trump Casually Says Biden 'Probably' Takes Drugs in Fox News Interview

© Chip Somodevilla/Getty Wearing a face mask to reduce the risk posed by the coronavirus, Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden talks with members of the United Steelworkers union in a supporter's back yard September 9, 2020 in Detroit, Michigan. On Friday, Fox News shared a clip of a forthcoming interview with President Donald Trump, during which Trump suggested that Biden takes drugs to boost his debate performances.

President Donald Trump suggested in a new interview with Fox News that Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden "probably" uses drugs to amplify his debate performance.

Fox News shared a clip of the interview online before its scheduled airtime on Saturday night.

"There's probably, possibly drugs involved. That's what I hear," Trump told Fox News host Jeanine Pirro. "I mean, there's possibly drugs. I don't know how you can go from being so bad where you can't even get out a sentence—I mean, you saw some of those debates, with the large number of people on the stage. He was...I mean, I used to say, 'How is it possible that he can even go forward?'"

Trump went on to say that Biden might not have been the Democratic Party's nominee if Massachusetts Senator Elizabeth Warren had suspended her campaign earlier, which Trump said would have left a stronger path forward for Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders. Had that happened, Trump said, Sanders would have won "every state" on Super Tuesday.

The 31-second clip is far from the first time that Trump has suggested Biden takes drugs to boost his debate performance. He made similar comments during an interview with Fox News' Laura Ingraham earlier this month. In August, he told the Washington Examiner that he would prefer it if both he and Biden were drug tested before their first presidential debate, which is scheduled to take place on September 29 in Ohio.