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Donald Trump:

It's the DJT, getting it on,

(DJT means Donald J Trump and also a play on words for DJ (Disc Jockey).)

The Teflon Don on the White House lawn!

(Donald Trump has been referred to as “Teflon Don” due to his ability to withstand political scandal as Teflon Don is also the nickname of american gangster, John Gotti.)

Against wimps like you, I'll win a third term.

(During a rally, Trump said “If you want to really make them crazy, you would scream for 12 more years. It is often suggested that Trump would try to run for a 3rd term. This could also be a reference on this being Trump’s third battle.)

Your campaign's like your family: crash and burn!

You think looting and violence will keep the MAGA movement quiet?

(Heh!) Resist me? That's a riot.

Why don't you step behind the gym, I'll be standing by,

(During a campaign rally in Pennsylvania for Hillary Clinton, Joe Biden said that he wishes he and Donald Trump were in high school and he could take Trump behind the gym.)

Let's see how tough you are against the 45! (Uh!)

(Trump is the 45th President, which is synonymous with the .45 caliber pistol.)

I'll shoot a hole through your whole party,

Bigger than the one I blew through Qasem Soleimani, (uh!)

Then I go and bone on Melania!

I'm gonna smash you, Joe, like China!

I've got all the best cognition, with all the top grammar,

(Joe Biden suffered two brain aneurysms in 1988 which required surgery.  He also ostensibly exhibites symptoms of dementia.  Trump says his mental acuity is superior to his as well as his grammar.)

I'm not a little girl's shoulders, so you can't touch this MC Stammer!

(Joe Biden came under scrutiny for his manner around children and his physical contact with them as he has been seen stroking their faces and placing his hands on their shoulders for prolonged periods of time. Many of these children have been little girls and the incidents have led many to believe Biden is a pedophile. Trump says that unlike these children, Biden won't be able to touch his presidential seat. He also makes a play on the song "U Can't Touch This" and the name of the song's artist MC Hammer, calling Biden MC stammer as a reference to several occasions where Biden has stumbled on his words.)

You're a disaster, inciting hysteria!

You say I'm selling hate in America, you're selling hatin' America!

Like with Hillary, the people aren't swayed!

You're just Barack's shadow, and I don't really like the shade!

(Trump is claiming that Joe Biden is not as widely renowned as former president Barack Obama, and that he's virtually incidental compared to him. This is also a reference on Trump’s supposed racism with Barack Obama being black or “shade”.)

Joe Biden:

The pain of losing loved ones is something I've seen,

So I know how you must have felt when they killed Jeffrey Epstein! (Ooh!)

(Jeffrey Epstein was a businessman who was outed as a sex offender. Biden is referencing the incidents when Donald Trump and Epstein were seen together such as in 2002, when Donald Trump referred to financier Jeffrey Epstein as a “terrific guy” noting that he “likes beautiful women as much as I do, and many of them are on the younger side”. Epstein would arrested in 2019 on federal charges for sex trafficking and was found dead in his jail cell, causing a great deal of public skepticism surrounding his cause of death creating the phrase, "Epstein didn't kill himself", which is referenced here as due to the fact Biden doesn't directly say anything about Epstein killing himself. Biden sarcastically sympathizes with Trump comparing his loss for Epstein with Biden’s loss for his family)

Rap lyrics just ain't for you!

You should stick to love letters for Kim Jong-un!

(In 2017, Donald Trump and Kim Jong Un had a feud because Donald Trump feared because Kim Jong Un was testing out more missles he could easily reach out and poke Trump in his own country and stated "North Korea best not make any more threats to the United States. They will be met with fire and fury like the world has never seen. He has been very threatening … and as I said they will be met with fire, fury and frankly power, the likes of which this world has never seen before.", Kim then responded with calling Trump a frightening dog which made the tension between those two really strong. This feud lasted until 2019 when Kim Jong Un and Donald Trump shaked hands. Biden references Donald Trump and Kim Jong's letter exchanging which had been first known to the public in 2019, and downplays them as simply 'love letters'. )

You're a wrestling heel! Nothing 'bout ya's real!

