Obama, Pelosi Spoke Privately About How Hard It Has Become For Biden To Defeat Trump: Report – News18

Former US president Barack Obama and former US House of Representatives speaker Nancy Pelosi this week privately discussed their growing concerns regarding US President Joe Biden’s re-election campaign.

A report by US broadcaster CNN said that both discussed how tough it is getting for 81-year-old Biden to beat his rival and predecessor Donald Trump. The report also said that they are unsure regarding what to do next as a growing number of “very connected Democrats” devise a plan to get Biden to drop out of the race.

The report also said that several Democrats have urged Obama and Pelosi behind the scenes to ensure that no more damage is done to the party ahead of the November elections.

Two weeks after a disastrous debate night where Biden struggled to keep up with his rival Donald Trump, more than 15 Democratic lawmakers have called for Biden to step aside.

Many more kept their newfound alarm about Biden semi-private. Mega-donors froze in the moment. Democratic voices from Congress to the intelligentsia to the streets pitched in to tell the president he should go. He said hell no.

However, some Democrats are hoping that Biden himself reaches the decision of bowing out of the race and Nancy Pelosi has hinted that she thinks on similar lines when she indicated Biden still has a decision to make on whether to run, even though the president has made it clear he remains in the race.

One Democratic senator and 16 House Democrats have publicly called on Biden to drop out of the race.

Biden tried to make the case that what he’s doing matters more than how he talks about it during his latest press conference, a test he avoided throughout this year.

During his press conference, in a slip-up he referred to Vice President Kamala Harris as “Vice President Trump,” saying he picked her because he believed she could beat Trump.

Even before the news conference, Biden had bungled an important name at the NATO summit and instantly lowered expectations for his performance.

“Ladies and gentlemen, President Putin,” Biden said as he was introducing Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, who is most definitely not Russian President Vladimir Putin. The gaffe immediately prompted gasps, as Biden caught himself and said to Zelenskyy: “President Putin? You’re going to beat President Putin.”