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.

  • @hark
    45•3 days ago

    This ghoul was propped up in 2020 with the full force of the party and then won thanks to covid, but he thinks he’s some hero. Democrats lost in 2024 in large part thanks to him. Fuck you biden, you racist, genocidal, and power-hungry piece of shit.

    • TonyOstrich
      17•3 days ago

      Things would have likely gone a lot better if the Ds would have had an actual primary. It’s so frustrating.

      • Eugene V. Debs' GhostEnglish
        2•2 days ago

        Actual primaries are against what the DNC wants. 2016, 2020, and 2024 all had sham ones and argued in court “We don’t have to have fair ones, it’s mainly for show. We’re a private organization, we don’t need to abide by fair election practices.”