Mentioned 900 Times.. Biden is Trump's Favorite Target in 2026

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It seems that U.S. President Donald Trump has focused his criticisms on his predecessor Joe Biden in recent times. He has mentioned him nearly 900 times since the beginning of this year through his speeches, official messages, and digital posts, aiming to involve the former president in the heart of the political debate and holding him responsible for the crises of the economy, immigration, and foreign policy, while the Republican Party seeks to maintain its slim majority in the upcoming midterm elections for Congress scheduled for next November.

Trump has made Biden a target of his attacks at a rate of three times a day, blaming Biden for the consequences of inflation, rising living costs, and shortages of military supplies, despite the latter's absence from the public scene due to health reasons, according to what Reuters reported today, Monday.

"The Democrats have delivered you disasters, chaos, and death for four years under sleepy Joe Biden."

A careful review has counted the number of times Trump mentioned Biden since January, as the outlines of the 2026 elections became clearer, revealing that he mentioned him at least 890 times during about 200 events and press interviews and 190 posts on the 'Truth Social' platform.

The references to Biden were primarily focused on economic issues, with 210 mentions, followed by immigration and border issues with 168 mentions, then foreign policy and national security issues with 138 mentions, along with other local issues.

These statements also transcended political speeches to reach official and social events at the White House, with Trump setting a record by mentioning Biden 16 times in a single day during the NATO summit in Turkey.

While blaming previous administrations is a common theme in the rhetoric of American presidents, the continuation of this approach intensively after 20 months into Trump's second term remains exceptional.

This strategy came six weeks before the elections in an attempt to shift public attention to evaluating the previous administration instead of confronting the complex issues in his current term.

Republican political analyst Ryan Williams clarified that Trump always relies on confronting a specific individual opponent to deflect pressure and divert attention from the immediate challenges facing his administration.

In defense of this position, White House spokesperson Olivia Wells confirmed that Trump is working daily to address the repercussions left by his predecessor.

Meanwhile, former Biden administration official Megan Hayes considered that this repetition reflects a preoccupation with reopening the file on the 2020 elections instead of focusing on addressing the cost of living for the American public.

Trump's statements came as recent opinion polls showed a decline in public confidence in his performance, prompting him to once again place the blame for the wave of rising prices on Biden through his official statements and posts.

It is noteworthy that although inflation reached high levels during Biden's presidency due to supply chain crises and financial stimulus, inflation in the current administration recorded 3.4% last month amid pressures stemming from the war with Iran.

"Joe Biden is the worst president in American history, and President Trump is doing his utmost daily to remove the chaos he caused."

Political analyst Charlie Black believes that political work requires focusing on the future and defending the current record to assist the party in upcoming elections, rather than continuing to blame previous administrations.

The issue of immigration ranked second in Trump's statements against his predecessor Biden. With rising criticism and protests against the extensive deportation campaigns carried out by his administration this year, Trump blamed previous open border policies, indicating that they are the primary cause of the current pressures on security and judicial agencies. Despite acknowledging that his advisors in the White House are addressing the border issue and urging him to move beyond this topic, Trump continues to compare previous immigration flows with the strict measures his administration is currently taking.

Biden's name was mentioned 37 times in Trump's statements regarding the pressures to end the war with Iran, where he accused his predecessor of a weak stance and causing the growth of Iranian influence since the signing of the nuclear agreement in 2015.

Trump also held the Biden administration responsible for the decline in missile and interception stockpiles due to the extensive military support directed towards Ukraine. Overall, Trump blamed his predecessor for international crises on 138 occasions, including the Iranian and Ukrainian issues, the withdrawal from Afghanistan, and dealing with the Chinese file.

Trump's statements also included personal criticisms of Biden regarding his capabilities and reliance on an automatic signing device for official documents. This topic gained attention in White House events, culminating in the allocation of a model of the automatic signing device during guest tours in the former presidents' wing to represent Biden's administration.

"Repeating his name nearly 900 times in less than a year is not a governing style, but rather a blatant obsession."

The phenomenon of continuously citing former President Joe Biden reflects the ongoing sharp polarization in the American political scene since the 2020 elections, during which Trump has not ceased to question the results. Despite the tradition among American presidents of blaming their predecessors during the early transitional phases of governance, observers believe that the current intensity of the attacks and their continuation nearly two years after Biden left the White House represent a significant shift in presidential discourse; this comes at a time when the American public is preparing to determine the majorities in both the House of Representatives and the Senate, alongside the continued decline in economic indicators and the complexity of foreign issues, making the invocation of the "legacy of the previous administration" a key tool in electoral mobilization and partisan clashes.