USA After the duel debacle: Obama backs Biden

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28.6.2024 - 22:33

ARCHIVE - Joe Biden (r.) and Barack Obama. Photo: Alex Brandon/AP/dpa
ARCHIVE - Joe Biden (r.) and Barack Obama. Photo: Alex Brandon/AP/dpa
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US President Joe Biden has received support from Barack Obama after his poor performance in the first TV duel against his challenger Donald Trump. "Bad duels happen. Believe me, I know that," the former president wrote on Friday on the online platform X. "But this election is still a choice between someone who has spent his whole life fighting for ordinary people and someone who only cares about himself. Between someone who tells the truth, who can tell right from wrong and will say it openly to the American people - and someone who lies shamelessly for their own gain."

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The TV duel did nothing to change this, Obama continued. That is why so much is at stake in the presidential election in November. His X post was accompanied by a link to the website of Biden's campaign team, which is being used to collect donations.