The Moment of Truth Has Arrived for Joe Biden, Who Is Facing Mounting Pressure To Abandon the Race for the White House
Published in Le Temps
(Switzerland) on 3 July 2024
by Simon Petite (link to original)
The 81-year-old U.S. president's campaign crisis is intensifying. Joe Biden is reportedly considering giving up his candidacy. This decision would be the wisest, even if it forces Democrats to leap into the unknown four months before the presidential election.
The ground is giving way under the stiff and hesitant gait of President Joe Biden. Since his catastrophic performance during the first presidential debate with Donald Trump last Thursday in Atlanta, Georgia, the American president is facing mounting pressure to renounce his candidacy and, as a last resort, make way for the Democratic side to try to block Trump’s path to the White House.
The president is currently 81 and would be 86 at the end of an increasingly hypothetical second term. These milestones should have disqualified this unreasonable bet much sooner. A large majority of Americans, as the polls continue to show unequivocally for once, are not mistaken: Biden is too old to run for a new term.
Democratic Awareness
Since the disaster in Atlanta, the Democrats are finally beginning to painfully accept this fact. They have long been blinded by the president's excellent record helping the United States' recovery after the COVID-19 pandemic, promoting the reindustrialization of the country and restoring its traditional alliances. He managed to beat Trump in 2020. Why can’t he do it again?
The answer lies in the irreversible weight of time. Biden is no longer the same, weakened by a grueling presidency and kept in a bubble by his entourage and his collaborators, who limit his the number of public appearances he makes without a safety net.
If there was still the slightest doubt about his abilities, Biden himself removed it this catastrophic Tuesday. In front of donors, the president admitted to having almost fallen asleep on set in front of Trump. Trump said it was not wise to go to Europe for the D-Day commemorations, then the G7, which is nevertheless expected of the president of the leading world power.
Will Biden have the lucidity to draw the necessary conclusions? According to The New York Times, although the White House is denying it, Biden is seriously considering withdrawing. According to CNN, he admits that the next few days will be crucial for his political future. A renunciation of Biden's candidacy would be a leap into the unknown for the Democrats. But the viability of the president's candidacy has been compromised. Other key figures are entirely capable of carrying out their own assessments and refocusing the debate on the perils of a return of Trump to power. Because Biden, whose slightest misstep is expected, is no longer being heard.
The ground is giving way under the stiff and hesitant gait of President Joe Biden. Since his catastrophic performance during the first presidential debate with Donald Trump last Thursday in Atlanta, Georgia, the American president is facing mounting pressure to renounce his candidacy and, as a last resort, make way for the Democratic side to try to block Trump’s path to the White House.
The president is currently 81 and would be 86 at the end of an increasingly hypothetical second term. These milestones should have disqualified this unreasonable bet much sooner. A large majority of Americans, as the polls continue to show unequivocally for once, are not mistaken: Biden is too old to run for a new term.
Democratic Awareness
Since the disaster in Atlanta, the Democrats are finally beginning to painfully accept this fact. They have long been blinded by the president's excellent record helping the United States' recovery after the COVID-19 pandemic, promoting the reindustrialization of the country and restoring its traditional alliances. He managed to beat Trump in 2020. Why can’t he do it again?
The answer lies in the irreversible weight of time. Biden is no longer the same, weakened by a grueling presidency and kept in a bubble by his entourage and his collaborators, who limit his the number of public appearances he makes without a safety net.
If there was still the slightest doubt about his abilities, Biden himself removed it this catastrophic Tuesday. In front of donors, the president admitted to having almost fallen asleep on set in front of Trump. Trump said it was not wise to go to Europe for the D-Day commemorations, then the G7, which is nevertheless expected of the president of the leading world power.
Will Biden have the lucidity to draw the necessary conclusions? According to The New York Times, although the White House is denying it, Biden is seriously considering withdrawing. According to CNN, he admits that the next few days will be crucial for his political future. A renunciation of Biden's candidacy would be a leap into the unknown for the Democrats. But the viability of the president's candidacy has been compromised. Other key figures are entirely capable of carrying out their own assessments and refocusing the debate on the perils of a return of Trump to power. Because Biden, whose slightest misstep is expected, is no longer being heard.
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