a week ahead of the two men facing off, and after spending months describing him as a weak, mentally unfit leader.
"All I can say is this, I watched him with Paul Ryan, and he destroyed Paul Ryan. Paul Ryan with the water, he was chugging water left and right ... and he beat Paul Ryan. So, I'm not underestimating him. I'm not underestimating him. It is what it is.
After Trump and Biden agreed to face off twice, Trump called for Biden to be drug tested ahead of the debates, claiming that if he performed well, it would be because of some kind of performance enhancement. "Maybe I'm better off losing the debate, I'll make sure he stays. I'll lose the debate on purpose, maybe I'll do something like that," Trump said during an interview with Real America's Voices the day he visited with Congressional Republicans.
"I'll probably be negotiating with three people, but that's OK. I've done that before where I'll be debating three people instead of one-half of a person," Trump previously said, continuing to attack Biden's mental fitness.