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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.

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[-] ieatpwns@lemmy.world 1 points 5 days ago

I know grandpa I know. Now come drink your date juice

[-] 5714@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 6 days ago

Why is he saying this now?

[-] HellsBelle@sh.itjust.works 4 points 6 days ago

Because he regrets the choice he made.

So, I get that. But the thing is he should be man enough to accept he made a choice and now accept the consequences.

Smart people count the cost of a decision before making it. That way they can hold their head high on one thing at least. As it stands Biden can't even do that.

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[-] ChonkyOwlbear@lemmy.world -3 points 6 days ago

He probably had a better chance than Harris. Might not have won either way, but sadly I suspect the odds were better with him.

[-] charade_you_are@sh.itjust.works -2 points 6 days ago

It's possible. I thought hardcore misogyny was on a downward trend but fuck was I wrong

[-] Ensign_Crab@lemmy.world 3 points 6 days ago

Anything to avoid admitting that Harris lost because the only way she differentiated herself from Biden was moving to his right.

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