«I am the most qualified candidate and also the only one capable of beating Donald Trump». This is why I want to stay in the race, «to finish the job».
Joe Biden reiterated this during the press conference at the end of the NATO summit in Washington.
But, in front of journalists, the 81-year-old US president accompanied the resoluteness of his statements with the usual, now inevitable gaffes, which continue to make many - especially in the democratic home - doubt his lucidity.
Indeed, Biden introduced Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky as "Putin" and spoke of his deputy Kamala Harris as "Trump".
And Trump himself, his rival in the autumn presidential elections, did not fail to take advantage of the two slips to comment, ironically, on his social network Truth: «Well done Joe! Good job!".
According to some rumors, after the summit, former Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi (Democrat) and former President Barack Obama spoke on the phone. A discussion with on the table - once again - the ways to find an "exit strategy" for the elderly president before the Dem convention in August.
Seventeen deputies and one senator are currently pushing for Biden's step back. The front, however, could continue to widen.
(Unioneonline/lf)