He used his appearance at the event, held in front of 650 guests including Taoiseach Leo Varadkar, to try and turn the tables on the age-old question haunting his re-election
Joe Biden mocked Donald Trump as he branded him "too old" and "mentally unfit" to be president during a speech at the Gridiron Club Dinner on Saturday.
"Don't tell him, he thinks he's running against Barack Obama, that's what he said," said Biden, who also quipped that he was staying up way past his bedtime. It was the first time Biden has attended the dinner during his presidency and comes as the 2024 election looms and the rematch between Biden and Trump heats up.
"We live in an unprecedented moment in democracy," he said. "An unprecedented moment for history. Democracy and freedom are literally under attack. Putin's on the march in Europe. My predecessor bows down to him and says to him, 'do whatever the hell you want.'"
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