An intense week awaits US President Joe Biden, writes AFP. The week begins with two campaign rallies in the important wave master state of Pennsylvania before Biden is to host the NATO summit in Washington, which begins on Tuesday.
His next public appearance will be a press conference on Wednesday in conjunction with the NATO summit.
At the same time, the pressure is increasing more and more for Biden to drop out of the presidential election. After the weekend, five Democrats in Congress have now openly declared that they believe Biden should withdraw. On Sunday, the leader of the Democrats in the House of Representatives, Hakeem Jeffries, will lead a digital meeting where "the best way forward" will be discussed.
Biden himself has so far shown no signs of being ready to drop out.
"I beat Donald Trump in 2020. I will beat him again in 2024," his campaign wrote on social media on Saturday.
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Governor: Biden decision may come in the next few days
In the next week, President Joe Biden may decide to drop out of the presidential race. At least that's what Josh Green, Democrat and Hawaii's governor, thinks, AP writes.
Green says he thinks Biden will drop out if he himself feels he can't win against Donald Trump or if people in his inner circle really think he shouldn't run.
- We will probably know within the next few days how the president feels about all this, says the governor.
He says the picture will probably become clearer when members of Congress return to work next week after the National Day celebration.
In recent days, Biden has continued to repeat that he will not drop out, even though pressure within his own party has increased.
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Biden's staff sent out interview questions in advance
When Joe Biden was interviewed this week on two radio programs, "The source" in Philadelphia and "The Earl Ingram show" in Milwaukee, his campaign staff sent out questions in advance.
- I was asked eight questions, and the four that were selected were the ones that I approved, says Andrea Lawful-Sanders, host of "The source", to CNN.
- I didn't get a chance to ask everything I wanted to ask, Earl Ingram told ABC News.
Biden's campaign staff emphasizes that they do not force the hosts to choose the prescribed questions.
- We do not condition the interviews on the acceptance of these questions, and the presenters are always free to ask the questions they deem most informative for the listeners, says spokesperson Lauren Hitt to the Wall Street Journal.
The newspaper calls it an "attempt to control the president's image" after the criticized debate.
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