Europe 1 with AFP 07:39, 06 December 2023
"If Trump wasn't running, I'm not sure I'd run," U.S. President Joe Biden, who will seek a second term in the 2024 presidential election, said Tuesday. "But we can't let him win," the 81-year-old Democrat added."If Donald Trump wasn't running, I'm not sure I'd run," U.S. President Joe Biden, who will seek a second term in the 2024 presidential election, said Tuesday. "But we can't let him win," the 81-year-old Democrat said at a meeting with Democratic donors near Boston, referring to the former Republican president. "Trump doesn't even hide anymore. He's telling us what he's going to do," Biden said, adding of the election, "He's going and I'm going to go."
The president's age is a cause for concern
If his rival withdrew, would he do the same? "No, not now," the president brushed off. Joe Biden, whose campaign is struggling to get off the ground, has long argued that he is best positioned to beat Donald Trump again. The Democrat, whose age worries voters and who is struggling to sell his economic record, regularly repeats that democracy itself is at stake in this new confrontation with the former businessman.
Despite his unpopularity and barring any major surprise or serious health problems that force him to step down, the US president is almost certain to win his party's nomination for the November 2024 election. Donald Trump, on the other hand, is currently the frontrunner in the Republican primary.