2024-07-12 04:56:00
Three weeks ago, July 11 would have been a day where all eyes would be on Donald Trump: the judge in the Stormy Daniels case had to resign. The immunity recognized by the Supreme Court undermined these plans and fate would have it that on July 11, the person under public scrutiny (and awaiting trial) is Joe Biden. Under the watchful eye of those who have asked him to resign, the President of the United States has confused the Ukrainian President, Volodymyr Zelensky, with Vladimir Putin; and then he called his deputy, Kamala Harris, “Vice President Trump.”
Biden opened the NATO summit with the announcement of the transfer of Patriot air defense systems to Ukraine
Despite the mistakes, the Democrat has continued to support the candidate and still insists that he is the best candidate to beat Trump in the polls. “I think I am the most qualified person to run for president. I won it [a Trump] once and I will do it again,” the president told reporters gathered in the room.
In the first row, at the foot of the coach, is the Secretary of State, Antony Blinken; Secretary of Communications of the White House, Karine Jean-Pierre; and Secretary of Defense, Austin Lloyd.
Biden has been trying to convince the public for two weeks that the disastrous CNN debate was “a bad night.” The unique conference session this Thursday within the framework of the NATO meeting is seen as a new test that the president has to overcome to convince his group’s critics (and the United States in general) that, at 81 years old, he is qualified to face the election campaign and consider it second time, if he is re-elected.
What no one expected was that before the convention, Biden would have already made a mistake. “Ladies and gentlemen, President Putin,” he said at a press conference before the press conference. The president immediately corrected himself and tried to excuse himself by saying that the return was because “he was too focused on defeating Putin.” At the press conference, which was delayed by an hour, the situation did not improve.
Coughing and stuttering
Biden’s anxiety (it is not known whether it was caused by the pressure of time or by the silence with Zelensky) was already noted in the speech before the question period. The president has suffered some minor stuttering when talking about the strength of NATO and the leadership role that the United States plays within the alliance.
Likewise, he has also defended the policies implemented during his tenure: the fight against inflation, the executive order to try to “solve” the border situation and mediation in negotiations to achieve a ceasefire in Gaza (which has not yet arrived). The same cough that relieved him during the controversial “bad night” has also appeared. Although in the end Biden managed to control it.
When question time came, instead of reporters asking to speak, Biden read the names of those who had already been given the opportunity to ask questions. This measure, however, has not saved the president himself. In response to the first question when he called Harris “Trump’s Vice President”, he certainly did not correct it as in the case of Zelensky.
Like it on the presidential agenda
The president has argued that the foreign leaders who have met these days at the NATO meeting did not show any concern about his state of health. Hours earlier, British Prime Minister Keir Stamer said he had seen Biden in “very good shape” after the joint meeting.
The Democrat has also defended that “it is not true” that he needs to rest after eight in the afternoon. “What I said is that instead of starting every day at 7 and going to bed at midnight, it would be wise to slow me down a little more,” he said.
In fact, he has even said that his team is overloading with events on his agenda: “I love my team, but they add things. They always add something to me. “I’m trapped in hell my wife.” In an ABC News interview, Biden avoided criticizing his team for their poor performance in the CNN election debate. A week later it seems the situation has changed.
An important fact is that Biden, amid the dance of names on who could be his future successor, did not hesitate to praise Kamala Harris, saying that “she is qualified to be president.” “I would not have nominated him if it were not for the fact that I believe he is qualified for the presidency,” Biden defended. Although this situation does not come with any hint about a possible withdrawal.
While Biden was still finishing answering reporters’ questions, Donald Trump mocked the Democrat’s chaos on his social network. “Biden began his “big boy” press conference with: ‘I would not have chosen Vice President Trump to be vice president if I did not believe he was unqualified to be president.’ Great job, Joe! “…
Conversation between Pelosi and Obama
Former President Barack Obama, who came out in defense of Biden after the CNN controversy, has had secret conversations with the former the speaker of the House of Representatives, Nancy Pelosi, on the future of the presidential campaign, CNN revealed on Thursday.
According to the network, both politicians have expressed concern about Biden’s ability to defeat Trump. Most of the Democrats are hopeful that Obama or Pelosi will be able to reverse the President’s decision.
In the final days before the press conference, the barrage of Democrats criticizing Biden has only increased. On Wednesday, old the speaker In the House of Representatives, Nancy Pelosi urged Biden to make a decision, saying there is “no time.” Pelosi’s words were not trivial, but we decided to call into question again the decision that Biden had already made through the letter that he made firmly: to continue in the election campaign.
On the same day, George Clooney also published an article in the New York Times calling on Biden to resign. “I am a universal democrat. I don’t apologize for being one and I’m proud of what the club stands for and what it stands for. I love Joe Biden. I consider him a friend. And I believe in him. I believe in your character, in your character. In the past four years, he has overcome many battles he has faced. But the unwinnable battle is the fight against time,” the actor wrote.
If the pressure from the party and the media wasn’t enough, the trickle of aides who are still asking Biden to step down isn’t stopping either. The founder of Netflix, Reed Hastings, was one of the first to break the silence and others have followed him, such as the heir to the Disney family fortune, Abigail Disney.
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