More and more Americans doubt Joe Biden’s ability to lead the United States. After the disastrous performance in the debate against Donald Trump, several members of Congress demanded that the president step down, and on Wednesday night, Swedish time, the next setback came: The Democratic Vermont senator Peter Welch went out in Washington Post and urged the President to step aside.
– That democratic senators go out and call on him to resign is particularly serious. It will be a sloping plane, says Jakob Stenberg.
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“George Clooney means a lot”
Even the actor George Clooney, who previously organized fundraisers for Biden’s campaign, has turned completely around – and is now calling on the president to suspend his presidential election campaign.
– The fact that he, who has known Joe Biden for a long time, thinks that the president has become too old to continue is incredibly serious for the campaign. He is one of the absolute most famous Hollywood profiles who supported him, so it has a big impact.
According to Joe Biden himself, he is best suited to defeat Donald Trump in the fall presidential election. So far, he has shown no signs of considering a withdrawal.
“Great pressure before the press conference”
During his presidency, Joe Biden has been criticized for holding too few press conferences, but on Thursday will meet the press at the end of the NATO summit. The stakes are judged to be sky high.
– A weak performance from Biden will cause a hurricane in the party. He can’t recover from that. Even if he does well, I have a hard time seeing that the pressure will decrease, says Jakob Stenberg.
Can Biden continue without the support of his party?
– If his crisis begins to affect politicians at several levels in the US, he will be a sinkhole for the entire party. Then it becomes unsustainable.