US President Joe Biden walks towards Marine One as he departs the White House in Washington, US, March 13, 2024.WASHINGTON — US President Joe Biden took jabs on Saturday at former President Donald Trump with jokes about the mental fitness of his election opponent during a speech at the Gridiron Club dinner, a Washington tradition that began in the 1880s.
"One candidate is too old and mentally unfit to be president. The other one is me," Biden said on Saturday, in front of more than 650 guests who included the Taoiseach of Ireland Leo Varadkar, Amazon founder and Washington Post owner Jeff Bezos, and TikTok CEO Shou Zi Chew, whose US business could be banned by Biden.
He also spoke about the war in Ukraine with Prime Minister of Estonia Kaja Kallas, who attended Saturday's dinner. "We will not bow down, they will not bow down and I will not bow down," Biden said. Cox, 48, joked that he was announcing his candidacy for the presidency "in 2052, when I still will be younger than both President Biden and President Trump."