Trump rubbishes Biden's garbage comments

DONALD Trump pulled on a hi-vis jacket and jumped into a dustcart to hit back at Joe Biden for calling his supporters "garbage".

- Christopher Bucktin

In a publicity stunt, the former US President, 78, left his private jet and climbed into a dumpster bearing his name in swing state Wisconsin.

He told cheering fans: "Joe Biden should be ashamed of himself - if he knows what he's even doing."

It came days after his appearance at an election campaign rally at Madison Square Garden in New York that sparked comparisons with a 1939 Nazi rally at the same venue.

There, comedian Tony Hinchcliffe told the crowd: "There's literally a floating island of garbage in the middle of the ocean right now. I think it's called Puerto Rico."

His so-called joke triggered a backlash from Democrat rival Kamala Harris and even some Republicans.

But in the immediate aftermath, outgoing President Biden took a call hosted by Hispanic advocacy group

Voto Latino, during which he said: "The only garbage I see floating out there is his (Trump) supporters."