'He's a stupid person': Trump slams Biden for his confused appearance on APEC stage last week and suggests he is on medication but 'whatever it is he's taken' wore off

Donald Trump has slammed Joe Biden for his confused and perplexed public appearances after he spoke at the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) this week.

Speaking to a crowd in Fort Dodge, Iowa, the former president, 77, insinuated that Biden, 80, must take medication to keep him chipper while speaking to crowds - but when it 'wears off' he suddenly bumbles and becomes confused. 

The president joined world leaders on stage - including China's Xi Jinping - in San Francisco this week for the annual APEC summit.  

Trump told the cheering crowd on Saturday: 'Our leader is a stupid person. Our leader can't get off this stage. You see this stage?'

'When he's finished with a speech, by the time whatever it is he's taken wears off..and he's looking...'  

He then started mocking Biden - pretending to look confused and repeating: 'Thank you, thank you.'

On Thursday, Biden appeared confused as he stood with world leaders and performed his signature awkward handshake as he walked off stage at APEC. 

RNC Research highlighted the moments on X, formerly Twitter, mocking the President with the caption, 'YIKES: Biden gets VERY confused as he stands among fellow world leaders at the APEC summit.'

One man seems to switch places with another while posing for a photo op - while Biden appears bewildered watching the incident unfold.

Biden also waved the white flag rather than contend with pronouncing the challenging name of a corporate entity during remarks at the APEC summit.

While saluting US corporate innovation, Biden decided to skip over the name of a corporate entity rather than botch its name in remarks about innovation and achievement.

'IBM, Organon, Visa. Look, they make up, they make our region more resilient, make it more secure,' Biden said, reeling off the name of firms.

'Here in this world renowned hub of innovation, leading tech companies like Anthropic and – I'm going to mispronounce. I'm not going to even try,' Biden said, stopping himself.

'It's better not to try and not mispronounce than try and mispronounce,' he observed, before continuing on with his remarks. 'Point is small and medium-sized business startups are getting an accent as well,' Biden said.

His remark got a warm laugh from the crowd of dignitaries and officials from around the Asia-Pacific region.

This is not the first time Republican frontrunner Trump has jabbed Biden for his senile behaviors - which have become more evident in recent months. 

Trump has been constantly nicknaming his 2020 rival 'Sleepy Joe' for his embarrassing public mistakes after he seemingly would fall asleep during meetings and interviews in the run up to the last election. 

Biden has indeed had his fair share of trips, falls, and confusions. On September 20, Biden seemed to produce gaffe after gaffe while on the UN stage alongside Brazil's President, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva. 

Lula da Silva, 77, looked visibly irritated after the two leaders shared a stage to speak about their initiative to improve workers' rights in each country - because Biden walked off without shaking his hand.

Their diplomatic meeting got off to a labored start when Biden, 80, shuffled into a seven-foot Brazilian flag, leaving it teetering as he approached the podium.

On September 22, the president made yet another public gaffe when all eyes were on him during a keynote speech in Washington, DC.

Biden mistakenly praised the 'Congressional Black Caucus' during a speech to the Congressional Hispanic Caucus.

The 80-year-old made the blunder during a speech at the Congressional Hispanic Caucus Institute’s 46th Annual Gala.

At the same event on Saturday, Trump has suggested he will do a trade deal with the Taliban if he is re-elected as president in 2024.

The United States left the military facility on July 2, 2021 before American troops fully withdrew from the country weeks later on August 30.

But former president Trump hit out at the decision to hand control of Bagram Airfield to Afghan forces in a campaign rally in Fort Dodge, Iowa on Saturday. 

The 77-year-old claimed the base is located an hour away from where China makes its nuclear missiles and said it is now occupied by them. 

He told the crowd he wanted to get Bagram Airfield back as part of a trade deal with Afghanistan. 

'We were going to keep Bagram,' Trump told the crowd at the event. 'Bagram is the biggest base just about there is, anywhere in the world. 

'The biggest runways, the most powerful, it can hold eight-feet deep concrete. They can hold anything and we gave it up.'

He added that he did not want it for Afghanistan but to keep an eye of China. 

'I wanted it because that's one hour away from where China makes their nuclear missiles and we gave it up.

'Why did we give it up? This thing costs billions of dollars, many years ago. We didn't need it for Afghanistan but it was right next to where they make their missiles, China.'

'Now you know who occupies it? China,' Trump claimed. 'China occupies it. How stupid are these people? It's so sad.'

However, he suggested he'll get Bagram Airfield back if he is re-elected next year by striking a deal with Afghanistan, which has been ruled by Taliban warlords since President Biden finished withdrawing from the country in August 2021.

Diplomacy with the extremist group seems unlikely. They were driven from power by the US in 2001 for harboring 9/11 mastermind Osama bin Laden.  

'But we'll get it back,' Trump said. 'We'll get it back, maybe we'll get it back as part of a trade deal.

'Give us back that damn airport.' 

Bagram Airfield was the largest US military base in Afghanistan at the time before it was secretly evacuated in July 2021.

It was handed back to the Afghan government before it fell to Taliban rebel forces on August 15, 2021 after the NATO-trained Afghan Army surrendered.

Trump's visit to Iowa was part of his fall push to sign up supporters and volunteers before the state's fast-approaching caucuses that will kick off the race for the Republican presidential nomination.

It was the latest in a series of targeted regional stops aimed at seizing on the large crowds the former president draws to press attendees to commit to vote for him and serve as precinct leaders on Jan. 15.

While Trump boasted that polls show him far ahead of other contenders, he urged those in attendance Saturday to turn out on caucus day to 'make sure we have a big victory' that would signal to other candidates that they should drop out.

'Will you please give me a good showing?' Trump asked the crowd to applause. 'That's the least you can do.'

While Trump has a comfortable edge over his top rivals, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis and former U.N. Ambassador Nikki Haley, in early polls of likely caucus participants, Trump's campaign has been more aggressive in Iowa than in any of the other early-voting states.

And he continued to attack both DeSantis and Haley during his appearance Saturday, slamming the Florida governor over his past opposition to federal ethanol mandates and for running against Trump.

Trump has made regular stops in Iowa, appearing at eight events before audiences totaling more than 16,000, according to Trump's Secret Service detail, in the past eight weeks.

It's part of a 2024 strategy that stresses organization more than his campaign did in 2016, when he finished in second place.