WASHINGTON ―President Donald Trumpreferred toformer President Joe Bidenas a "son of a b---" as he toured a detention facility in the Florida Everglades known as "Alligator Alcatraz," claiming his predecessor wanted him behind similar bars. "Biden wanted me in here, OK," Trump said July 1 next to chain-link cages with beds that will house detained migrants beginning Wednesday. "He wanted me. Didn't work out that way, but he wanted me in here that son of a b----." Trump has repeatedly blamed Biden for his 2023 federal indictments led by Special Counsel Jack Smith over Trump's efforts to overturn the 2020 election and concealing classified documents. Trump claimed the indictments were politically motivated to hurt his chances in the 2024 election.Both cases were closedafter Trump was elected to a second presidential term in 2024. More:President Trump takes a trip to visit 'Alligator Alcatraz' Trump toured the "Alligator Alcaraz" detention complex in southern Florida about 37 miles from Miami alongside Florida Gov.Ron DeSantisand Department of Homeland Security SecretaryKristi Noem. The center, estimated to cost $450 million annually and house some 5,000 people, sits in an area inhabited by alligators, crocodiles and pythons ‒ images the White House has seized on to reinforce Trump's hardline policy against illegal immigration. "This is not a nice business," Trump told reporters in Washington before departing to Florida. "Snakes are fast but alligators ‒ we're going to teach them how to run away from an alligator," he said, waving his hand in a back and forth motion. "Don't run in a straight line. Run like this." Biden, who opted against reelection last July after a disastrous debate against Trump, in May wasdiagnosed with an aggressive form of prostate cancer. It isn't the first time Trump has called Biden an "SOB." He called Biden a "dumb son of a b----" ina July 2023 campaign rally in Pennsylvania.Contributing: Reuters Reach Joey Garrison on X @joeygarrison. This article originally appeared on USA TODAY:Trump calls Biden a 'son of a b----' as he tours 'Alligator Alcatraz'
