The old White House colleagues Joe Biden and Barack Obama seem to have fallen in love with each other.
Biden is stated by sources close to the president to be “bitter” and “irritated” with Obama, according to New York Times.
This after the ex-president stated according to media reports that he thinks Biden should drop out of the presidential election campaign.
On Wednesday, news came that Joe Biden had tested positive for covid-19, after campaigning in Las Vegas. Since then, the president of the United States has been isolated in his home in the state of Delaware, where anger against those who want him to step down has grown, reports the New York Times.
Sources close to the president anonymously tell the newspaper that Joe Biden is annoyed by what he perceives as an orchestrated campaign with the goal of getting him to drop out of the presidential campaign.
“The leaks have been coordinated”
Sources close to the president state that Joe Biden has been a politician long enough to understand that the leaks that have appeared in the media in recent days have been coordinated to increase the pressure on him to throw in the towel.
According to the newspaper’s information, the president directs parts of his anger at former president Barack Obama, under whom Joe Biden was vice president between 2009 and 2017.
Joe Biden believes that Barack Obama is the one pulling the strings behind the scenes to get him deposed, and also points out House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi as one of the driving forces in the campaign against him.
The information comes after it was reported earlier this week that Obama thinks Biden should drop out.
Like nothing else
According to the New York Times, the conflict between the sitting president and senior representatives of the party so close to an election is unprecedented in Washington in generations. Particularly noteworthy, according to the newspaper, is that former close allies of the president now seem to be turning against him.
Outwardly, Joe Biden and his staff have been clear that there are no plans for him to drop out. But according to the sources, Joe Biden is increasingly accepting that he has to withdraw.
According to the New York Times, presidential staff members have begun discussing possible dates and locations for when and where a public announcement of a resignation could be made.