Trump targeted by new Biden campaign ad labeling him a ‘convicted criminal’

With his last vice president, Mike Pence, refusing to endorse him, Trump’s list of potential choices has shrunk to include only Republicans who the former president is sure will serve as a loyal yes-man in a hypothetical second administration.

Donald Trump has often claimed that his presidency restored respect in the US from other countries during his time in office and that since Joe Biden became president, that respect has greatly diminished.

Unfortunately for the former president, there is no data at all to back this claim up. In fact, a new Pew Research Center survey finds that, internationally, Biden is viewed more positively than his rival.

Indeed, while confidence in the US slumped badly during Trump’s presidency, those numbers have rebounded under Biden.

Across the 34 nations polled, a median of 43% have confidence in Biden to do the right thing regarding world affairs, while just 28% have confidence in Trump. The gap between ratings is quite wide in many countries, especially in Europe. Biden’s confidence rating is at least 40 percentage points higher than Trump’s in Germany, the Netherlands, Poland and Sweden.

However, there are exceptions. There is no statistically significant difference in ratings of Biden and Trump in eight nations we surveyed. And people in Hungary and Tunisia give Trump more positive reviews than Biden, although neither leader gets especially high marks there. (The survey was conducted before Trump’s conviction in a state criminal trial in New York.)

Even though Biden gets better assessments than Trump globally, ratings for the current U.S. president are down since last year in 14 of 21 countries where trends are available, including by double digits in Australia, Israel, Japan, Poland, South Africa, Spain, Sweden and the United Kingdom.

NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg on Monday said 20 of the alliance’s 32 member states will spend at least two per cent of their respective gross domestic products on defense, meeting a threshold which former president Donald Trump has repeatedly mischaracterized as a prerequisite to receiving American help in a crisis.

Andrew Feinberg has the story:

The Republican was in Detroit on Saturday to address an audience of Black churchgoers, which his supporters, like Kellyanne Conway, have been keen to champion as the latest evidence of his broad appeal.

But 8,000 people? In this venue?

And just how “Black” was this crowd listening to former Trump Cabinet member Dr Ben Carson?

For any other person with 34 felony convictions, being branded a “felon” for life could threaten access to jobs, housing, healthcare, childcare and the ability to vote, let alone a path to the presidency.

Appearing at a star-studded fundraising gala on Saturday night, Biden explained on stage that “the next president is likely to have two new Supreme Court nominees.”

He added that Trump had previously appointed two justices who were “very negative in terms of the rights of individuals.”

“I think it is one of the scariest parts,” Biden said.

Amelia Neath and James Liddell report:

“I took a cognitive test, and I aced it. Doc Ronny — Doc Ronny Johnson,” Trump said, attempting to refer to Ronny Jackson, former White House physician turned US Rep.

“Does everyone know Ronny Johnson, Congressman from Texas? He was the White House Doctor,” Trump continued.