OUR Joe Bidenthe oldest president of the United States, confirmed yesterday that he really intends to run for a second term as president USA in 2024, but not immediately.

“My intention is that … I wanted to be a candidate from the very beginning,” the 80-year-old Democrat told ABC News.

His wife, Jill Biden, told the Associated Press news agency yesterday that it remains only to decide on the place and date of the announcement of his candidacy. When asked during this interview, Joe Biden declined to confirm or deny his wife.

However, he clarified that he was not in a hurry.

“There are many other things that we need to complete just before I start the campaign,” he said, referring to the reforms his government is pushing.

Asked if his age affects his decision to run or not, he replied, “No. But people have the right to ask questions about my age. It’s perfectly legal.”

“What I can say is: pay attention to what I’m doing,” he added, referring to his actions during his two years in office.

If Joe Biden is re-elected, he will be 86 when he completes his second term. Medical tests he underwent last week showed he was “healthy” and “fit” to perform his duties.

Statements about China and the war in Ukraine

It is noted that Biden also considered “illogical” the idea that China would take over the negotiations on the outcome of the war in Ukraine, after the publication of the text of the positions of Chinese diplomacy on the armed conflict.

Given that “(Russian President Vladimir) Putin praises this, how can it be beneficial?” shouted Mr. Biden, referring to the text of an interview he gave a year after Russia’s military invasion of Ukraine.

“I didn’t see anything in it that would indicate that if the Chinese plan were implemented, there would be something that would be beneficial to anyone other than Russia,” he continued.

“The idea that China will negotiate the outcome of a war that is completely unfair to Ukraine is simply illogical,” he stressed.

The text released yesterday by the Chinese Foreign Ministry, among other things, calls for a gradual de-escalation of hostilities, leading to a ceasefire, and warns against the use of nuclear weapons.

The text as a whole repeats the already formulated positions of China after the start of the war by Russia on February 24, 2022, which the Kremlin dubbed a “special military operation”.

Finally, the US president stressed that his Ukrainian counterpart Volodymyr Zelensky’s military does not currently need F-16 fighter jets in the war with Russia, adding that he rules out sending military aircraft to Ukraine for now, during an interview that he told ABC News .

“Now there is no need for F-16s. I rule it out for now,” the US President said.

^{According to APE – MEB, Reuters, AFP}