Joe Biden made a joke about how his chances of running for reelection would rise if Donald Trump was the Republican nominee once again. The president is still unable to answer questions regarding whether he will seek another term.
He told ABC’s John Muir Wednesday night that, while he still intends on running again for the presidency, it is up to fate and health.
Biden is now 79 and the oldest U.S. President.
Trump (now 75) would surpass Biden’s record in the event he wins 2024 election.
Muir asked Biden whether he was planning to run for re-election. Biden responded, “Yes”, just as Jen Psaki, the press secretary of Biden, has insistent.
He stated, “I respect fate very much.” He said, “Fate has interacted in my life many many times.”
‘If I’m in the health I’m in now – I’m in good health – then, in fact, I would run again.’
Joe Biden was seen Wednesday, at the meeting of his supply-chain task force. He told ABC News that he would seek reelection if his health is good.
Biden continued to ask if Trump would be willing to run for reelection. He smiled and chuckled, then replied, “You are trying to tempt my now.”
“Sure. I would not be running against Donald Trump as a nominee.” He continued.
“That would enhance the possibility of running.”
DailyMail.com spoke with Taylor Budowich Trump’s communications director: “Noone has done more than Joe Biden to support Trump 2024.”
“His policies have destroyed the country and, if Trump did not run, his whole party would still be left with the bones of his complete failure,” he said. The contrast between Trump’s America First policy and that of Democrats America Last was never more striking.
Last month Biden headed to Walter Reed for his annual physical, and returned saying he felt great, with a clean bill of health after a colonoscopy.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention suggests that colon cancer screenings be performed every year starting at age 45.
One hour can be required for a colonoscopy.
George W. Bush, the president who had undergone a colonoscopy while in office was the last to do so with anesthesia.
President Biden waves as he arrives at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center for his annual physical
Just a day before his 79th Birthday, President Joe Biden will be getting his routine annual physical.
Biden leaves the White House for Walter Reed Medical Center Friday morning
Kamala Harris, Vice President of the United States was there to supervise Biden as he went through anesthesia during a colonoscopy that was being performed in his annual physical.
The White House provided copies of Senator Patrick Leahy’s and Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s letters. There, President Obama relinquished power before regaining it.
Biden explained to leaders that he was currently undergoing a routine medical procedure that required sedation. Given the circumstances at hand, I am deciding to temporarily transfer the power and duties to the Office of President to the United States Vice President for the short period of recovery and procedure.
Later, he sent another letter in which he reaffirmed his presidential power.
“According to section 3 (the Twenty-Fifth Amendment) to the United States Constitution. I hereby transmit, to you, my written declaration, that I am capable of discharge the powers, duties and the Office President, and that, upon request, I will resume those powers,’ Biden wrote.
Walter Reed Medical Center is a Bethesda Military Center that serves as the primary hospital for presidents.
Donald Trump was there for COVID. Trump also visited Walter Reed on November 19, 2019. It was later discovered that it was a colonoscopy. According to the White House, he received a partial medical exam.
But former Trump press secretary Stephanie Grisham indicated in her book on the administration Trump was getting a colonoscopy without anesthesia.
Grisham said that Trump did not want to give power over to Vice President Mike Pence for any length of time because it would have been a sign of weakness.
On late-night TV, he also did not want to be “the buttof the joke,” she said.
Donald Trump paid a strange visit to Walter Reed on November 19, 2019. It turned out to have been a colonoscopy. Stephanie Grisham (former Trump press secretary) stated that Trump received a colonoscopy in her book. Grisham explained that Trump was reluctant to cede power to Vice-President Mike Pence for any length of time because it would be’showing weakness.’
Walter Reed hosted Biden during questions regarding the state of America’s oldest President. According to a poll, voters had varying opinions about whether Biden was mentally and physically fit to run for the presidency.
In a poll conducted by Politico/Morning Consult, only 42% of the respondents agreed that Biden is in good health. 50% were not so sure.
Biden was given a more difficult rating for his mental health.
Responding to the question of whether Biden was mentally fit, 46% said he was and 48% disagreed.
When asked if Biden was stable, voters were split with 44% saying that he is and 50% disagreeing.
Voters’ opinions on the president’s health appear to be shifting with more of them concerned about his fitness.
When the last poll was conducted, October 2020 saw a 19 point difference in the opinion of voters. This is compared with the recent 10, which had a 10 point margin.
Additionally, in that October 2020 survey, voters believed Biden was mentally fit by a 21-point margin.
Biden’s last extensive update on his health came in December 2019 – during the presidential campaign – where his doctor described him as ‘a healthy, vigorous, 77-year-old male, who is fit to successfully execute the duties of the Presidency.’
Trump, 70 at the time he was elected President, ridiculed Biden’s strength on the campaign trail last year and gave Biden the nickname “Sleepy Joe.”
Trump received his first physical in January 2018 one year after being sworn into office.
An exuberant Dr. Ronny Jackson, now a Republican House member in Congress, praised Trump for having ‘incredible genes,’ which allowed the then 71-year-old president to consume Diet Coke, McDonald’s, ice cream and exercise very little and still stay in ‘very, very good health.’
‘I have absolutely no concerns about his cognitive ability,’ Jackson also assured reporters, after the book Fire and Fury: Inside the Trump White House had raised questions about Trump’s mental state.
Ronny Jackson (Republican House member in Congress) praised Donald Trump after Trump received his first physical in January 2018. It took place one year after Trump became president.
Joe and Jill Biden stay physically active – above they ride their bikes through Cape Henlopen State Park in Rehoboth Beach, Delaware, in September 2019
Biden fell three times on March 3 as he climbed the steps to Board Air Force One. His staff blamed the windy day for the stumble.
Jackson said that Trump speaks his mind often, but Jackson did not believe there was any reason to doubt his thinking process.
Biden hasn’t helped questions about his health with his tendency toward gaffes – an affliction that has plagued him on and off throughout his more than 40 years in politics.
In the first months of his tenure, he used the term “President Kamala” for his vice president. Recently, White House staff needed to clarify remarks he made regarding Taiwan.
Biden fell on three occasions while trying to climb the stairs for Air Force One in March. Staff blamed windy conditions.
President Biden is active physically – First Lady Jill Biden rides a bike when they visit their Rehoboth Beach vacation home and golfs at the nearby country club when he returns to Wilmington.