During the 2020 presidential election, the Trump and Biden campaigns have repeatedly taken shots at one another. While the president seeks another four years in office, the former vice president seeks to ascend to the White House and prevent a second Trump term.

Right now, the nation is largely concerned about violence breaking out across various American cities. Conservatives have made the case that it's no coincidence to see mayhem and riots breaking out in localities managed by Democrats.

Earlier this week, the president spoke with Fox News anchor Laura Ingraham. During this conversation, Trump warned that folks within "the dark shadows" are controlling and manipulating Joe Biden.

Trump on Biden, riots, and the "dark shadows"

The president consistently remains critical of the violence, looting, and other crimes happening in various cities.

According to new reports, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is looking into who precisely is funding rioters; however, the president believes that certain "stupid rich people" are putting up the funds for folks to riot and pillage communities.

Trump has repeatedly hit Joe Biden for failing to come out against violence. Over the weekend, the former vice president professed to be against violence regardless of the perpetrators' politics.

However, Biden also claimed that President Trump himself has condoned political violence. Objectively, this is not accurate; in fact, the president has gone on record, stating that his supporters should leave stopping riots in the hands of law enforcement.

By the president's own admission, he believes that Joe Biden is controlled by "people in the dark shadows." When Ingraham asked Trump to provide additional details, the president explained that during last week's Republican National Convention, individuals in "dark uniforms, black uniforms with gear" were seen departing from a plane in D.C.

Pushback from Joe Biden

The former vice president continues to go after Trump as political violence comes under a microscope. Biden has implied that a Trump re-election will only engender more unrest across the nation.

This sentiment caused the former vice president to take heat from conservatives and other Trump supporters. Those not in Biden's fan club have suggested that he is essentially trying to scare people into voting for him.

Biden has not directly responded to Trump's assertion that folks "in the dark shadows" are pulling his strings.

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