‘I Hope You Enjoy This Garbage Truck’: Trump Takes Questions While Sitting in Trash Truck with His Campaign Logo on It

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Donning an orange vest, former President Donald Trump answered reporters’ questions on Wednesday while sitting in a garbage truck.

The move was inspired by comments from President Joe Biden, who on Tuesday called supporters of the former president “garbage” before correcting himself. Biden was responding to remarks made at Trump’s rally in New York.

“I don’t know if you guys know this, but there is literally a floating island of garbage in the middle of the ocean right now,” comedian Tony Hinchcliffe said at Madison Square Garden. “I think it’s called Puerto Rico?”

“The only garbage I see floating out there is his supporters– his– his demonization of Latinos is unconscionable, and it’s un-American,” Biden responded two days later. The president subsequently cleaned up his comment.

Though he is not running for reelection, Republicans and conservative media are having a field day with Biden’s statement and are using it against Vice President Kamala Harris to damage her campaign.

After taking questions about Hinchcliffe, Elon Musk, and next week’s election, the former president volunteered an explanation for why he was holding court while riding shotgun in a garbage truck.

“How do you like my garbage truck?” he asked reporters. “This truck is in honor of Kamala and Joe Biden.”

Trump took two more questions and bragged about getting an endorsement from Hall of Fame quarterback Brett Favre, who reportedly was the “driving force” behind a multi-million dollar welfare scandal in Mississippi.

“Brett Favre is a great guy,” he said. “He’s very important at this moment. I mean, you know, he’s got– he’s got a little problem for himself, and I thought it was very brave that he came out.”

The former president then pivoted back to Biden’s comments.

“Joe Biden should be ashamed of himself if he knows what he’s even doing,” Trump continued. “And she should be ashamed because she shouldn’t let him do it. She’s the vice president, but I assume she’s acting as the president. She should never have let that happen. I hope you enjoy this garbage truck. Thank you very much, everybody.”

Earlier this month, Trump said the United States is “like a garbage can” because of immigrants. He has also said that Jews, Catholics, Latinos, Black people, and senior citizens who vote for Harris should “have their head examined.” The former president has gone so far as to say Jews will be partly to blame if he loses the election.

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