President Trump joked that the Democratic nominee who lost the next presidential election against Biden would have to "leave the country."
"I
will provide hope, opportunity and hope, and that is what we are doing, and
that is why we have such a spirit, and I am hard to say because I do not want
to insult Georgia, but all this. That's the way it is in our country,
"Trump told an enthusiastic crowd at a campaign event in Macon, Ga., On
Friday.
Trump says he may leave the US if Biden wins. pic.twitter.com/XmbtYpNDoh
— David Mack (@davidmackau) October 17, 2020
Trump
added: "I shouldn't be joking because you know? Running against the worst
candidate in the history of presidential politics puts pressure on me. Can you
imagine if I lost? My whole life, what should I do?" Am I going to say 'I
have lost to the worst candidate in the history of politics'? I won't feel so
good. "
"Maybe
I'll have to leave the country? I don't know." Trump added.
The
anti-Trump GOP group Lincoln Project quickly responded to the president's
remarks.
"I
don't know what I'm going to do if I lose to him. I'll never talk to you
again," Trump told a crowd of supporters at an election rally in North
Carolina last month.
Biden's
campaign featured the president's comments in his own video on social media.
Trump
also joked in 2016 that he would not be in the public eye if he lost the
Republican nomination for president.
"I'm
not sure you'll ever see me there. I don't think I'll lose, but if I do, I
don't think you'll ever see me again. I think I'll go to Turnberry." Will
go and play golf or something, "he said at the time.
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