Barack Obama mocked what he said was Donald Trump’s “secret Chinese bank account,” telling a rally crowd that the circumstances would be far different if the same revelation was made about him.
“How is that possible? A secret Chinese bank account. Listen, can you imagine if I had had a secret Chinese bank account when I was running for re-election?” Obama said in a campaign appearance for Joe Biden in Philadelphia. “You think Fox News might have been a little concerned about that? They would have called me Beijing Barry.”
Obama was making his first appearance on the campaign trail for Biden, after also headlining fundraisers and speaking at the Democratic National Convention.
His reference to Trump’s “secret Chinese bank account” was to a story in the New York Times that the president maintains an account in the country. Trump has slammed Biden as someone who is beholden to China,...
“How is that possible? A secret Chinese bank account. Listen, can you imagine if I had had a secret Chinese bank account when I was running for re-election?” Obama said in a campaign appearance for Joe Biden in Philadelphia. “You think Fox News might have been a little concerned about that? They would have called me Beijing Barry.”
Obama was making his first appearance on the campaign trail for Biden, after also headlining fundraisers and speaking at the Democratic National Convention.
His reference to Trump’s “secret Chinese bank account” was to a story in the New York Times that the president maintains an account in the country. Trump has slammed Biden as someone who is beholden to China,...
- 10/21/2020
- by Ted Johnson
- Deadline Film + TV
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