Trump claims Biden 'never had COVID', says 'if he can't run for office, he can't run our country' and delivers brutal ultimatum to Kamala Harris - as polling shows who would win

Donald Trump claimed that Joe Biden's affirmative COVID trial was phony, demanded he resign and issued an ultimatum to apt caller force Kamala Harris. 

Biden, 81, made nan announcement successful shocking fashion, simply posting a digitally-signed missive to his societal media accounts Sunday afternoon.

Trump made a bid of posts to his Truth Social relationship attempting to destruct nan communicative astir Biden's decision, including the affirmative COVID-19 test that near nan president astatine location nan past fewer days.

He wrote: 'Biden ne'er had Covid. He is simply a threat to Democracy!'

Trump tried to deed location Biden's deficiency of fittingness to run nan state for nan past six months of his term, saying he 'Who is moving our Country correct now? It’s not Crooked Joe, he has nary thought wherever he is. If he can’t tally for office, he can’t tally our Country!!!'

The erstwhile president added that he believes Biden is 'going to aftermath up and hide that he dropped retired of nan title today!' 

Trump past seemingly issued an ultimatum regarding a scheduled statement pinch likely caller predetermination force Kamala Harris pursuing Biden's announcement.

He appears to person immoderate conditions regarding their tussle, which is presently scheduled for September 10 successful a yet to beryllium announced location, that he made clear successful a station to Truth Social. 

'My statement pinch Crooked Joe Biden, nan Worst President successful nan history of nan United States, was slated to beryllium broadcast connected Fake News ABC, nan location of George Slopadopolus, sometime successful September,' he wrote.

Trump is referring to ABC News anchor George Stephanopoulos, who was not slated to mean nan contest.

Fellow ABC News personalities David Muir and Linsey Davis were group to big but now Trump wants a alteration successful network. 

The erstwhile president continued: 'Now that Joe has, not surprisingly, has discontinue nan race, I deliberation nan Debate, pinch whomever nan Radical Left Democrats choose, should beryllium held connected FoxNews, alternatively than very biased ABC. Thank you! DJT' 

Polls are showing mixed signals for Harris, pinch immoderate wide positives but imaginable flaws successful nan cardinal plaything states.

National polling averages show Harris trailing Biden 48 to 46 percent, according to nan New York Times. 

That is an betterment connected Biden's scores successful nan aforesaid polls, which showed Trump beating him 47-44. 

In plaything states and moreover states that person turned reliably bluish successful caller elections, Harris out-polls Biden moreover erstwhile losing.

She's wrong 1 constituent - 48-47 - of Trump successful Pennsylvania, besting Biden, who was losing 48-45 to Trump.

In Virginia, she leads Trump by 5 points complete Biden, who only leads Trump by 4 percent points. 

However, those polls were conducted earlier nan assassination effort connected erstwhile President Trump and earlier Biden dropped out. 

In a canvass conducted from July 9-18 surveying 1,000 Georgians, Trump leads Harris by a 51-46 count, nevertheless Harris polled amended than Biden among each voters, achromatic voters and Democrats.

It comes aft Biden announced Sunday day he would not activity reelection and endorsed Vice President Kamala Harris for nan nomination.

He was isolating pinch COVID astatine his $3.4 cardinal vacation location successful Rehoboth Beach, Delaware, erstwhile his shrinking soul circle handed him polling information showing he could nary longer hit Donald Trump.

That was erstwhile they composed a missive saying it was clip for him to measurement speech for nan bully of nan early of nan Democratic party.

Donors had pulled millions of dollars successful funds, nan database of Democrats telling him to driblet retired was increasing by nan day, and polls suggested that his chances of beating Donald Trump were dwindling aft his disastrous statement performance.

Jill Biden was location erstwhile her hubby yet made nan historical call, giving into mounting pressure. But a spokeswoman for nan First Lady said it was nan president's judgement alone, and confirmed he made it late.

'Down to nan past hours of nan determination only he could make, she (Jill Biden) was supportive of immoderate roadworthy he chose,' nan spokeswoman said. 'She’s his biggest believer, champion, and ever connected his side, successful that trusted measurement only a spouse of almost 50 years tin be.' 

The mobility now is what pushed Biden to yet make nan bonzer move that blindsided immoderate of his White House unit and astir of nan group moving connected his re-election campaign.

On Saturday evening, Biden summoned to his broadside 2 men who person been location since his governmental start: advisers Steve Ricchetti and Mike Donilon. They person been pinch him done nan champion of times - his first years arsenic a legislator - and nan worst of times - nan decease of his boy Beau Biden successful 2015.

Already pinch nan president and nan first woman were their closest aides Annie Tomasini and Anthony Bernal, who they mention to arsenic 'family.'

It was Ricchetti and Donilon who brought pinch them devastating caller information which would thief to dress up Biden's mind.

They revealed nan latest soul run polling, taken since nan debate, which showed he could nary longer hit Trump.

Biden's determination was made soon after, and he asked Ricchetti and Donilon to commencement drafting a letter, and to statesman nan process of really to make a nationalist announcement, DailyMail.com confirmed. The president besides began telling his family.

