2024-07-14 19:45:16
He President Joe Biden81, is risking his political survival with every public appearance, but the press conference he will give on Thursday could be decisive for his candidacy in the November elections.
The White House has not given details about the Press conference in which journalists will undoubtedly address the health status and mental agility Joe Biden after his disastrous performance in the June debate against Republican Donald Trump caused a stir.
The meeting will take place at 5:30 p.m. local time (9:30 p.m. GMT) at the conference centre hosting a NATO summit in Washington this week.
One misstep could seal his fate. Joe Biden will have to speak in a clear and confident voice, without notes or a teleprompter. The way he answers will be as important as the content.
Biden has struggled with stuttering since he was a childHe has never been a brilliant speaker and improvisation is not his strong point, but on Thursday he will have to convince people that he is capable of taking on Donald Trump at the polls.
– Mitterrand y Kohl –
He has not had an easy time of it. In recent months he has made some notable gaffes, such as in February, when he mentioned former French President François Mitterrand, who died in 1996, instead of Emmanuel Macron, and the also deceased Helmut Kohl instead of former German Chancellor Angela Merkel.
This Thursday we cannot afford to make any huge mistakes like these given that he is under strong pressure from his Democratic Party, and even from movie stars like George Clooney, to pass the reins.
An Ipsos poll released Thursday by the Washington Post and ABC shows no National voting intentions drop since debate: Joe Biden and Donald Trump are tied at 46% each.
But 67% of people surveyed believe that Biden should withdraw his candidacyAmong Democratic voters, 56% think so.
Since late June, doubts about his candidacy have overshadowed his campaign’s desperate attempts to redirect attention toward his predecessor Trump, whom they consider a danger to democracy.
On Thursday, he posted a video describing the 78-year-old billionaire as a stooge of Russian President Vladimir Putin.
– “Make a decision” –
More than eight Democratic House members and one senator have openly called on Biden to drop out of the race for the White House.
But many more doubt his ability to win the election.
“It’s looking increasingly likely that this is a mountain too high to climb,” Congressman Greg Landsman told CNN on Thursday.
Party leaders like former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi are urging the president to “make a choice,” a subtle way of telling him that the choice he made isn’t necessarily the right one.
Democratic senators, meanwhile, plan to have lunch with three of Biden’s advisers on Thursday.
Since becoming president, Joe Biden has given 36 press conferencesaccording to researcher Martha Joynt Kumar, quoted by the Axios platform. And it usually does so during international trips or visits by foreign leaders.
Among his six predecessors, Only Republican Ronald Reagan gave less.
2024-07-14 19:45:16