Donald Trump slammed for claiming Joe Biden has 'gotten lot of money' from son Hunter's business deals

WASHINGTON, DC: Using the commander-in-chief's real estate holdings as possible evidence, former President Donald Trump claimed on Tuesday, February 20, that President Biden had personally benefited from his first son Hunter Biden's international business ventures. 

At a town hall meeting in Greenville, South Carolina, the front-runner for the GOP made the charge in response to a question posed by Fox News host Laura Ingraham regarding his response to those who maintain that there is no proof that Joe Biden benefited financially from his 53-year-old son's influence peddling business.

Donald Trump accuses Joe Biden of getting profits from his son's business ventures

While incorrectly stating Biden's income, Trump said, "Well, he’s got a lot of houses all over the place and he’s never been paid more than $179,000. He’s gotten a lot of money. Hunter’s gotten a lot of money. Hunter gets millions of dollars just for sitting on a board, an energy board, and he admits that he knows nothing about energy."

Hunter served on the Burisma Holdings board for five years. In April of 2014, as his father took over as vice president of the United States, Hunter was paid up to $1 million a year by this massive Ukrainian energy company.

Biden receives a $400,000 annual salary in his capacity as president. Biden made almost $235,000 a year while serving as Obama's vice president for eight years. Additionally, Biden's highest salary in his 36 years in the Senate was over $169,000 in 2008.

However, throughout the years he served as vice president and president, from 2017 to 2019, Biden received substantial payments for speaking engagements and book sales totaling more than $16.5 million.

The president presently owns two properties in Delaware: a 4,800-square-foot vacation property in Rehoboth Beach that he paid $2.74 million for in 2017 and a 6,850-square-foot mansion in Wilmington that he bought for $350,000 in 1998 and is reputedly valued at least $2 million.

Moreover, for an estimated $20,000 a month in 2017, Biden rented a 12,000-square-foot home in McClean, Virginia. The president has long been under pressure from House Republicans spearheading the impeachment investigation into his suspected participation in his family's business dealings to produce his bank records as evidence that he did not profit financially from the enterprise.

Internet slams Donald Trump for his statement on Joe Biden

People on the internet slammed Donald Trump over his statement on President Biden. An X user posted, "Too vague of a statement," whereas one added, "Trump is good in making up stories. We call these “lies” he calls it: freedom of speech."

A user also mentioned, "<Tweet deleted, but that won't stop Trump from trying to retweet it from a burner account.>" while one added, "Trump is a flea that itches all over our bodies."

Another person stated, "If Navalny was not been allowed to run for the election in from jail, Trump can't be able to do so either. It's time to disqualify Trump from the elections."

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