Trump mocks Biden for reading 'pause' on the teleprompter and asks Wisconsin crowd if Joe's best nickname is 'sleepy' or 'crooked'

Former President Donald Trump mocked President Biden for reading 'pause' on the teleprompter and asked a Wisconsin crowd if 'sleepy' or 'crooked' was Joe's better nickname.

The presumptive Republican nominee was referencing Biden's speech to union members a week ago where he read the instructions aloud.

The 77-year-old told the rally at Waukesha County Expo Center, on a day off from his hush money trial, that he didn't need technical help during his speeches.

'Now think if I read my teleprompter and I'm going well let's see there because of the weakness in the economy I'd like to...pause...pause...pause...what was that? That's unbelievable. 

Former President Donald Trump mocked President Biden for reading 'pause' on the teleprompter and asked a Wisconsin crowd if 'sleepy' or 'crooked' was Joe's better nickname

'Pause. You know, I was watching it, I said 'that was weird'' Trump said during his rancorous rally in Waukesha, Wisconsin.

'They actually don't have pause on my teleprompter, you know, they have a blank space, like you see if there's a response,' Trump, who often goes completely off prompter, said.

'If there's no response you just keep going, you don't have a pause. Some speechwriter saying pause, they're not gonna know,' Trump said.

Just hours later at a rally in Michigan, Trump stepped away from the podium to adjust his own teleprompter, telling the boisterous crowd 'these teleprompters are just gonzo folks, they're gonzo.' 

At another point, Trump mocked Biden in Wisconsin for not speaking out as protests spring up across the country on campuses.

'Do you think if he did say – ok look let's not kid ourselves,' Trump said at the podium.

'Ladies and gentlemen, President Biden is coming to give you his words of inspiration,' Trump said in a soft voice as the crowd laughed.

'Now does anybody think that it will be so inspiring that everybody will say 'oh, we have to go home, we love our country,'' Trump went on in his usual voice.

'No, they'll say 'do you believe the guy that's the president of that country?'' Trump continued.

'This guy, he's.. he's...' Trump trailed off rolling his eyes. 'Yeah he needs something,' he added pointing to someone in the crowd who appeared to have chimed in.

He then conducted an impromptu poll with the MAGA faithful by asking them to cheer for their favorite nickname, 'Sleepy' or 'Crooked'.

'Crooked' appeared to win. 'That Crooked Joe is a bad guy,' he said. 'I thought it was going to be a lot closer than that, wow.' 

Trump went on to claim that Biden 'hasn't been heard from' and stated 'when you have a problem you should go out and talk about it and talk to the people.'

The presumptive Republican nominee was referencing Biden's speech to union members a week ago where he read the instructions aloud

Trump shakes hands with a man dressed as Uncle Sam at his Wisconsin rally

Donald Trump speaking at a campaign rally in Waukesha County, WI on Wednesday where he praised police for clearing Columbia and slammed college protests

The ex-president claimed there's a problem 'there's a big fever in our country, but he's not talking.'

The former president suggested it would not make a difference or would in fact make it worse.

Across the country, pro-Palestinian encampments have sprang up at college campuses.

While the White House condemned protesters who stormed Columbia University's Hamilton Hall and unfurled a banner that read 'intifada' before it was cleared by police Tuesday night, President Biden has remained quiet on the subject.

During his rally in Wisconsin, Trump urged college presidents to 'remove the encampments immediately, vanquish the radicals and take back our campuses for all the normal students who want a safe place from which to learn.'