Trump says he wants to have a physical fight with Biden as 'those legs have gotten very thin'
- President Trump said he would like to have a fight with Joe Biden 'most' out of 'all the people in the world.'
- Speaking at a campaign rally on Sunday, the president mocked Biden's physical appearance, saying he had weak legs, and referenced a comment Biden made in 2018 about 'beat[ing] the hell' out of Trump if the pair were at high school.
- Trump said: 'Of all the people in the world I can fight, that's probably the one I'd like to most fight.''
- Trump's campaign rally in Florida came as final polling day on November 3 approaches in the presidential election.
President Trump has said he would like to fight Joe Biden "most" out of "all the people in the world" after mocking the former vice president's physical appearance.
Speaking at a campaign rally Sunday in Opa-Locka, Florida, on Sunday, Trump appeared to reference a claim Biden, the Democratic presidential challenger, made in 2018, when he said that he would have "beat the hell" out of Trump had the pair both been at high school together.
Trump told the audience: "[Biden's] a weak person, you know. He challenged me. Do you remember? A year ago, 'Huh, I'd like to take him behind a barn.' I said, you know, I said: 'Of all the people in the world I can fight, that's probably the one I'd like to most fight.'"
Trump then mocked Biden's physical appearance, saying: "Those legs have gotten very thin. Not a lot of base. You wouldn't have to close the fist."
Biden in March 2018 claimed that he would "beat the hell" out of Trump if the pair were at high school together over the president's treatment of women, citing inappropriate comments he had made in the notorious "Access Hollywood" tape from 2005.
Biden said at an anti-sexual assault rally in 2018: "They asked me if I'd like to debate this gentleman, and I said 'no.' I said, 'If we were in high school, I'd take him behind the gym and beat the hell out of him.'"
Trump responded to the comments by tweeting that Biden "would go down fast and hard, crying all the way" should the pair fight.
The Democratic challenger, who also made similar comments in 2016, subsequently said he regretted making the comments.
Trump's campaign rally in Florida came as final polling day on November 3 approaches in the presidential election. Biden has a polling lead over Trump nationally but the race appears much closer in several key battleground states.