This Tuesday (05), President Joe Biden stated that, if he had not had to face Donald Trump, he would have avoided a re-election attempt. He highlighted that the Republican represents a unique threat to the country. During a fundraiser for his 2024 campaign in Boston, Biden expressed his uncertainty about running if Trump were not in the race, emphasizing the importance of preventing the former president’s victory.
These statements from Biden come at a time when even Democratic voters are expressing concerns about the age of the president, who turned 81 last month. The president’s advisers increasingly believe that Trump will solidify himself as the favorite for the Republican presidential nomination in the coming weeks, as reported by two Democrats.
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During the 2020 presidential campaign, Biden frequently mentioned that his decision to run was related to Trump’s handling of crucial issues, such as the 2017 white supremacist rally in Charlottesville, Virginia. Now, the Biden campaign is again emphasizing the threat Trump poses to democracy.
As Trump faces criminal charges for his efforts to overturn his 2020 election defeat, he portrays Biden as a dangerous autocrat. Biden announced his re-election bid in April after privately concluding that neither Vice President Kamala Harris nor any other Democratic candidate would be able to defeat Trump in next year’s general election, as reported by a former official of the White House.