Biden Capitalizes On World Leaders Mocking Trump With New Ad

GALIVANTS FERRY, SC - SEPTEMBER 16: Former Vice President and Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden addresses the crowd at The Galivants Ferry Stump on September 16, 2019 in Galivants Ferry, South Carolina. (Ph... GALIVANTS FERRY, SC - SEPTEMBER 16: Former Vice President and Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden addresses the crowd at The Galivants Ferry Stump on September 16, 2019 in Galivants Ferry, South Carolina. (Photo by Sean Rayford/Getty Images) MORE LESS
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Former Vice President Joe Biden released a digital ad Wednesday, capitalizing on the viral clip of world leaders mocking the President at the NATO summit in London.

“The world is laughing at President Trump. They see him for what he really is: dangerously incompetent and incapable of world leadership,” reads the Twitter caption. “We cannot give him four more years as commander in chief.”

The ad is a supercut of the NATO clip alongside other snippets of video showing Trump being laughed at or world leaders making faces in his presence.

It then transitions to solemn pictures of Biden with some of those same world leaders, and sitting around tables at international summits.

“We need a leader the world respects,” the ad ends, flashing Biden’s name on the screen.

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  1. Republicans: “Biden is using the help of foreign leaders to try to win the presidency!!! Get the phone records and emails!!! It’s collusion!!! They’ve been planning this all along!!!”

  2. Avatar for erik_t erik_t says:

    For all of the (fully earned) criticism about being a gaffemonger in past elections, I’m befuddled by the fact that Joe Biden is the only candidate even remotely focused effectively on the HE IS A WOLF AND HE IS GOING TO EAT YOU angle of this campaign.

    Oh my goodness, another day of bickering about which flavor of improved health insurance is icky neoliberalism. BEAT THE INCUMBENT.

  3. Excellent. Fast response. Paints Trump as s0, so uncool now. Hit him where he lives.

  4. Not a good ad theme. This one will not convert anyone and will only rile up the “base”.

    Focus on Trump’s poor policies and how they hurt average Americans.

  5. If this ad gains one more solitary vote against Trump –I am all in favor for it. There is no downside to showing how corrosive his presidency has become to our international standing.

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