US President Joe Biden announced on Tuesday that he has not yet decided whether he will run in the next presidential election in 2024 to win a second term, while underscoring his conviction that he “is capable of beating Donald Trump again.” “
In an interview with CNN, Biden said that after the midterm elections scheduled for November, “I’ll be in the process of making a decision” on the 2024 election, adding, “I think I can beat Donald Trump again.”
About two weeks ago, the US President announced that he had not yet decided whether he would run for a second presidential term in 2024.
Biden told 60 Minutes that the reappointment is the “intention” he has, adding: “But it’s just an intent. But is it the final decision that I will run again? This remains to be seen.”
He considered it “too early” to talk about this, calling himself a person “very respectful of fate.”
low popularity
Biden is the oldest president in US history: on November 20, he will turn 80 years old, at the beginning of a possible second term – 82 years old, and at the end – 86 years old.
Biden’s approval ratings fell to nearly the lowest level of his presidency last week, according to a Reuters/Ipsos poll, with only five weeks left before the November 8 congressional election.
The two-day poll showed 40 percent of Americans agree with Biden’s work, up from 41 percent the previous week.
“A very small recession”
The president’s erratic popularity, which dropped to 36 percent in May and June, fueled expectations that his Democratic Party will lose control of the House of Representatives in November, and possibly the Senate as well.
Since taking office in January 2021 at the height of the COVID-19 pandemic, Biden’s state has been hit by the economic fallout from the global health crisis, including high inflation.
On Tuesday, Biden ruled out that the United States would see an economic recession, saying that if it did, that recession would be “very minor.”
He said: “I don’t think there will be an economic downturn. If there is an economic downturn, it will be very minor (..) It is possible.”
