In recent weeks, a video showing President Biden’s mental strength has been circulating on social media, and a recent report in the Wall Street Journal (WSJ) has fueled speculation, raising expectations about his performance ahead of next week’s debate with former President Trump. This may be lowered. His chance to win.
But according to one expert, ‘low expectations’ will be used to Biden’s advantage.
“I am wary of assuming that Biden will perform poorly or discounting his potential performance just because he exceeded expectations in the 2020 debates, State of the Union address, and press conferences.” Presidential historian and author Tevi Troy told Fox News Digital:
“That doesn’t mean he’s always been there, and I fully recognize that he’s not the same guy who argued so effectively against Paul Ryan in 2012,” added Troy, who served as a senior HHS official under President George W. . Bush administration. “But if you lower your expectations of your opponent’s performance, it’s easy for them to strategically exceed those expectations. That’s something to worry about.”
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President Biden (left) and former President Trump. (Wyn McNamee/Getty Images | Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images)
Thursday’s presidential debate will be the first between Republican and Democratic frontrunners, as neither Trump nor Biden participate in a party primary debate for the first time in decades.
Troy, who is also a senior fellow at the Bipartisan Policy Center, said next week that Biden’s real problem is that “it’s easy to compete with Trump when Trump is in power, but now Biden is in power and people are still not satisfied with one thing.” “I believe that.”
“They’re unhappy with illegal immigration and inflation and they’re unhappy that Biden doesn’t have it and doesn’t know what’s going on and what he’s playing at his game. So the ‘Remember Campaign’ is in this situation “It seems a bit difficult to achieve,” he said.
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Former President Trump arrives at Trump Tower on Thursday, May 30, 2024, after being found guilty on 34 counts of first-degree falsification of business records. (Felipe Ramales for Fox News Digital)
Meanwhile, a Republican strategist told Fox News Digital that “the bar is too low” for Biden, “so his sentencing appears to be a success in the eyes of Democrats.”
“After the State of the Union, everyone said he was a huge success because he made some glaring mistakes. He had a few, but I think voters can’t forget that, and I truly think they should. Joe Biden’s “The union speech was the most divisive speech I’ve ever seen,” he said.
He added, “What voters should really pay attention to is his policy stance.” “He ran on a platform that would unite the country in 2020, and I think a lot of voters can get that support. But we’ve seen the exact opposite during his presidency, and I think Donald Trump can do that. And just being able to knock that person down a few times is a really good example.”
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President Biden speaks at a campaign event at Pullman Yards in Atlanta on March 9, 2024. (Megan Varner/Getty Images)
Meanwhile, the White House is working to discredit online videos of the president that have been edited, slowed down or sped up out of context, calling them “cheap fakes.”
“Right-wing critics cannot be trusted President Biden Those who have spread other debunked lies, including that the 2020 election was stolen, are clearly intimidated by a wide range of bipartisan fact-checkers who have pulled back the curtain on the cheap fake smears they have had to rely on. White House Press Secretary Andrew Bates told Fox News Digital this week that he wanted to discuss Joe Biden’s agenda to cut taxes for working families and reduce violent crime to historic lows.
The president’s mental acuity has become a central focus of political discourse this month, following a bombshell report in the Washington Journal that was dismissed by the White House. It has been revealed that many lawmakers have questioned Biden’s mental acuity after it was clearly revealed in a closed-door meeting.
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There has been a 3-point change in the presidential race since May. Last month, Trump was ahead by 1 point, and Biden is up 2 points today, 50%-48%. It is within the margin of error. Biden’s current 50% approval rating is his highest this election cycle. He hasn’t outperformed Trump since October 2023, by just one point (49%-48%).
Fox News Digital’s Dana Blanton contributed to this report.
