Joe Biden gives Trump a nickname: ‘Clown’

Mod: If the big shoe fits, wear it.

Joe Biden gives Trump a nickname: ‘Clown’ (Politicolink): Joe Biden on Saturday referred to President Donald Trump as a “clown” after a supporter asked the former vice president whether he would return Trump’s insults. Biden, who is on the first swing of his 2020 campaign, told about two dozen supporters at a private fundraiser that he didn’t want to get down in the mud with Trump.

“There’s so many nicknames I’m inclined to give this guy,” Biden said to laughter in the room. “You can just start with clown.”

Since launching his bid in late April, Trump has given Biden special attention, including referring to him as “Sleepy Joe.”

Biden said that while he planned to respond to Trump if directly attacked, he believed it was part of the president’s strategy to keep               dialogue away from the issues. “On every single issue and on every demeaning thing he says about other people, I have no problem responding directly,” Biden said. “What I’m not going to do is get into what he wants me to do. He wants this to be a mud wrestling match.”

Mod: Mueller's testimony before Congress is less than two weeks away, so it must be "wag the dog" time.

Navy strike group deployed to send ‘message’ to Iran (Politicolink): The U.S. military is deploying the USS Abraham Lincoln Carrier Strike Group and a bomber task force to the Central Command region in the Middle East to send a "clear and unmistakable message" to Iran, national security adviser John Bolton said in a statement Sunday. The action, confirmed by the Defense Department, comes "in response to a number of troubling and escalatory indications and warnings,"Bolton said, and is intended to convey "to the Iranian regime that any attack on United States interests or on those of our allies will be met with unrelenting force."

Bolton added: "The United States is not seeking war with the Iranian regime, but we are fully prepared to respond to any attack, whether by proxy, the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, or regular Iranian forces."

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