President also regrets picking Merrick Garland for attorney general, as he was slow to prosecute Trump for January 6

Joe Biden regrets having pulled out of this year’s presidential race and believes he would have defeated Donald Trump in last month’s election – despite negative poll indications, White House sources have said.

The US president has reportedly also said he made a mistake in choosing Merrick Garland as attorney general – reflecting that Garland, a former US appeals court judge, was slow to prosecute Donald Trump for his role in the 6 January 2021 insurrection while presiding over a justice department that aggressively prosecuted Biden’s son Hunter.

With just more than three weeks of his single-term presidency remaining, Biden’s reported rueful reflections are revealed in a Washington Post profile that contains the clearest signs yet that he thinks he erred in withdrawing his candidacy in July after a woeful debate performance against his rival for the White House, Trump, the previous month.

  • @[email protected]
    19•25 days ago

    I just hope they don’t think Harris lost because she didn’t have enough time and then run her again in 2028, either without a primary or with a heavily one-sided primary like in 2016.

      • pachristEnglish
        15•25 days ago

        Nah, they’ll pivot back to a white guy.

        • @WoodScientist
          7•25 days ago

          They’re going to give the nomination to Mitt Romney.

          • @kreskin
            3•25 days ago

            It’ll be Blinken or Shapiro.

            • @WoodScientist
              6•25 days ago

              Ok, they have a backup plan. Their other pick will be someone even more well suited to appeal to Republicans. In fact, they have experience in politics and were even a minor Democratic Primary nomination contender several years back. They have appeal in the South, and they should have a solid lock on Georgia, and maybe even be able to finally turn Texas blue! And he’ll appeal well to the younger generations, as he has even run a Republican and third party presidential candidate in the past. Younger voters will love a candidate with such multi-partisan cred.

              Let me introduce you to 2028 Democratic Presidential nominee David Duke!