Republican candidate Donald Trump said on Friday, June 28, that he did not “believe” in the possibility that his rival Joe Biden would suspend his presidential candidacy after his catastrophic performance during their debate the day before.
“A lot of people are saying that after last night’s performance, Joe Biden is going to throw in the towel. But I don’t really believe that,” the former president told supporters at a campaign rally in Virginia.
“I don’t speak as easily as I used to, I don’t speak as fluently as I used to, I don’t debate as well as I used to,” the 81-year-old Democrat acknowledged at a rally in Raleigh, North Carolina, on Friday.
“I would not run again if I did not believe, with all my heart and all my soul, that I can do this job,” added the American president.
Joe Biden supported by Barack Obama
The leader subsequently received the strong support of Barack Obama – who remains one of the most respected voices in the Democratic Party. “Bad debates happen,” brushed off the former president, assuring that this election “remained a choice” between someone “who fought all his life for ordinary people” and Donald Trump, “who does not only cares about himself.”
No question of withdrawing his candidacy, therefore, for a president who was almost unrecognizable on Friday, after the 90 painful minutes he spent Thursday evening facing his 78-year-old Republican rival, between swallowed words, unfinished sentences and a haggard expression.
The American media are reporting a wave of “panic” among Democrats, four months before the election and about six weeks before the convention that is supposed to swear in the president. For the moment, however, no heavyweight of the Democratic Party has publicly relayed this feeling.
Original article published on BFMTV.com
