Reuters review finds Trump mentioned Biden nearly 900 times in 2026, blaming him for national issues

A Reuters review published on September 21, 2026, found that President Donald Trump has referenced former President Joe Biden by name at least 890 times since January 2026, averaging about three mentions per day across speeches, interviews, and Truth Social posts. Trump has blamed Biden for issues including inflation, immigration, foreign policy, and housing costs, even invoking him at non-political events such as the National Prayer Breakfast and the White House Easter Egg Roll. The pattern underscores Trump's strategy of deflecting responsibility for his own administration's challenges, including low approval ratings, the ongoing war with Iran, and rising cost-of-living concerns, by keeping Biden at the center of public debate ahead of the November midterm elections. This event serves as a pattern-quantification waypoint, documenting the aggregate scale of Trump's blame-shifting rhetoric rather than a single discrete act. The primary quote is one illustrative example from the 890 ...

“I hope everyone realizes that price increases throughout America were caused by Sleepy Joe Biden and the Biden Administration, not by ‘TRUMP,’” Quote verified against source