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Mikey Smith

Donald Trump descends into gibberish about 'work and horror' during speech

A tired-looking Donald Trump descended into gibberish during a 'low-energy' campaign speech days away from the US election.

The President gave the first of four rallies in Pennsylvania in Bucks County this afternoon.

He started to attack his rival, election frontrunner Joe Biden - accusing him, without providing any evidence, of backing  trade policies that made "his donors" and "his family" rich.

But he then veered off into just...we're not sure what.

He said: "And as we all know, he profited from the misery of unleashed...work and horror given to Pennsylvania workers.

"He made a lot of money and his family made a lot of money and nobody knew about it until just recently."

It's entirely unclear what he was referring to.

(REUTERS)

The President has repeatedly attacked Biden, using misleadingly edited footage to appear as if the former Vice President had misspoken or made gaffes.

And today he mocked Biden for his criticism of the Republican's record of fighting COVID-19, which has killed more people in the United States than in any other country.

"I watched Joe Biden speak yesterday. All he talks about is COVID, COVID. He's got nothing else to say. COVID, COVID," Trump told the crowd, some of whom did not wear masks.

(AFP via Getty Images)

He said the United States was "just weeks away" from mass distribution of a safe vaccine against COVID-19, which is pushing hospitals to capacity and killing up to 1,000 people in the United States each day. Trump gave no details to back up his remarks about an imminent vaccine.

Opinion polls show Trump trailing former Vice President Biden nationally, but with a closer contest in the most competitive states that will decide the election. Voters say the coronavirus is their top concern.

Campaigning in the Midwest on Friday, Trump falsely said doctors earn more money when their patients die of the disease, building on his past criticism of medical experts like Dr. Anthony Fauci, the country's top infectious diseases expert.

The president criticized Democratic officials in Minnesota for enforcing social-distancing rules that limited his rally to 250 people. "It's a small thing, but a horrible thing," he said.

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