Biden speaks out on the reasons for his withdrawal from the presidential race

Is it because he feels too old? That he is now convinced of not being able to win against Trump? Joe Biden will speak out on the reasons that motivated him to to withdraw from the race and pass the torch to Kamala Harris in a solemn address on Wednesday.

The Democratic president chose prime time, 8:00 p.m. (00:00 GMT), to address Americans on one of the greatest political upheavals in the country's modern history.

This speech, given from the Oval Office of the White House, will undoubtedly be one of the most important when the time comes for his assessment.

The octogenarian leader will explain why he, on Sunday, through a simple letter published on at the end of the race.

Having just come out of almost a week of confinement in his seaside house due to Covid, Joe Biden appeared weakened on Tuesday when he got off the plane taking him back to the White House.

The health of the 81-year-old Democrat is obviously on everyone's minds since it was concerns about this that pushed his camp to call on him to leave the race.

– Harris in Indiana-

Kamala Harris during a speech in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, July 23, 2024 © AFP – KAMIL KRZACZYNSKI

Her vice-president Kamala Harris immediately launched into the race for the White House, replacing Joe Biden at short notice.

Elle will be traveling to Indianapolis, in the center of the country, on Wednesday.

With considerable support, she is now almost guaranteed to win the nomination in August and officially become the Democratic candidate for the November 5 presidential election.

And it was an enthusiastic and dynamic first campaign speech that she delivered on Tuesday in Wisconsin, sharpening her arguments on the right to abortion, at a medical coverage for all, or even parental leave.

“Do we want to live in a country of freedom, compassion and the rule of law, or in a country of chaos, fear and hatred?”, she proclaimed, accusing her opponent of being in the pay of billionaires and seeking to weaken the middle class.

The former prosecutor also insisted on the myriad of legal cases surrounding Donald Trump, and highlighted in music the score now played by the Democratic camp: “the prosecutor against the criminal”.

– Trump plows the ground –

Donald Trump at the Republican convention in Milwaukee (Wisconsin) on July 18, 2024 © AFP – Jim WATSON

His Republican opponent continues to tread the electoral terrain, capitalizing on the unifying effect of his party's convention in Milwaukee which officially inaugurated him as candidate last Thursday.

He will hold a campaign rally Wednesday evening in North Carolina before addressing an association of ultra-conservative youth Friday in Florida.

The septuagenarian will then fly to Minnesota, a state in the Great Lakes region, for an event with his new running mate, J.D. Vance.

Donald Trump enjoyed four days the spectacle of a Republican Party in perfect working order behind his third bid for the White House.

But the former president is now forced to review entire sections of his electoral strategy on the spot, which until now was largely focused on positioning himself as an energetic leader in the face of a declining Joe Biden.

The Republican candidate has, however, already committed to debating Kamala Harris, and has assured that it would be “easier” to win against her in November.

The rare polls published since the vice-president entered the race are rather mixed on the issue, placing the two candidates neck and neck.

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