Biden is officially running for reelection

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After months of hinting at a likely bid, President Biden officially announced on Tuesday that he will seek a second term as president of the United States in the 2024 election.

"When I ran for president four years ago, I said we are in a battle for the soul of America. And we still are. The question we are facing is whether in the years ahead we have more freedom or less freedom. More rights or fewer," Biden said in a 3-minute video announcing his run.

The video links images from the Jan. 6 riots at the Capitol with protests over the Supreme Court decision overturning abortion rights.

Rank-and-file Democratic voters began to coalesce around the president, as his intention to run became evident.

Half of Democrats and Democratic-leaning independents said in a February NPR/PBS NewsHour/Marist poll that they had a better chance with Biden than someone else. That was a reversal from shortly before the 2022 midterms when a majority said they though they would have a better shot with someone else.

That alternative, however, never emerged. Vice President Harris and Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg, for example, have had consistently worse favorability ratings.

Trump responded with his own 4-and-a-half-minute video response on his Truth Social platform, blasting Biden's record and repeating baseless claims that the 2020 election was rigged.

"You could take the five worst presidents in American history and put them together and they would not have done the damage Joe Biden has done to our nation in just a few short years – not even close," Trump said, citing among examples inflation, recent bank collapses and the rise of "woke" culture. He also called the U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan "the most embarrassing event in the history of our country." The Biden administration has blamed Trump for the lack of preparedness.

The economy is an area of vulnerability for Biden. A March NPR/PBS NewsHour/Marist poll found just 38% approved of his handling of the economy, including just 28% of independents.

Overall, Biden's approval rating, like Trump's before him, has lagged in the low-40s. It nose-dived several months into his first year in office after the chaotic withdrawal from Afghanistan.

In recent months, views of Biden have stabilized, but he remains in a tenuous position in this hyper-partisan era.

Biden's 2024 video features an image of Trump with Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, a onetime ally and now likely challenger in the Republican race — along with an image of Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, R-Ga. — as Biden describes what he calls "MAGA extremists" who he said are "dictating what health care decisions women can make, banning books, and telling people who they can love. All while making it more difficult for you to be able to vote."

Biden ended Tuesday's campaign announcement with the phrase "let's finish the job," a line he first tested out in his State of the Union address this year.

He's Ukraine's best hope.

He's Ukraine's best hope.

In that case, Go Trump!

My primary reason for wanting the republicans to win in 2024 with Trump (not De Satan) is because Trump is the best hope to pull US support for Ukraine thus freeing up oil reserves reducing the cost of fuel (no other reason)

The Ukrainians have Biden's support, I thought you knew that Pepe?

Biden's son Hunter was receiving a multimillion dollar income from Ukrainian company Burisma

Biden had to put on a big show after his Afghanistan fiasco, hence his trip to Kyiv.
I doubt that the only reason the US is supporting Ukraine is because of Biden.
Do you seriously think Biden is steering "the ship"?

Not really to be honest. Need the press to bleep out the swear words to work out what he said on occasions! But the American people seem happy with him so that is what counts. I have to chuckle when Biden was voted in in panic incase Trump was elected. Now that was funny!

My primary reason for wanting the republicans to win in 2024 with Trump (not De Satan) is because Trump is the best hope to pull US support for Ukraine thus freeing up oil reserves reducing the cost of fuel (no other reason)

My primary reason for wanting the republicans to win in 2024 with Trump (not De Satan) is because Trump is the best hope to pull US support for Ukraine thus freeing up oil reserves reducing the cost of fuel (no other reason)