回应对拜登言论的置评请求。
拜登随后谈到了新冠肺炎的经济后果，并将特朗普对疫情的处理描述为加剧了经济衰退的影响。
他猛烈抨击了他所谓的K型经济，并描述了他认为公平的复苏会是什么样子。
“经济学家们开始把这次衰退称为K型衰退，这是一个奇特的说法，用来形容特朗普总统任期内的所有问题。”他补充道，“K”意味着那些在顶部的人看到事情在上升，而那些在中间和下面的人看到事情在下降并变得更糟。这并不奇怪，因为根本原因是特朗普对COVID危机管理不善，这就是为什么它是一个K型流行病。”
此前，美国劳工统计局公布了8月份的就业数据，显示美国雇主上月增加了140万个就业岗位，失业率降至8.4%，美国股指周四大幅下挫。
道琼斯工业平均指数收盘时下跌807点，跌幅约2.8%。S&P 500股市下跌超过3.5%，科技股为主的纳斯达克指数下跌4.9%。
特朗普周五在推特上宣传了就业数据，他说:“就业数据棒极了!8月新增137万个工作岗位。失业率降至8.4%(哇，比预期的好得多!)。打破10%的水平比想象的更快更深。”二月份，在大流行爆发之前，失业率为3.5%。
民主党总统候选人、前副总统乔·拜登在德尔威尔明顿发表讲话。
拜登和他的竞选团队一直试图将特朗普描绘成美国人安全和生计的威胁。在周一的讲话中，拜登将同时发生的危机——新冠肺炎大流行、大流行的经济后果以及与警察有关的暴力——与特朗普的任期联系在一起。
“共同的主线?拜登周一在匹兹堡的一次演讲中说:“他是一个只会让事情变得更糟而不是更好的现任总统。”"现任总统散播混乱而不是提供秩序."
2020年9月4日，民主党总统候选人、前副总统乔·拜登在德尔威尔明顿就经济状况发表讲话。
拜登在讲话中说，美国人生活在恐惧之中，这直接是因为总统的不作为。
“特朗普先生，你想谈谈恐惧吗?如果你知道美国人害怕什么?害怕他们会得到COVID。他说:“我担心他们会生病和死亡，这在很大程度上是因为你。”
拜登的“重建得更好”经济计划侧重于国内制造业和创新战略，该运动表示，除了冠状病毒大流行造成的就业岗位流失之外，该计划还将创造500万个新就业岗位。该运动称，该计划不仅仅是对正在进行的新冠肺炎大流行的回应，这场大流行已经摧毁了美国经济的一部分，它也是一个走向更公平经济的更广泛的路线图。
拜登的计划还提议投资绿色能源和就业，承诺为家庭提供更多负担得起的儿童保育服务，并承诺提高工人的工资和福利。它承诺支持小企业主，扩大失业福利，并包含一系列解决种族平等、住房所有权和财富的种族差距的建议。
Biden calls Trump out on attitude toward military, blames him for economy
Former Vice PresidentJoe Bidenoffered a scathing criticism of PresidentDonald Trumpin a speech from Wilmington, Delaware, on Friday.
The appearance was slated to be about the economy. But before Biden addressed that subject, he reacted to a story inThe Atlanticby Jeffrey Goldberg, which reported that Trump allegedly referred to American service members killed in war as “losers” and "suckers” and canceled a visit to a cemetery for American soldiers outside Paris in 2018 because he didn’t think it was important to honor them.
ABC News has not independently confirmed The Atlantic report, which cites four unnamed sources with direct knowledge in making the claims. Trump has forcefully denied it.
Biden told reporters “quite frankly, if what is written in The Atlantic is true, it’s disgusting. And it affirms what most of us believe to be true, that Donald Trump is not fit to do the job of president, and be the commander in chief."
"It's deplorable," Biden added. "As I've said many times, I'll say again. These folks are the backbone of America. They're the heart, the soul, the grit. That's what patriotism is about.”
Noting the president’s response after the death of Sen. John McCain Biden said, Trump was “the same guy that when the ship went in the harbor, he made sure the USSMcCain was covered[so] we couldn't see it. He's the same guy that denigrated John."
Biden invoked his late son Beau Biden's memory saying the "President reportedly said -- and I emphasize reportedly said -- that those who sign up to serve instead of doing something more lucrative are suckers. Let me be real clear. When my son was an assistant U.S. Attorney and he volunteered to go to Kosovo while the war was going on, as a civilian, he wasn't a sucker."
"When my son volunteered and joined the United States military as the Attorney General, and went to Iraq for a year, won the bronze star and other commendations, he wasn't a sucker," he added. "The servicemen and women he served with, particularly those [who] did not come home, were not losers."
The Trump campaign did not immediately respond to a request for comment on Biden's remarks.
Biden then pivoted to the economic fallout from COVID-19 and characterized Trump’s handling of the pandemic as worsening the effects of the economic downturn.
He slammed what he called a K-shaped economy and described what he thought an equitable recovery would look like.
“Economists are starting to call this recession a K-shaped recession, which is a fancy phrase for what's wrong with everything about Trump's presidency.” He added “The "K" means those at top are seeing things go up, and those in the middle and below are seeing things go down and get worse. It's no surprise because at root of this is the fact that Trump has mismanaged the COVID crisis and that's why it's a K-shaped pandemic.”
The remarks come after the Bureau of Labor statistics released jobs numbers for August showing that U.S. employers added 1.4 million jobs last month and the unemployment rate fell to 8.4% and after the U.S. stock indices took at deep dive Thursday.
The Dow Jones Industrial Average shed 807 points, or approximately 2.8%, at the close. The S&P 500 slipped more than 3.5% and the tech-heavy Nasdaq dropped 4.9%.
Trump touted the jobs numbers Friday on Twitter, saying "Great Jobs Numbers! 1.37 Million Jobs Added In August. Unemployment Rate Falls To 8.4% (Wow, much better than expected!). Broke the 10% level faster and deeper than thought possible." In February, before the pandemic hit, the unemployment rate was 3.5%.
Democratic presidential nominee and former Vice President Joe Biden speaks in Wilmington, Del., Sept. 4, 2020.
Biden and his campaign have consistently sought to paint Trump as a danger to the safety and livelihood of Americans. In remarks Monday, Biden tied simultaneous crises -- the COVID-19 pandemic, the economic fallout from the pandemic and police-related violence -- to Trump's tenure.
"The common thread? An incumbent president who makes things worse, not better," Biden said Monday during a speech in Pittsburgh. "An incumbent president who sows chaos rather than providing order."
Democratic presidential candidate and former Vice President Joe Biden speaks on the state of the economy on Sept. 4, 2020, in Wilmington, Del.
During those remarks, Biden said Americans are living in fear directly because of the president's inaction.
"Mr. Trump, you want to talk about fear? If you know what people are afraid of in America? Afraid they're going to get COVID. Afraid they're going to get sick and die and that's, in no small part, because of you," he said.
Biden's "Build Back Better" economy plan focuses on a domestic manufacturing and innovation strategy that the campaign says will create 5 million new jobs in addition to the jobs lost due to the coronavirus pandemic. The plan, the campaign says, is not just a response to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, which has decimated parts of the American economy, but is also a broader roadmap to a more equitable economy.
Biden’s plan also proposes investment in green energy and jobs, pledges more affordable child care for families and includes promises of higher wages and benefits for workers. It pledges support to small business owners, extends unemployment benefits and contains a host of proposals to address racial equity, racial gaps in homeownership and wealth.
