Trump rides garbage truck hours after Biden calls his supporters 'garbage'

Former US President and Republican candidate Donald Trump was seen riding a garbage truck in Greenbay, Wisconsin, hours after Democratic President Joe Biden suggested that Trump's supporters were "garbage."

Entrepreneur-turned-politician Vivek Ramaswamy also followed suit and said, "We’re not the garbage, we’re *taking out* the garbage."

He shared a video of the same on his X handle.

In February 2023, Ramaswamy had declared his candidacy for the Republican Party nomination in the 2024 United States presidential election. He suspended his campaign in January 2024, after finishing fourth in the Iowa caucuses.

Meanwhile, Democratic presidential candidate Kamala Harris has distanced herself from the controversial comment made by Biden.

“I think that, first of all, he clarified his comments. But let me be clear: I strongly disagree with any criticism of people based on who they vote for. You heard my speech last night and continuously throughout my career,” Vice President Harris told reporters Wednesday.

In an attempt to call out racist remarks by a speaker at a campaign rally for presidential candidate Donald Trump, US President Joe Biden made the remark which has now backfired.

Biden was responding on Tuesday to comedian Tony Hinchcliffe, who called Puerto Rico a "floating island of garbage" at the rally on Sunday and also disparaged Black Americans, Jewish people, Palestinians and Latinos.

During a fundraising Zoom call with Voto Latino, an organization that encourages young Latino Americans to register to vote, Biden said, "The only garbage I see floating out there is his supporter's - his - his demonization of Latinos is unconscionable and it's un-American," according to a transcript posted by a White House spokesperson.

With the US elections coming up on November 5, the battle is heating up between Trump who is eyeing a second term, which Musk has said will be 'the most fun America has had in a while', and Harris who with plenty of support from the Democrats is trying to keep at bay the man whose supporters were behind the Jan 6 riots at the Capitol.

(With agencies inputs)