GREEN BAY, Wisconsin – Former President Donald Trump gave new meaning Wednesday to the old adage: one man’s trash is another man’s treasure.

A day after President Biden insinuated that Mr. Trump’s supporters were human “garbage,” Mr. Trump walked off his airplane here in this midwestern battleground state sporting a garbage worker’s vest.

He then climbed into a garbage truck with “Make America Great Again” emblazoned on its side.

“How do you like my garbage truck?” Mr. Trump asked reporters on the airport tarmac from the passenger seat. “This truck is in honor of Kamala [Harris] and Joe Biden.”

Mr. Biden’s comments, made during a call with activists, have provided Mr. Trump and Republicans with a way to further energize their supporters days before the election.

’”I have to begin by saying 250 million Americans are not garbage,” Mr. Trump said after taking the stage in the orange-and-yellow vest. “This week, Kamala has been comparing her political opponents to the most evil mass murders in history, and now, speaking on a call with her campaign last night, crooked Joe Biden said what he and Kamala really think of our supporters, he called them garbage.”

Mr. Trump defended his supporters, saying they “are far higher quality than crooked Crooked Joe or Lying Kamala.”

“My response to Joe and Kamala is very simple: You can’t lead America if you don’t love Americans,” he said. “You can’t be president if you hate the American people, which I believe they do.”

The blowback is reminiscent of 2016 when Hillary Clinton disparaged Trump supporters as “deplorables,” which became a rallying cry for them.

At his rally, Mr. Trump marveled at how quickly people could stencil the side of the garbage truck with his campaign logos and slogan and how the tough first step was needing to climb into the vehicle’s cabin.

He also said he was hesitant to wear the vest until his handlers assured him the vest “actually makes you look thinner.”

“And they got me. I said I want to wear it on stage,” Mr. Trump said, sparking laughter from the crowd. “I may never wear a blue jacket again.”

Speaker after speaker at the Trump rally pounced on the remarks, including the Green Bay Packers’ iconid former quarterback Brett Favre.

“I can assure you we are not garbage,” Mr. Favre said. “I see police officers, teachers, nurses, grandparents, students. I see everyday Americans that make this country great.”

It marked the second time in as many weeks that Mr. Trump traded his signature suit jacket for a more blue-collar outfit.

Mr. Trump worked at a McDonald’s drive-thru in Pennsylvania as part of an effort to raise doubts about Ms. Harris’ claim that she worked at the fast-food restaurant decades ago.