Subjecting the possibility of his meeting with Putin at the G-20 summit to “conditions”
Biden: He can defeat Trump in the elections again
Biden confirmed that after the legislative elections in November, he will make a decision on the 2024 elections
US President Joe Biden announced that he has not yet decided whether he will run in the next presidential election in 2024 to win a second term, but at the same time confirmed his conviction that he can "defeat" his predecessor Donald Trump again.
"I think I can defeat Donald Trump again," Biden said in an interview with CNN at dawn yesterday.
The 79-year-old Democratic president was responding to a question if he would announce his candidacy for a second term after the November midterm elections, and whether Trump would be a factor in his decision.
Biden told reporters at the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) summit in March that he would be glad to see Trump as his opponent again.
In response to a question by the same network about what he wants to say to voters, who consider that he cannot be re-elected due to his advanced age, Biden said, "Name me a president in modern history who accomplished what you accomplished in the first two years."
"You may not like what I've accomplished, but the vast majority of the American people love it," he added.
"The question is: Can you do the job?" said Biden, who is celebrating his 80th birthday this year.
I think I can do the job.”
Biden confirmed that after the midterm legislative elections scheduled for November, "I will engage in a decision-making process" for the 2024 elections.
The same interview touched on the war in Ukraine and the reduction of oil production.
Biden, when asked about concerns about the economy amid bleak growth expectations, played down the possibility of a recession, but admitted that if it did occur, it would be "slight."
On the other hand, the US president announced that he had "no intention" to meet his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin during the G-20 summit scheduled in Indonesia next month, but without completely ruling out this possibility, saying that "it depends on the circumstances."
“Look, I have no intention of meeting him,” he said in the interview, adding, “But for example, if he comes to me at the G20 and says he wants to talk to me, I will meet him.
I mean, it depends on the circumstances."
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