(Among his many exploits over the years, Donald Trump has famously appeared in several professional wrestling skits, which both Biden and Trump's previous opponent Hillary Clinton have commented on. In wrestling terminology, a "heel" is a wrestler who portrays a villainous character that opposes the "face," or heroic character. Thus, Biden is using Trump's wrestling appearances to compare the election to a wrestling matchup, where he is the "face" and Trump is the "heel." He also references the scripted nature of professional wrestling, and calls Trump himself a fraud.)

Bitch, you didn't even really write The Art of the Deal!

(Trump: The Art of the Deal (more commonly known as just The Art of the Deal) was a book credited to Donald Trump and journalist Tony Schwartz, which offered business advice and helped Trump become a household name in the United States. However, it was later revealed by Schwartz and the book's publisher, Howard Kaminsky, that Trump in fact had no role in writing the book, with Schwartz going as far as saying it should be "recategorized as fiction". Continuing from the last line, in which he called Trump fake, Biden points out that the very thing that led to Trump's fame was something he did not do himself, despite appearances.)

But you tapped into the rage of red Mad Hatters!

(Trump supporters often wear red hats with the slogan, "Make America Great Again," for which they are also called MAGA hats. The Mad Hatter is an ecentric character that wears a big hat from the Lewis Carroll story, Alice In Wonferland. Trump often stirs up his fans and Biden says Trump works up a rage from his supporters which he likens to red Mad Hatters because of their red hats. 

Well lemme tell you, Trump, all lies matter! (Uh!)

(Joe Biden informs Trump that no matter what statement Trump makes, regardless of validity, they will be seen as a lie. The phrase "All Lives Matter" has been regarded as a controversial slogan because people infer that it takes away the intention of the Black Lives Matter Movement.)

I don't wanna defund no police, I picked a DA for my VP!

(Trump accussed Biden of intending to defund the police in response to the police brutality towards African-Americans. Biden denied these accusations, stating he did not want to defund the police. Biden selected Kamala Harris to be his running mate. Harris previously worked as a District Attorney which is a profession in law enfocement like the police. Biden further denies he wants to defund the police as he selected a District Attorney (DA) to be his Vice President (VP)

I'm not a communist, I'm not a socialist, I'm just an old ass man with some decency! (Wrong!)

(Trump has also accussed Biden of being a communist and socialist which are hard Left-Wing stances in politics. Biden has denied this as well.)

No matter what you try to say, global warming ain't canceled!

You pulled out of Paris, should've pulled out of Stormy Daniels!

(Donald Trump pulled out of the Paris Agreement meant for climate change. Stormy Daniels is a pornstar that Trump allegedly had an affair with.)

I ain't sleepy, I'm tired

(Trump has given Biden the insulting nickname of Sleepy Joe. Joe Biden states he is not a lethargic geriatic like Trump slanders him to be and follows up in the next line.)

Of you, Donald Trump. You're fired!

(Biden wants the Trump administration to cease and uses his infamous catchphrase from The Apprentice "You're fired" against him.)

Donald Trump:

​​​​​The only thing getting fired on my watch is tear gas from law enforcement.

(In response to the protests from Black Lives Matter groups, Trump ordered law enforcement to fire tear gas on the protesters.)

I'll keep America great, you'll unleash Antifa and keep America like Portland! (Sad!)

Ain't nothing gonna beat me! No person, woman, man, camera, TV!

(Person, woman, man, camera, TV is a phrase Trump used several times when describing the Montreal Cognitive Assessment test for detecting cognitive impairment in a Fox News interview with Marc Siegel on July 22, 2020. Trump has often been mocked for his repeatition of the phrase. Trump uses this phrase to say no one and nothing is going to beat him.)

Eh, they impeached me, I still walked out of DC looking peachy!

You got the Sloppy Joe, but no beef!

(This is a play on words for sloppy joes, a sandwich usually consisting of beef/pork, onions, and sauce/ketchup as Trump points out that Joe Biden is sloppy however has no beef or guts to go up against Trump.)

