US President Donald Trump has lashed out at Joe Biden for wanting to "beat the hell out of him," saying the former vice president "would go down fast and hard, crying all the way".
The Republican president tweeted Thursday: "Crazy Joe Biden is trying to act like a tough guy. Actually, he is weak, both mentally and physically, and yet he threatens me, for the second time, with physical assault. He doesn't know me, but he would go down fast and hard, crying all the way. Don't threaten people Joe!"
Mr Biden spoke at an anti-sexual assault rally in Florida on Tuesday and cited lewd comments Mr Trump made in a 2005 Access Hollywood tape about grabbing women.
"When a guy who ended up becoming our national leader said, 'I can grab a woman anywhere and she likes it' and then says 'I made a mistake', they asked me would I like to debate this gentleman?" Mr Biden said.
"I said no, I said 'If we were in high school I would take him behind the gym and beat the hell out of him."
Back in 2016, Mr Trump apologised for the lewd comments and claimed it was "locker room banter", which did not sit well with Mr Biden.
"I've been in a lot of locker rooms my whole life, I'm a pretty damn good athlete. Any guy who talked that way was usually the fattest, ugliest SOB in the room," Mr Biden added.
Additional reporting: Riley Morgan
