Home Depot founder Bernie Marcus says ‘dumbbell’ Biden is a ‘puppet’ who gets rules from his handlers – but reveals he’s soured on Trump because ex-president ‘can’t keep his mouth shut’

Home Depot founder and Republican megadonor Bernie Marcus has revealed that he has turned his back on Donald Trump because the former president “can’t keep his mouth shut.”

FEC facts shows the 94-year-old billionaire has poured $64 million into Republican campaigns over the years, including Trump’s 2016 bid for the White House — but he admitted he is now “struggling” to rally behind many of his former political favorites to stand.

As the series of lawsuits against Trump unfolds, he often risks violating silence orders by lashing out at judges and prosecutors in public speeches and through Truth Social posts.

Marcus, who has also funded the penultimate president’s current rival, Florida Governor Ron DeSantis, in the past, told the New York Post that he liked Trump’s policies but wished he would “just follow the script ‘.

Unsurprisingly, the retail heavyweight was even more critical of Joe Biden. He branded him a “dumbbell” and “the most divisive president we’ve ever seen,” blaming him for many of America’s problems.

As the series of lawsuits against Trump unfolds, the penultimate president often risks breaking the ban on silence by lashing out at judges and prosecutors in public speeches and through Truth Social posts.

Unsurprisingly, he was even more critical of President Joe Biden, portraying him as a “dumbass” and “the most divisive president we’ve ever seen” while blaming him for much of America’s issues

Although Marcus is fourteen years older than Biden, he told the newspaper After he has a “60-year-old brain” and lambasted the president for his apparent lack of mental acuity.

“Someone is feeding him like a puppet,” the businessman told the Post, adding that if Biden is re-elected, America will become “a third world country.”

In contrast, during Trump’s term, “wages were up, minorities were working and inflation was down,” Marcus said.

But he admitted that if Trump were re-elected, “I’m afraid the first thing he would do would be go after his enemies, starting with the Republicans.”

When asked if he would consider instead supporting Trump’s opponents like DeSantis or former South Carolina Governor Nikki Haley, Marcus said, “I’m having a hard time with it.”

“I think (Trump) has the policy if he would just follow the script and do what he has to do.”

The GOP donor added that he’s not confident he could launch Home Depot in the current socio-economic climate because of “regulations and all this woke nonsense” — echoing his FT interview in which he spoke earlier this year expanded this vision. .

Marcus, who co-founded Home Depot with financier Ken Langone and businessman Arthur Blank in 1978, previously attacked the modern generation of business leaders for prioritizing “woke issues” at the expense of shareholders.

Home Depot remains a hugely successful retail chain, with more than 2,300 stores in North America

Home Depot has 2,300 stores in North America, a market cap of $300 billion and annual sales of more than $150 billion

Home Depot Honchos CEO Bernie Marcus (L) and Arthur Blank (R) started their successful company in 1978

The New Jersey-born businessman also targeted modern office workers, whom he accused of being lazy, entitled and expecting short work hours. “They want to work three days a week,” he said.

Home Depot has 2,300 stores in North America, a market cap of $300 billion and annual sales of more than $150 billion by the end of 2022, according to the Financial Times.

Marcus cites his charity, having joined the Gates family and Warren Buffett’s Giving Pledge, pledging to donate at least half of his fortune to charity, as a way he gives back.

He also supported the construction of the Georgia Aquarium and has given $2 billion to more than 500 organizations through the Marcus Foundation.

The Marcus Foundation has also donated to military veterans’ autism, stem cell, cancer, stroke and PTSD causes.