In his sole leave interview with a print publication before his presidency ends in two days, President Joe Biden was open about the restrictions his natural limitations might have placed on a second word had he been elected.
The motivation for a campaign to force him to move down as the 2024 Democratic presidential candidate and been replaced by Vice President Kamala Harris was worries about his age and mental clarity, which was highlighted by his one and only argument against Trump last summer.
I truly believed I had the best chance of defeating Trump when I ran for reelection. But I also wasn’t looking to be president when I was 85 years old, 86 years old. And so I did talk about passing the baton”, Biden said. ” But I don’t know. … Who the hell knows”?
Of his regrets from the last four years, Biden did not refer to his withdrawal of U. S. troops from Afghanistan, in which 13 troops died in an Islamic State terrorist attack, or his decision to withdraw from the 2024 presidential race roughly 100 days before November’s election.
Instead, he cited his perceived problems with his messaging, including his failure to counter misinformation, for example, Trump implying an illegal immigrant was responsible for the New Orleans New Year’s Day terrorist attack, and his failure to convey his policy accomplishments to the public, particularly regarding his$ 1.2 trillion bipartisan infrastructure spending bill.
” I believe we would have been a hell of a lot better off had we been able to work much harder to get some of these projects in the ground much more quickly,” he said. ” I don’t think I’ve been very good at …]establishing ] that the government did this for you”.
In order to lock in a changed economic policy, Biden has attempted to spend as much of his infrastructure spending bill as possible. He also defended his$ 1.9 trillion American Rescue Plan, which some economists contend contributed to creating 40-year-high inflation, arguing” the fact is that we had a soft landing, no recession”.
The incumbent acknowledged that his predecessor and successor complimented his economic policies during their transition meeting last November despite criticism from Biden about stymieing Trump’s agenda. At the same time, Biden cautioned Trump against bringing up his tariff and tax cuts because they could “hurt themselves, hurt the economy,” and warned him against pursuing retribution against his political foes because Biden considers issuing preemptive pardons to protect those people, including former Director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases Anthony Fauci.
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Biden said he hopes his expansive pardon of his son Hunter would not set precedent as he considered those pardons. He claimed he issued the order in response to Trump’s nominees for attorney general and FBI director.
” I hope not”, he said.
