“I promise I’m fine,” Biden says as he resumes campaigning

The US president, Joe Biden, arrived this Friday in the state of Michigan, determined to continue campaigning after a press conference that did not dispel doubts about his candidacy for re-election but did not increase them either.

“We have to finish the job. “I promise I’m fine,” Biden told his supporters at a restaurant in Northville, an industrial state in the country’s north, calling on his supporters to win the November elections if they want to defeat Republican Donald Trump.

The 81-year-old president will deliver a speech in Detroit at 10:00 pm GMT, aimed primarily at denouncing the “2025 Project”, a radical right-wing government program from which Trump tries to distance himself. allies.

According to excerpts of the speech circulating in the press, Biden will say, “Project 2025 is run and paid for by Trump’s people.”

The president “understands there are still some concerns in Congress,” campaign spokesman Michael Tyler said, which is why he is “focused on proving he is the best person to take on Donald Trump and defeat him in November.”

The Democrat assured on Thursday in a press conference that he is “most qualified” to be president, which was supposed to seal his political fate, which had been very uncertain since the disastrous debate of June 27 against the 78-year-old Republican veteran.

During the nearly hour-long performance, everyone saw what they wanted to see and it was confirmed that Biden is currently the most scrutinized politician on the planet.

His supporters praised his great knowledge of issues, especially international issues, and his control of the situation.

– is bleeding –

But there were also those who highlighted his pronunciation problems and two major gaffes in particular.

Shortly before appearing before reporters, the president referred to Ukraine’s head of state, Volodymyr Zelensky, as “President Putin.” He corrected himself as soon as he realized what he had done.

And at press conferences he said “Vice President Trump” instead of Vice President Kamala Harris, to the delight of his rivals.

“Good job, Joe!” Trump joked.

“Joe Biden has made mistakes for 40 years, he made some mistakes last night, and he’s likely to make more mistakes,” his spokesman Tyler said.

The series of Congressmen turning their backs on him continues, at the moment there is no bleeding visible.

About twenty Democratic congressmen openly asked the US President to withdraw his candidacy before the nominating convention to be held in Chicago (North) in August.

And the president failed to win the public support of his party’s leader in the House of Representatives, Hakeem Jeffries, which he received on Thursday night.

In a letter to members of his group, the Democrat limited himself to informing them of the meeting and saying: “We will continue to work for the good of middle class Americans.”

On Friday, African-American congressman James Clyburn, one of the architects of the Democratic leader’s victory in 2020, however, assured NBC that he “fully” supports Biden.

– Wealth –

The question now is whether the president bought enough time to weather the political and media storm, or whether all he achieved was to simply delay his return.

Part of the answer will be financial: A sudden drop in fundraising will be hard to overcome.

Major contributors have suspended pledges to Biden’s campaign, freezing $90 million, according to the New York Times, one of the biggest fundraisers.

The focus now is on the party’s leading figures, particularly former House leader Nancy Pelosi and former President Barack Obama.

The first insisted this week that Joe Biden “make a decision,” a subtle way of conveying that he believes the decision he has made is not necessarily ideal. The second has campaigned with Biden and is currently silent.

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