Joe Biden: ‘White flag’ Trump has left the battlefield

Joe Biden has taken aggressive aim at Donald Trump’s fitness for the Oval Office, suggesting he had abdicated his duty to protect both US troops abroad and American citizens facing a pandemic and economic calamity. Mr Biden, the presumptive Democratic presidential nominee, told reporters the president had “a lot to answer for” concerning news reports he was advised as early as March 2019 of intelligence suggesting Russia was offering bounties to the Taliban for the deaths of Americans. And, in prepared remarks, Mr Biden accused Mr Trump of “waving the white flag” as coronavirus cases surged nationwide and the death toll surpasses 125,000. The dual assault reflects the core of Mr Biden’s...