Osama bin Laden wanted ‘incompetent’ Biden for president, claims Donald Trump Jr
20 June 2020 |
9:00 am
In an interview with his father, Donald Trump Jr. makes the unfounded claim that Osama bin Laden "wanted to assassinate President Obama because it would put Joe Biden in charge" and that Biden's incompetence "would lead to the destruction of America." "Is that true?", the US president asks his son, who then assures him that "it's true."
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