Donald Trump Criticises Jill Biden Over Memoir Comments On Joe Biden's Troubled 2024 Debate

US politics has again turned tense after Donald Trump issued a new attack on Jill Biden, targeting comments from Jill Biden memoir excerpts and a recent CBS interview about Joe Biden’s troubled 2024 presidential debate performance, where Jill Biden said she feared Joe Biden was “having a stroke.”

The clash centres on Joe Biden’s widely criticised showing during the June 2024 presidential debate in Atlanta, which raised doubts among many Democrats about Joe Biden’s health and suitability for another term, eventually contributing to Joe Biden ending the re-election campaign and backing then-Vice President Kamala Harris.

Jill Biden memoir and 2024 presidential debate concerns

Jill Biden memoir excerpts, released by The Atlantic from “View from the East Wing: A Memoir,” describe the first lady’s alarm as she watched the Atlanta debate, where Joe Biden faltered repeatedly, leaving advisers, supporters and family members shocked by the performance and scrambling for explanations afterward.

🚨 JUST IN: President Trump just WENT OFF after Jill Biden stunningly admitted to thinking Joe Biden had a “stroke” during his debate performance

“She said that she thought he was having a “stroke,” and various other really bad things, and yet never rushed onto the stage to help… pic.twitter.com/k3CRRmXT6H

— Eric Daugherty (@EricLDaugh) May 29, 2026

Speaking to CBS News, Jill Biden recalled fearing a severe medical problem during the live broadcast. “As I watched it, I thought, 'Oh, my God, he's having a stroke,'” Jill Biden said. “And it scared me to death.” Those words quickly circulated across US media and political circles.

In Jill Biden memoir passages cited by US outlets, Jill Biden wrote that Joe Biden’s behaviour felt disturbingly unlike Joe Biden, asking whether Joe Biden had “short-circuited” or been “drugged” during the 2024 presidential debate and searching for any explanation that might fit what millions of viewers witnessed that night.

One vivid line from Jill Biden memoir excerpts captured that sense of disconnection. Jill Biden reportedly wrote: “Is he short-circuiting? Is this a stroke? I felt like we were watching an AI hologram of the man we knew, and the hologram was glitching.” The phrase drew broad attention online.

Trump attack Jill Biden over Truth Social post

The new Trump attack Jill Biden comments appeared in a long Truth Social post, where Donald Trump mocked Jill Biden’s remarks and claimed Jill Biden was only “finally admitting” uncertainty about what went wrong with Joe Biden on the Atlanta stage during the highly watched 2024 presidential debate.

“Jill Biden is now out there finally admitting that she did NOT know what went wrong with Sleepy Joe during our spectacular, and highly rated, 2024 Presidential Debate,” Donald Trump wrote, using a familiar nickname and pointing to the large audience that tuned in for the June showdown.

Donald Trump used the Trump attack Jill Biden message to question why Jill Biden did not rush forward if Jill Biden truly believed Joe Biden was suffering a serious episode. “She said that she thought he was having a 'stroke,' and various other really bad things, and yet never rushed onto the stage to help her troubled husband, as any good wife would do,” Donald Trump wrote.

The Trump attack Jill Biden post also praised Donald Trump’s own performance, suggesting Joe Biden’s difficulties might have been triggered by debate pressure. “The only thing she failed to mention was how well I was doing prior to his near total collapse,” Donald Trump added, framing the event as a one-sided encounter.

Donald Trump then speculated about Joe Biden’s reaction to that pressure. “In other words, as many have asked, did my strong performance in that debate cause him to plain and simple 'choke,' leading to his ignominious defeat, or were other reasons the cause?” Donald Trump wrote, echoing questions raised by some supporters.

The fallout from the 2024 presidential debate, Jill Biden memoir revelations and the latest Trump attack Jill Biden exchange fed into an already charged political environment, in which Joe Biden’s withdrawal from the race cleared the path for Kamala Harris, who later lost to Donald Trump as Donald Trump returned to the White House.