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Trump Wishes Americans 'Happy Labor Day' With Angry Words, Calls Biden 'Stupid'

With Americans across the country celebrating yet another holiday amid the coronavirus pandemic, President Donald Trump held a Labor Day press conference to pitch his reelection talking points and declare that things aren’t, in his view, all that bad.

“We have a lot to be thankful for, including this really beautiful day,” said Trump, speaking from the steps of the White House’s north portico. The president claimed to have talked earlier on Monday with unnamed Americans who are “very happy with the way things are going.”

President Donald Trump speaks during a Labor Day press conference at the White House on Sept. 7. (MANDEL NGAN/AFP via Getty Images)
President Donald Trump speaks during a Labor Day press conference at the White House on Sept. 7. (MANDEL NGAN/AFP via Getty Images)

From the outset, Trump’s remarks were blatantly political and meandered as wildly and conspiratorially as his Twitter feed. He was at various times uselessly vague, sharply vindictive and absurdly self-aggrandizing. He called former vice president and Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden “stupid.”

On the question of when a coronavirus vaccine may be developed and distributed, Trump said Americans “could have a very big surprise coming up.” When a reporter began to ask if the president’s recent suggestions that a vaccine might ready in October are politically motivated, Trump interrupted to say the vaccine would arrive “very soon.” He added, “Maybe even before a very special date. You know what date I’m talking about.”

Biden running mate Kamala Harris said on Sunday that she would not take a vaccine Trump recommended without public health officials confirming it was safe. Earlier this month, a chief scientific adviser to the Trump administration’s vaccine effort said that having one ready to distribute by the end of October is “possible but very...

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