Trump stages garbage truck stunt in bid to turn tables over Puerto Rico backlash
Republican nominee in high-vis vest says ‘250 million Americans are not garbage’ as he capitalises on Biden gaffe
Dressing like a sanitation worker and, at one point, appearing in the cab of a garbage truck, Donald Trump sought to convince voters in battleground state Wisconsin on Wednesday that Democrats believe those who vote for him are “garbage”.
The theatrics came in response to an apparent verbal gaffe made by Joe Biden the night before, which the president said was intended to condemn a comedian over his racist remarks at a massive rally Trump staged at New York City’s Madison Square Garden over the weekend.
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