Biden had previously insisted that he would only measurement speech if he was shown polling that proved Kamala Harris would fare amended than him against Trump, aliases if he developed a 'medical condition'. In nan end, it was nan first of those developments that sealed his fate. 

Biden went to furniture connected Saturday nighttime astatine nan formation house, knowing he would denote his bombshell nan adjacent day.

At 1:45 p.m. connected Sunday he began calling his elder unit astatine nan White House and nan campaign.

By that clip he had already told Harris and Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer. 

At 1:46 pm, his run relationship posted a missive from nan president announcing his determination moreover arsenic he was still connected nan unit call.

Most of his unit – some successful nan White House and astatine nan run - were shocked. They learned nan news online, getting nan alert erstwhile nan @JoeBiden relationship posted nan president's missive.

'No 1 had a heads up earlier nan tweet posted,' a run staffer told DailyMail.com. 'Which, to me, is an insane measurement to dainty nan 1300 group that activity for you connected nan campaign.'

It capped a chaotic 48 hours for nan Biden family arsenic they hunkered successful down their patriarch pinch a small, soul circle of longtime aides supporting them. Some were moreover reporting backmost to Jill Biden astir those staffers deemed disloyal.

Meanwhile, Biden had veered from angry astatine nan unit from his statement to acceptance of nan situation.

And erstwhile his last determination was made connected Saturday night, nan remainder moved quickly. 

Biden called Harris straight to show her nan news.

He besides had one-on-one calls pinch White House main of unit Jeff Zients and run chair Jen O'Malley Dillon, according to reports. He would besides speak pinch his Cabinet, Members of Congress, governors, and supporters.

But it each happened truthful accelerated galore staff were wounded astir nan measurement they learned of nan news, though they weren't amazed by it. 

Harris past announced she was moving for nan Democratic statesmanlike nomination. 

A number of salient Democrats person already travel retired successful support of Harris including Governors Gavin Newsom, Josh Shapiro, Senator Mark Kelly and Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, but it is not a done deal.  

Former Democrat-turned-independent West Virginia Senator Joe Manchin has made sound astir perchance re-registering pinch nan statement to mount a challenge. 

Regardless, Trump has said already that he thinks Harris will beryllium moreover easier to conclusion than Biden.

At his first rally aft being shot,  Trump already tried retired a caller nickname for her arsenic he saw nan penning connected nan wall for Harris taking complete nan Democrats' campaign. 

'From nan infinitesimal we return backmost nan White House from crooked Joe Biden and Kamala ... I telephone her laughing Kamala. You ever watch her? She's crazy,' Trump said astatine his rally successful Grand Rapids, Michigan connected Saturday. 

He added: 'You tin show a batch by laughter she's crazy. She's nuts. She's not arsenic crazy arsenic Nancy [Pelosi].'

The erstwhile president besides took to his Truth Social relationship connected Sunday day to respond to nan news that he will nary longer look Biden successful November. 

'Crooked Joe Biden was not fresh to tally for President, and is surely not fresh to service - And ne'er was! He only attained nan position of President by lies, Fake News, and not leaving his Basement,' he wrote. 'All those astir him, including his Doctor and nan Media, knew that he wasn't tin of being President, and he wasn't.' 

Trump concluded: 'We will suffer greatly because of his presidency, but we will remedy nan harm he has done very quickly.'

Biden was not yet nan Democratic Party's charismatic nominee and location is still a short clip to replace him earlier nan Democratic National Convention adjacent period and debar an unfastened convention. 

The party's information arena falls August 19-22 successful Chicago, Illinois. It now appears that Harris will beryllium astatine nan apical of nan Democratic summons by nan extremity of that week aft superior voters formed their ballots for Biden to beryllium nan nominee. 

Harris was initially furious complete reports she was not being considered for nan spot – but it soon became clear to Democrats she was nan champion action to switch Biden. 

Now kicks disconnected nan veepstakes for nan existent VP to take her No. 2. Among nan short database could beryllium nan likes of California Gov. Gavin Newsom and Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer, some antecedently floated arsenic imaginable replacements for Biden if he would driblet out. 

A section NBC connection successful Sacramento, California reported connected Sunday that Newsom has abruptly canceled his quality astatine nan U.S. Ninth Circuit judicial conference  scheduled for Monday without immoderate logic given.

Trump was among those that speculated erstwhile First Lady Michelle Obama would jump successful nan title and lead nan 2024 Democratic ticket. She truthful acold has polled champion retired of immoderate different imaginable Biden replacements. 

But Biden made it clear that he is backing his VP for nan 2024 race.  

'My very first determination arsenic nan statement nominee successful 2020 was to pick Kamala Harris arsenic my Vice President,' nan President wrote connected X. 'And it's been nan champion determination I've made.'

He added: 'Today I want to connection my afloat support and endorsement for Kamala to beryllium nan nominee of our statement this year. Democrats — it's clip to travel together and hit Trump. Let's do this. '