Donald Trump rides a garbage truck after Joe Biden's gaffe

The current tenant of the White House described Donald Trump's supporters as “garbage”, before correcting himself. The billionaire tried to turn the situation in his favor with a media stunt of which he is a fan.

After the outfit of a McDonald's employee, that of a garbage collector. During a meeting in Wisconsin, Wednesday October 30, Donald Trump arrived aboard a garbage truck, wearing a fluorescent orange chasuble. Less than a week before the American presidential election on November 5, the former tenant of the White House tried to exploit a gaffe by Democratic President Joe Biden, who described Donald Trump's supporters as“garbage”before recovering. “What do you think of my garbage truck?” launched the Republican candidate, a fan of media stunts.

“This truck is in honor of Kamala Harris and Joe Biden. Kamala and Joe call you trash, I see you as the soul of America.”

Donald Trump, Republican candidate for the White House

to his supporters

After a comedian made racist comments during a Donald Trump rally in New York, calling the US territory of Puerto Rico a“Floating Garbage Island”and while he had to defend himself from being a “nazi”the conservative billionaire is trying to turn the situation around.

The controversy comes at a bad time for Kamala Harris, who launched a message of unity on Tuesday evening in front of tens of thousands of people in Washington. To journalists who questioned her about Joe Biden's comments, the American vice-president declared that she was “strongly disagree with any criticism based on who people are voting for”. But the damage was done in an extremely tense campaign, where the two candidates are competing for almost every vote in the “swing states”, these seven undecided states which will be decisive for victory.