In an interview tirade, former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton asserted that Trump intends to "kill" and "imprison his opposition" while pleading with voters to disregard the age of President Joe Biden.
Clinton, 76, who was defeated by Trump, 77, in the 2016 presidential election, was interviewed by Marc Elias on the Defending Democracy program, where she provided her analysis of the 2024 election, as The Daily Mail reported.
Despite his advanced age, she maintains her support for the " effective and compassionate" incumbent Biden, over Trump in their rematch, on the grounds that Biden "wants to maintain our Democracy."
Clinton believes Trump, conversely, would be an autocrat similar to Vladimir Putin or a dictator like Kim Jong Un, in addition to being "old," as she described it.
"Trump was just gaga over Putin because Putin does what Trump would like to do: Kill his opposition, imprison his opposition, drive journalists and others into exile, rule without any check or balance," she said.
"That's what Trump really wants," she added. "Those are the people he is modeling himself after, and we've been down this road in our, you know, world history. We sure don't want to go down that again.'"
Clinton spoke to her belief about the contrast between Biden with Trump, saying that the former "wants to maintain our democracy, he will abide by the results of a fair and free election."
"They say Joe Biden is old. I say you're right. Joe Biden is old, he's also effective, compassionate, he cares about people," she added.
"Donald Trump is old and he has 91 federal criminal indictments against him," she said.
A Trump campaign spokesman issued the following statement to the Washington Examiner, asserting that Clinton's comments were delusional.
"Hillary continues to suffer from Trump Derangement Syndrome and can't seem to accept the results of the 2016 election.
"So she is now trying to tell herself lies, in addition to trying to gaslight the American people, into believing her own warped and perverted views."
However, poll after poll has demonstrated that Biden's age causes more concern among Americans than Trump's. Early April found that only 38% of prospective 2024 voters believe Biden will be alive at the end of another four-year term, according to an exclusive DailyMail.com poll.
This means that Vice President Kamala Harris has an equal chance of succeeding Biden in January 2029, assuming he is re-elected.
Additionally, 36% of likely voters hold the belief that Harris will secure the presidency by the end of his term. The exact same percentage that Biden believes he will hold the position. The outcomes demonstrate that the age of the 81-year-old president will significantly influence the electorate's selection of the commander-in-chief for the upcoming four years on November 5.
