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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Gino Spocchia

Trump bizarrely claims Biden threatened US with ‘military force’ in speech decrying political violence

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Donald Trump baselessly accused Joe Biden of threatening the US with “military force” and as having “late stage dementia” after the president called him and his “MAGA Republican” followers for threatening democracy in a speech from Philadelphia, the nation’s birthplace.

Delivering a prime-time address on Thursday ahead of November’s midterm elections, Mr Biden painted a picture of dark forces and “extreme ideology” that was working to undermine the “foundations of our republic”.

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