US President Joe Biden said yesterday, Friday, that he has decided to run for re-election in the 2024 elections and will officially announce this “relatively soon.”

“I’ve done my calculations. We’ll be announcing it relatively soon. But going here has reinforced my optimism about what can be done,” Biden told reporters at the end of his visit to Ireland. “I told you my plan was to become a candidate,” he added.

The American president has long stated that he has “an intention” to run, but the fact that he has not officially announced this has caused uncertainty among his supporters.

In the background, however, his cronies and allies have already begun to take steps to build a campaign apparatus and raise funds ahead of the 2024 election, in which it is not out of the question that he will again face former President Donald Trump, who has already started his campaign.

Biden is expected to send a message that he wants to “finish the job” after his first term, during which he won several congressional victories, such as giving billions of dollars to fight the new coronavirus pandemic and new infrastructure.

However, Joe Biden’s age, now 80, means his re-election bid will be a historic and risky venture for both him and the Democratic Party, which faces a difficult task as it seeks to maintain control of the Senate and restore what is in the House. representatives.

The president’s approval rating remains at 40%. By the end of his likely second term, he will be 86 years old, nine years longer than the average life expectancy for men in the US.

Joe Biden, who does not drink alcohol and exercises five times a week, is in “good” health, “thriving” and fully “fit” to perform his duties, according to a report written by a White House doctor in February.

Mike Pompeo resigns

Former Republican US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo announced yesterday, Friday, that he will not be a party nominee on the eve of the 2024 presidential election, and therefore will not be among the opponents of former President Donald Trump, during whose days he served.

Pompeo, 59, said after negotiations with his wife, he decided not to run for personal reasons. “The time is not right for me and my family,” he explained.

Former Kansas congressman and former CIA director Mr. Pompeo had a reputation as a staunch Trump ally. He implemented the highly controversial decisions of the former American president in the field of foreign policy.

Mike Pompeo initially backed Donald Trump’s claims that he was “stolen” to win the 2020 election, although he later collaborated on the transition. In recent months, he has indirectly criticized the former president, saying Republicans need leaders who are not stuck in the past.

With Pompeo out of the race, Donald Trump’s only rival in the race is officially his administration’s former UN ambassador and former South Carolina governor Nikki Haley.

South Carolina Senator Tim Scott, Florida Gov. Ron DeSandis and former Vice President Mike Pence are considered possible contenders for the Republican nomination.

Source: Reuters, AFP, APE-MPE.