US 2024, “Biden considers himself the best option against Trump”

A long period of reflection opens up for US President Joe Biden to decide whether to reapply for the White House, a phase that will involve discussions with his wife, Jill, considerations on how a new race could affect the family, including potential Congressional investigations into his son. An important personal decision, over which the shadow of Donald Trump hangs, the man that Biden has often tried to ignore, the one whose legacy he has tried to erase. In describing the choice facing the incumbent American president in these terms, the Washington Post recalls that Biden felt motivated to run in large part because he saw himself in the best position to defeat Donald Trump. And he still sees Trump’s elimination from the White House as one of his biggest contributions to his country. And with Trump looming as a potential future Republican candidate – an announcement could come in September – Biden claims he is still in the best position to beat him. The incumbent president could run for re-election anyway, according to those closest to him, but if Trump took the field, Biden would be much more likely to do so too. And if Trump decides to give up, it would be much easier for other Democrats to approach Biden and propose that he ask someone else to challenge a younger Republican candidate. As for the race against Trump, Biden “sees himself as the best option,” says Ted Kaufman, Biden’s longtime adviser and confidant. “But the main thing is, how would you feel if he didn’t and if Trump was elected president? opportunity to reiterate his false claims that he was the real winner in 2020. For Biden, it would be an opportunity to forcefully reaffirm his dismissal of Trump and prove his victory was no fluke. there is an underlying fear among some Democrats about Biden’s chances against Trump or another Republican. The president is facing an unusually difficult period of his presidency. His approval ratings are at historic lows and 64% of Democrats in a recent poll by the New York Times-Siena College said he wanted a different candidate in 2024, but supporters of the president argue that he is the only person ever capable of defeating Trump and that he remains in a unique position to assemble a winning coalition of centrists and liberals, with strong support from the black community. For now, no meaningful alternative to Biden has emerged within the Democratic Party, despite the frustration, especially on the left, for a commitment considered not sufficiently passionate in the face of an aggressive GOP. “Some people questioned Biden’s prospects, but they didn’t come up with an alternate plan. They just criticized him,” says Ben LaBolt, a strategist who worked for Obama’s re-election campaign and as an adviser to the transition team for Biden and Vice President Harris. As for Biden, in an interview last week with an Israeli broadcaster he limited himself to emphasizing: “The only thing I know about politics, and American politics in particular, is that there is no it is a way of predicting what will happen “. “I’m not halfway through my term yet. So there’s a lot of time to understand.”