US media report Even close advisors doubt Biden's chance of victory against Trump
Who could convince Biden to drop out of the race for the presidential candidacy? Close advisors to the US President are apparently also asking themselves this question.
11.07.2024, 22:38
11.07.2024, 22:47
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- Some of US President Joe Biden's advisors doubt his chances of winning the presidential election in November.
- According to media reports, they have spent the past few days trying to find ways for Biden to withdraw from the election race.
- However, the incumbent US President does not want to give up.
According to media reports, some of US President Joe Biden's advisors are not convinced that the 81-year-old can win the presidential election in November against his Republican challenger Donald Trump. In recent days, they have been trying to find ways to convince Biden to withdraw from the race, the New York Times reported, citing unnamed sources.
Biden is still firmly convinced that he wants to stay in the race. His closest circle of advisors, which includes his family, would also speak out in favor of this, according to the newspaper.
White House rejects report
The White House denied that Biden's team was not united behind the Democrat. "That is clearly not true," the newspaper quoted Andrew Bates, a White House spokesman, as saying. "President Biden's team is fully behind him."
But the US broadcaster NBC also reported that several of Biden's allies saw his chances of winning the election in November as zero. "He has to drop out," the broadcaster quoted an unnamed representative from Biden's campaign team. "He'll never recover from this."
Biden under pressure
Biden has been fighting for his candidacy for almost two weeks now. In the party's internal primaries, he has collected the necessary number of delegate votes to be chosen as the candidate at the Democratic convention in August. Therefore, only he himself can decide to withdraw.
However, since the TV debate against Trump, some supporters and party members have questioned whether Biden still has the necessary mental fitness for a second term in office. The discussion is also overshadowing the NATO summit currently taking place in the US capital Washington. New doubters are added every day. But the 81-year-old has so far held firm to his candidacy.