Biden: Trump is choking on his silver spoon

Vice President Joe Biden on Thursday blasted Donald Trump as a crass and privileged ideologue who doesn’t have a sense of middle-class values.



Speaking in Youngstown, Ohio, in an area he compared to the place he grew up in Pennsylvania, Biden recounted struggles to pay for houses and college, while hitting Trump for his character flaws.



“This is a guy who was born with a silver spoon in his mouth that now he’s choking on because his foot’s in his mouth—with the spoon,” he said, stumping for Hillary Clinton, Tim Kaine and Ted Strickland.

Biden also criticized Trump for his comments on American workers and his “You’re fired” slogan.


“A guy who says, and he means it, American workers make too much money. No, no, I mean just think, all kidding aside. I'm being deadly earnest here. This part's not the campaign speech, man, this is about, about the character of the person we're talking about electing president of the United States,” he said.

The vice president also slammed Trump as being “thoroughly, totally, completely uninformed” and said he presents a serious threat to the United States’ foreign policy. Biden said Trump’s comments about wanting to abolish NATO and the possibility that he would have access to the nuclear codes are alarming.

Biden said he had to change his schedule to meet with the presidents of Latvia, Estonia and Lithuania to reassure them of the U.S.’ commitment to the NATO alliance given Trump’s comments.

“They are scared to death with good reason that Russia will cross the border and annex them like they did Crimea,” he said.

He added, “For the first time he is causing nations to wonder whether or not we will keep our word.”

