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Former president Barack Obama and ex-House speaker Nancy Pelosi have reportedly privately expressed their concerns about President Joe Biden’s future as he continues to struggle to convince the American electorate and his fellow Democrats that he remains the right person to top the ticket and take on Donald Trump in November.
Since his disastrous presidential debate performance against Trump last month, Biden has faced panicked calls to quit the race for the White House to make way for a younger successor.
Speaking at an hour-long press conference in Washington DC on Thursday, the president again vowed to “finish this job” and defeat Trump for a second time.
“We have never been here before,” he said, when pressed on the threat the Republican poses.
“That is why I didn’t hand off to another generation – I have to finish this job because there’s so much at stake.”
However, Biden badly undermined his case with a fresh gaffe in which he referred to his own deputy Kamala Harris as “vice president Trump”.
That was his second unforced error of the day after he earlier introduced Ukrainian leader Volodymyr Zelensky as “President Putin” at a Nato event.
Obama and Pelosi ‘hold talks on Biden’s future’
Former president Barack Obama and ex-House speaker Nancy Pelosi have reportedly privately expressed their concerns about President Joe Biden’s future as he continues to struggle to convince the American electorate and his fellow Democrats that he remains the right person to top the ticket and take on Trump in November.
“Neither is quite sure what to do,” reports CNN, rather ominiously, with both keenly aware that neither Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer or House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries has the personal clout with Biden to sway him.
Pelosi has been non-commital on Biden in recent days while saying that questions about his wellbeing are “legitimate” while Obama is understood to have known about his friend George Clooney’s New York Times op-ed calling for Biden to step aside in advance and raised no objections.
Here’s the latest from Andrew Feinberg on Biden’s closet aides huddling.
Joe Sommerlad12 July 2024 11:45
Trump demands judge toss out hush money verdict after immunity ruling
The Republican presidential candidate’s attorneys have formally asked the judge overseeing his hush money trial to throw out the 34-count verdict against him and dismiss the case based on the Supreme Court’s landmark decision on presidential “immunity.”
A 50-page filing in Manhattan criminal court that was made public on Thursday — the day Trump was initially scheduled to be sentenced — argues that several pieces of evidence used against the former president fall under the scope of the Supreme Court’s decision, which shields presidents from criminal prosecution for “official” acts in office.
Those “impermissible official-acts evidence” include Trump’s conversations with a White House aide who testified at the trial, phone records from his time in office, and posts on Twitter, which was “recognized as a formal channel of White House communication in the Trump Administration,” according to Trump’s attorney Todd Blanche.
Here’s the latest from Alex Woodward.
Joe Sommerlad12 July 2024 11:15
Voices: At Biden’s press conference, trouble began when the teleprompter ended
The president’s faltering appearances have made physicians out of all of us but especially within his own party, Richard Hall writes.
Joe Sommerlad12 July 2024 10:45
Biden slams Trump for ‘riding in golf cart’ amid question on schedule
This one of the president’s better moments during yesterday’s presser, attacking his Republican rival for his idleness, which we saw plenty of in office.
Joe Sommerlad12 July 2024 10:15
‘Great job, Joe!’ Trump roasts Biden for mixing him up with Kamala Harris in ‘big boy press conference’
Donald Trump and his cronies have, inevitably, been mocking poor old Joe Biden following his press conference gaffe confusing Vice President Kamala Harris with his Republican rival.
“Crooked Joe begins his ‘Big Boy’ Press Conference with, ‘I wouldn’t have picked Vice President Trump to be vice president, though I think she was not qualified to be president.’ Great job, Joe!” Trump sneared on Truth Social.
Joe Sommerlad12 July 2024 09:45
Biden’s highly choreographed ‘big boy’ presser wasn’t enough to reassure wobbly Democrats
Tom Watling12 July 2024 09:10
All the celebrities who have called for Joe Biden to step down, from George Clooney to Stephen King
Tom Watling12 July 2024 09:00
At Biden’s high-stakes press conference, the trouble began when the teleprompter turned off
Tom Watling12 July 2024 08:50
Watch Biden’s post-Nato press conference in full
Below, you can watch US president Joe Biden’s full press conference following the three-day annual Nato summit in Washington.
During the presser, he was grilled on whether he was mentally fit for the role and forced to respond to questions about his multiple gaffes during speeches at the summit.
It is the first time Mr Biden has faced questions from the press for such a duration of time since after Chinese leader Xi Jinping visited the US last November.
Tom Watling12 July 2024 08:40
The 15 House and Senate Democrats who say Biden needs to step aside
Another top Democrat has now called on President Joe Biden to step down following his press conference on Thursday.
This now brings the total to 15 high-profile Dems who have spoken out publicly. Here’s the list:
Mike Bedigan12 July 2024 08:30
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