The American president, Joe Biden, is said to have admitted in private circles that the following days will be critical to save or not his presidential candidacy, as he told an ally yesterday that the motives that encourage him to continue “are not working” , writes the American network CNN.
“He understands the moment. There’s a clear picture,” the person close to said, according to CNN.
Biden knows that events in the coming days and weeks will force him to admit that the attempt to recover his image in last week’s disastrous debate did not work.
“It would be a scenario of declining support, donations not coming in, and interviews going from bad to worse,” the CNN source added.
Since Thursday’s lackluster debate, Democrats have expressed concern and some have called for Biden to leave the party.
The New York Times reported today that Biden knows he can’t save the campaign if he doesn’t perform well at public events in the coming days, but the White House denied the report.
In Tuesday’s private conversation, Biden reportedly “felt guilty” and blamed himself rather than campaign staff for the debate.
CNN’s anonymous source added: “He complained that ‘I’ve been doing a lot of foreign policy,’ referring to trips to France and Italy, and that the time zone change has left him fatigued, not recovering in time for the debate.”
Biden also mentioned this at a fundraising event on Tuesday in Virginia, where he said the two official trips were a bad idea, writes the CNN network.
