Wisdom of Donald Trump: Joe Biden is sleepy and Bernie Sanders is crazy

Donald Trump is known for mocking his political ­rivals and the eve of the Iowa caucuses gave him fresh ammunition.

Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders in Newton, Iowa. Picture: AP

Donald Trump is known for mocking his political ­rivals and the eve of the Democratic Party’s Iowa caucuses gave him fresh ammunition.

“I have little nicknames for all of them,” the US President told Fox News host Sean Hannity, the night before Democrats vote for their nominee in the midwestern state, to officially start the presidential election season.

Senator Bernie Sanders holds a narrow lead among the Democratic contenders. “I think he’s a communist,” Mr Trump said.

“I think of Bernie sort of as a socialist but far beyond a socialist.”

Senator Sanders describes himself as a democratic socialist.

“At least he’s true to what he believes,” Mr Trump said, in contrast to Elizabeth Warren, Senator Sanders’s fellow progressive in the race. She is “not true to it”, Mr Trump said, before returning to “Crazy Bernie” — a moniker Mr Trump has regularly used for Senator Sanders.

The Democrats are “now sort of rigging the election against him,” the President said.

Joe Biden, over whom Senator Sanders holds a narrow lead in Iowa, makes Mr Trump “think of sleepy”. “I just watch him. He’s sleepy. Sleepy Joe,” said Mr Trump, repeating a sobriquet he has previously used for Barack Obama’s vice-president.

As for former New York mayor Michael Bloomberg, he is “very little”. “You know, now he wants a box for the debates to stand on,” Mr Trump said of his fellow New York billionaire.

“There’s nothing wrong. You can be short … He wants a box for the debates. Why should he be ­entitled to that?”

Mr Bloomberg’s team fired back at Trump’s comments. “The President is lying,” said campaign spokeswoman Julie Wood. “He is a pathological liar who lies about everything: his fake hair, his obesity, and his spray-on tan.”

AFP