The only white privilege I see are those teeth!

Maybe teach your son a thing or two about life,

Like there's no hunting season for your dead brother's wife!

You and your mask and your Knight Rider shades

(Knight Rider was a famous TV show starring David Hasslehoff where he wore his iconic pilot sunglasses. On top of wearing the same types of glasses, Trump made comments about Biden wearing a mask all the time during the first debate with his supporters being critical of wearing a mask at all being called "Anti-Maskers".)

Are getting revoked like your Roe vs Wade!

(Roe vs Wade is a famous landmark decision of the U.S. Supreme Court protecting a pregnant woman's liberty to choose an abortion without strict government restriction. Trump has issued laws that have a harsh stance against abortion, revoking the court's decision.)

There's no Blue Wave, forget it, not coming!

It's like I tell criminals, Joe: stop running!

(Recently there has been awareness spread around african american criminals being killed by the police. Trump says they should stop running from the police to avoid that just like Biden should stop his run for presidency.)

Joe Biden:

Was Breonna Taylor running, hm, you dog-whistling fool?

(Breonna Taylor was a nurse that fatally shot when police entered her apartment on a drug bust. She was only sleeping when it happened)

I think your daddy would finally be proud of you: he was a racist asshole, too!

[Russian noises] What's this malarkey? [Russian noises]

Keep at it and you'll end up in jail, hoss!

I'll take you down like I'm you, and you're a mailbox!

From all your wives to the SATs,

(Donald Trump has been married three times. Standard Assessment Tests (SATs) are used to measure children's educational acheivement. Trump's niece, Mary Trump implied in her book, Too Much and Never Enough, that Donald Trump had paid someone to take his SATs for him instead.)

Everything you ever did, you just had to cheat!

(Trump has allegedly cheated on his wives in the past and Biden mentions this in conjuction with the accusations that Trump cheated on his SATs. Biden says that Trump has done nothing but cheat and that his only way of winning the election.)

'Cause you're too insecure to even look like a loser!

You're the worst damn Republican since Herbert Hoover!

(The stock market crash of 1929 and the Great Depression began during the Hoover administration, which sullied his reputation to the point where shanty towns for the homeless were named Hooverville after his failure to handle the Great Depression. Biden claims Trump is even worse than him.)

What you scooped up a sycophantic, homophobe Hoosier,

(For his presidency, Donald Trump has chosen former Indiana governor (aka a “Hoosier”) Mike Pence as the vice president, Pence has been known for advocating anti-LGBTQ laws such as shock-therapy alongside many people believing Pence decided to be VP as an easier way to become President rather than admiring Trump such as people speculating him writing an anonymous New York Times Op-Ed against Trump due to several uses of Lodestar, a word Pence frequently uses.)

Then became the Constitution's domestic abuser!

200,000 deaths lying at your door,

(The U.S. has currently suffered over 200,000 deaths due to the coronavirus pandemic and Biden attributes this to Trump's more management of the crisis.)

And you think they're suckers like McCain and the Marine Corps!

Sometimes I can't tell for which side you're rooting!

When we go high, you go down on Putin! (Uh!)

Truth is, you're scared to lose!

You got nothing in the banks 'cept IOUs!

Y-y-y-y-you whine about ballots like a bitch,

But the only thing that's rigged is taxes for the rich!

Look, you're a freeloader, change your name to Tramp!

My campaign's ramping up, you can't get down a ramp!

(Biden claims that his campaign is on the rise while referencing Trump walking slowly down a ramp off the stage addressing graduating cadets at West Point on June 13th which resulted in many people mocking him for simply struggling to go down a ramp.)

I'm pulling away faster than your wife's hand!

(There have been filmed instances where Trump's wife, Melania Trump, has pushed his hand away whenever he reached to hold her hand while they were walking together, suggesting that even Trump's own wife despises him.)

For the love of democracy, will you shut up, man?

(In the midst of a particularly tumultuous presidential debate, Biden famously implored Trump to "Will you shut up, man!")


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