Team Trump unleashes on Biden in 2024 prelude: 'Sick, craven old man' unworthy of respect

In a prelude to its 2024 strategy, Donald Trump's team unleashed its most intense verbal barrage to date against Joe Biden as it derided the current president as a "sick, craven old man" who has demolished America's standing in the world.

From its national spokeswoman to the 45th president himself, Team Trump let loose Tuesday night on the current occupant of the White House.

"If you take the worst five presidents in American history and added them up, they wouldn't have done the damage Biden and his administration have done to America," Trump told supporters in a fiery speech hours after he was arraigned in New York on state criminal charges related to alleged hush money paid to women during the 2016 election.

The former president mostly zeroed in on Biden's policy failures, from the loss of U.S. energy independence to the bungled Afghan withdrawal.

His national spokeswoman Liz Harrington, however, uncorked a more personal attack on Biden that focused on his age and his unmet promise to unite a divided country. 

"He's a sick, craven old man, honestly," Harrington said on the Tuesday edition of the "Just the News, No Noise" television show.

"It is embarrassing," she said of Biden's effort to portray himself as a uniter. "It's not worthy of the great people that still live in this nation, who care for this nation and who have died for this nation.

"Joe Biden is not worthy of our respect, and he's not worthy to lead this great country," Harrington added,

During Biden's inaugural address in 2021, he called for unity and working together amongst Americans, but further into his presidency, some in the GOP have referred to him as the "divider in chief." 

Biden suffered some backlash after laughing when asked whether Trump's indictment was politically divisive.

Trump on Tuesday pleaded not guilty to 34 counts of falsifying business records and conspiracy related to his alleged role in hush money payments to two women. He's the first former president to ever face criminal charges and is expected to be released on his own recognizance.

Harrington said the criminal pursuit of Trump was an effort to derail the former president's re-election effort and was perversely corrupting the justice system.

"The big picture message is how they're attacking him. But it's really an attack on the country-the very foundation of the rule of law, and our constitutional God given rights," she stated.

"And only President Trump, who's been through the fire on this for seven years now-he's the only one who can articulate it," she argued. "And more importantly, he's the only one who can lead the movement."

Harrington added that the 45th president was willing to endure the last many years of attacks to fight for Americans to enjoy the type of success he accumulated himself before entering politics.

"He never needed to serve, to become a politician," he said. "He never needed it. But he loved this country so much. That type of self sacrifice is really what's going to bring this country back. It's that he's lived the American dream. He wants it for everyone."