President Trump is taking this whole "horse race" thing seriously.
In an interview with the Washington Examiner published Wednesday, Trump called for a drug test before he and Democratic nominee Joe Biden face off in a presidential debate Sept. 29. Trump's reasoning seemed mostly to be for his own benefit: He thought Biden's performance improved from the first Democratic primary debate to the last, and baselessly suggested the former vice president had benefited from performance enhancing drugs.
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When asked to expand, Trump said "I don't know how he could have been so incompetent in his debate performances and then all of a sudden be okay against Bernie." Trump repeated that sort of thing for a bit, and then claimed "somebody said to me he must be on drugs" before "asking for a drug test" once again. "Both candidates. Me, too. I take an aspirin a day," Trump stated.
Biden and Trump will debate for the first time on Sept. 29, and then two more times before Election Day. Trump had asked for another debate to be added to the schedule, but was turned down.
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