The 79-year-old Democrat was asked if he'd be announcing a run for a second term after November's midterm elections - and if Trump would be a factor in his decision.
WASHINGTON - US President Joe Biden on Tuesday voiced confidence that he could beat his predecessor Donald Trump in a 2024 rematch - even as he acknowledged the country could sink back into recession under his leadership.
Biden defeated Trump in both the state-by-state "electoral college" and the popular vote in 2020 - leading to relentless false claims of widespread voter fraud from the defeated president. Biden's popularity has taken a hit in the last year amid soaring inflation, rising violent crime in cities and a seemingly intractable migrant crisis at the southern border.
Trump, 76, came to power during the longest economic expansion in US history, although the economy tumbled into recession in 2020 as the world was gripped by the Covid-19 outbreak.
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