2023-04-27 04:29:14
In the United States, the age of the captain questions. So as not to make it a taboo subject and while he announced his candidacy for the presidency of 2024 the day before, Joe Biden chose Wednesday to tackle the question head-on.
It must be said that the current tenant of the White House is already the oldest president in American history and he will be 86 years old at the end of his second term if he wins. And if the Democratic president rarely talks about his age, polls show that it is a factor that worries a vast majority of voters, and which will inevitably be used against him by his competitors.
Biden conceives ‘that people wonder’
The day after the launch of his campaign in a three-minute video broadcast at 6 a.m., Joe Biden, 80, thought it normal for people to ask questions. Asked about the subject during a joint press conference with his South Korean counterpart Yoon Suk Yeol at the White House, he also admitted to having asked himself a lot of questions. “I understand that people are wondering. I would wonder myself. I questioned myself before deciding to campaign,” he replied.
“I feel good,” he added, ensuring he had enough energy to campaign while performing one of the most demanding jobs in the world. “I am excited about this prospect. “People will see,” continued the American president. “They will follow an election campaign and they will decide whether I have what it takes or not. »
Joe Biden even took the opportunity to joke about his age: “I don’t even know how old I am. I can’t tell, it doesn’t hit. The only way he usually approaches the issue is with light-hearted jokes about his long political background – he served 36 years in the Senate before becoming Barack Obama’s vice president for eight years. But that does not make voters laugh.
If the democrat displays an unusual endurance, juggling between international crises and major reforms, his main handicap remains his age. According to a recent NBC News poll, 70% of Americans — including 51% of Democrats — believe Joe Biden should not run in 2024. And 69% of those opposed to his candidacy cite his age as a deciding factor. or significant.
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