Washington [US], December 6: US President Joe Biden said he might not have run for re-election if he had not faced his predecessor Donald Trump, and accused the Republican party of posing a special threat to the country.
"If Mr. Trump didn't run, I'm not sure I would run," Reuters quoted Mr. Biden as saying at a fundraising event for his 2024 campaign, in the suburbs of Boston (Massachusetts). of America) on December 5. The leader continued to say: "We cannot let him win."
Mr. Biden 's words come as the president's age causes concern for his re-election campaign - he turned 81 years old last month. Meanwhile, Mr. Trump, 77 years old, also caused similar concerns, but is still the leading Republican candidate for the presidential election scheduled to take place in November 2024 in the US.
During the 2020 presidential campaign, Mr. Biden often said that his decision to run partly stemmed from Mr. Trump, who was then the owner of the White House, handling issues, including protest movement of white supremacists.
Now, Mr. Biden once again sees Mr. Trump as a danger to democracy itself.
Mr. Trump, who is facing criminal proceedings for his attempt to overturn his defeat in the 2020 election as well as a series of other legal challenges, also repeatedly criticized the current president.
According to a former White House official, Mr. Biden announced his re-election in April after he believed that Vice President Kamala Harris or any other Democratic candidate could not defeat Mr. Trump in the election. next year's election.
Recent poll results show that Mr. Trump is leading Mr. Biden in hypothetical confrontations in important battleground states and on a national scale.
"I don't think anyone doubts that our democracy is at risk," Mr. Biden said on December 5.
Source: ThanhNien Newspaper
