U.S. President Joe Biden dismissed doubts that he would be unable to serve another term because of his age in an interview that aired on MSNBC Friday night, the first since the Democrat announced last month that he plans to run for another term. , reports dpa. .

“I have acquired much wisdom and know more than the vast majority of people. And I am more experienced than anyone else who has run for this position. And I think I’ve proven that I’m a man of honor, but I’m also effective,” Biden, 80, said.

Biden arrived at the White House in 2021, already at that time the oldest person to take the oath. If he wins the presidential elections in 2024, Biden will be 86 years old at the end of his second term, dpa reminds.

Intense debate over Joe Biden’s old age

Biden’s age and suitability for one of the most demanding jobs in the world is a constant source of debate, including within his own party.

For their part, Republicans — in their quest to question the mental acuity of the current president — aren’t missing a single mistake or slip of the tongue by Biden, it didn’t matter to them that their best candidate in the 2024 presidential election is former President Donald Trump, who is 76 .

Biden once again threw grist to the mill of Republicans on Friday when he announced that he would hold a “big press conference” when it was actually about his interview with MSNBC.

In a speech at the White House, in which he talked about unemployment data and the debt ceiling, Biden announced: “I’m going to have a big press conference tonight.”

A White House spokesman later told reporters that the American president was actually referring to an interview previously announced by MSNBC.

The channel said it was going to air the interview with Biden at 10:00 p.m. local time (02:00 GMT, Saturday).

Following Biden’s remarks, White House press secretary Karin Jean-Pierre announced the interview on Twitter.

“Error Machine”

Mistakes and strange phrases are so common with the Democratic president that the term “Biden” has been introduced into the urban dictionary to denote his blunders, writes EFE. In fact, Biden himself has admitted that he is a “blunder machine.”

In addition, AFP reported on Saturday that Joe Biden, who will not attend the coronation of Charles III of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland on Saturday, said on Friday that he would meet with the British monarch in July to discuss, among other things, environment.

“We’re going to a NATO conference in Europe, and I told him I’d stop either on the way there or on the way back to talk about the topic he’s most interested in, the environment,” Biden said in the same MSNBC interview. .

AFP reminds that the annual NATO summit will be held in Vilnius, Lithuania on July 11 and 12.

The wife of the American president, Jill Biden, will represent the USA at the coronation ceremony of King Charles III. Joe Biden called King Charles III in early April to congratulate him on his accession to the throne. (Agerpress)