The American president Joe Biden hopes that a television interview on Friday will stabilize his candidacy in danger in danger – but a rehearsal of his disastrous performance of debate could be his fall.
During the week since his debate against Donald Trump – their first 2024 – Biden, 81 -year -old electoral cycle, failed to repress panic among his Democratic Party.
For 90 minutes last Thursday, a Rauque Biden had difficulty expressing themselves clearly, stumbling on the words and losing its thought.
An increasing refrain from his party has since called for him to prove that he has the energy to defeat Trump in November and to manage another four years in the White House.
Although he won the support of Democratic governors, who met him at an emergency meeting on Wednesday, at least three of his party members in the Congress called him to withdraw, just like several major committees writing newspapers and a tour of political commentators.
The president said that he does not “leave” and that “in this race until the end”, but post-debate polls have shown Trump’s close enlargement.
Biden has not yet spoken publicly without telepromitative since the debate, other than brief remarks.
Friday’s interview with presenter ABC George Stephanopoulos, who should be recorded during a campaign trip to Wisconsin, will be a key moment for Biden to dissipate worries and reset expectations.
With arrow anticipation for the interview, ABC has changed its original extract distribution plan throughout the weekend and will broadcast it rather on Friday at 8:00 p.m. (0000 GMT on Saturday).
Biden will face a journalist who knows the functioning of political communication as no one else.
Stephanopoulos worked for former Democratic President Bill Clinton during his first campaign and was one of his closest advisers during his first mandate at the White House.
Biden, a former hack, will also have to regain confidence with a clear and cohesive discourse, as much as on the substance.
The former lecturer of the Chamber, Nancy Pelosi, one of the most influential democratic voices, considered it “essential” that the president does one or even two high -level interviews.
Other supporters called for a long press conference to judge his endurance.
The White House has announced that it would hold a press conference at the NATO summit in Washington next week, but has not revealed any detail in its format or duration.
Trump has dared Biden to another debate, or a “discussion on all”, saying Thursday that he was ready “anywhere, anywhere, any place”.
With speculation that still swirls on a potential change at the top of the Democratic ticket, Kamala Harris, the first woman vice-president of the country, was suddenly forced under the spotlight.
The former 59 -year -old California prosecutor – who joined Biden during the July 4 celebrations on Thursday – plays a delicate balancing act since the debate.
She offered unwavering support to Biden in public, but is a leading competitor to replace him if he dismiss.
