The midterms are extremely important for the president: After that, he wants to decide whether to run for president again in 2024.
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Washington There is an anecdote that US President Joe Biden tells remarkably often during the election campaign. Like this week in Washington, when he met major Democratic donors for dinner. “You know, when I was meeting with Xi Jinping in the Tibetan plateau…” Biden recalled. The encounter was more than ten years ago, when Biden was Vice President Barack Obama.
Today’s Chinese leader asked him: “Can you explain America to me?” Biden replied: “Endless possibilities. We can do anything.” Perhaps, according to Biden, this attitude is one reason why some people find the Americans “too arrogant”: “We are the only nation in the world that emerges stronger from crises.”
The episode says a lot about Biden and how he wants to be seen by his supporters. It contains a dash of American pathos, a subtle jab at China, and underscores Biden’s self-image as a longtime leader.
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