Embattled US President Joe Biden has responded in a new interview to claims that he is unfit to run for president, arguing that only divine intervention could make him step down.
The 81-year-old president sat down for 22 minutes with ABC’s George Stephanopoulos in his first interview since his terrible debate against Donald Trump last week. Biden admitted he had a “bad episode” on the disastrous debate night, which saw him stumble over his words and freeze on stage, prompting calls for his resignation.
When asked if he had watched the debate again, the president told Stephanopoulos, “I don’t think I have, no.” Asked if he would have made the decision to resign if he had been unable to beat his rival Trump, Biden said:
“It depends if the Lord Almighty comes down and tells me. ‘I could do it.’ “If the Lord Almighty said, ‘Joe, get out of the race,’ I would get out of the race but the Lord Almighty won’t come down.” He admitted he couldn’t “run the 100 in 10 flat,” but insisted “I’m still in good shape.” “Are you the same man today that you were when you took over three and a half years ago?” Stephanopoulos asked. “In terms of success, yes.
I was also the guy who put together a Middle East peace plan that could happen,” Biden said, adding that he expanded NATO and grew the economy. “All the individual things that were done were ideas that I had or that I implemented. I moved on.