US President Joe Biden hopes a television interview on Friday will stabilize his imperilated re -election bid – but a repeat of his disastrous debate could be his downfall.
In the week since his debate against Donald Trump’s first head-to-head in the election cycle in the 2024-has 81-year-old Biden failed to cushion panic among his Democratic Party.
For 90 minutes last Thursday, a Raspy Bid struggled to express himself clearly, stumble over words and lose his mind.
A growing choir in his party has since urged him to prove that he has the energy to defeat Trump in November and handle another four years in the White House.
Despite winning the support of democratic governors who met with him at an emergency meeting on Wednesday, at least three of his party members in Congress have called on him to go aside, as have several major newspaper editorial and a number of political commentators.
The president has said he “doesn’t leave” and is “in this race until the end,” but voting after Debate has shown Trump’s narrow lead expansion.
Biden has not yet spoken publicly without a telecommunications prompt since the debate, except for some brief remarks.
So Friday’s interview with ABC program leader George Stephanopoulos, who needs to be recorded during a campaign trip to Wisconsin, will be an important moment for the bite to remove the worries and reset expectations.
With soaring expectation of the interview, ABC has changed its original plan to send out excerpts throughout the weekend and will instead send it out throughout Friday at. 20.00 (0000 GMT Saturday).
The bite faces a journalist who knows the work of political communication like no other.
Stephanopoulos worked for former Democratic President Bill Clinton during his first campaign and was one of his closest advisers in his first period in the White House.
Biden, a former stud, will also have to win back confidence with a clear and coherent speech, as much as on substance.
Former House speaker Nancy Pelosi, one of the most influential democratic voices, has considered it “important” that the president does one or even two high -profile interviews.
Other supporters have called for a long -formed news conference to judge his stamina.
The White House has announced that he is holding a news conference during the NATO summit in Washington next week, but has not revealed any details about its format or length.
Trump, meanwhile, has woke up to another debate or “all-on discussion”, on Thursday said he was ready “anytime and anywhere, any place.”
With speculation still swirling over a potential shift at the top of the democratic ticket, Kamala Harris, the country’s first female vice president, has suddenly been forced into the limelight.
The 59-year-old former California prosecutor joined the Bid on Thursday’s 4th of July has performed a delicate balance since the debate.
She has offered unwavering support to Biden in public, but stands by as a leading challenger to replace him if he steps aside.
