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Joe Biden News: Outgoing US President Joe Biden has said that he would have defeated Trump in the general elections held in November, but he decided to withdraw his candidacy mid-election for the sake of unity of the Democratic Party.
Biden said that he could have defeated Trump.
Could Joe Biden defeat Donald Trump? Does Biden regret his decision to withdraw from the race? Outgoing US President Joe Biden has broken his silence on all these questions. Joe Biden believes that had he lived, he would have defeated Donald Trump. He said that he would have defeated Trump in the general elections held in November but he decided to withdraw his candidacy mid-election for the sake of unity of the Democratic Party.
Joe Biden was asked at a press conference at the White House here, ‘Mr. President, do you regret your decision not to contest the election? Do you think you gave your predecessor (Trump) an easy chance to become your successor? On this Biden said, ‘I don’t think so. I think I could have defeated Trump, I could have defeated him. I think Kamala Harris could have defeated Trump.
Why did you withdraw from the race?
He said, ‘It is important to unify the party and when the party was worried about whether I would be able to move forward or not, I thought it would be better to unify the party. Although I thought I could win again. Biden (82)’s performance in the ‘debate’ between presidential candidates held in Atlanta in June was nothing special. After this, members of his own party started talking about Biden withdrawing from the race for this post and ultimately Biden decided to withdraw from the race for the US presidency against Trump.
Will Kamala contest elections again?
In place of Biden, Vice President Kamala Harris was made the presidential candidate from the Democratic Party. However, he had to face defeat at the hands of Trump. During the press conference, Biden said that Kamala Harris is capable of contesting the presidential elections again. He said, ‘I think this is a decision that she can think about. He is eligible to contest elections again after four years. They will have to take this decision only.
What will Biden do after leaving office?
During this, Biden was asked, ‘Are you planning to remain active even after leaving the presidency, or are you going to follow the Bush model, where you will remain out of the public eye?’ Responding to this, Biden said, ‘I will neither disappear from sight nor from hearts.’ Democratic Party leader Biden will leave the presidency on January 20. In his place, Donald Trump will take oath as the 47th President of America. Trump of the Republican Party had been the President of America even before Biden.