“Will President Biden announce his re-election candidacy this Tuesday?”

IS convinced that he is the only one who can defeat the Republican Donald Trump, however, for reasons that are not public but that range from his age (80 years) and his management to reluctance in his Democratic party, President Joe Biden maintains his silence around his re-election desire.

When, in an early decision for many analysts, the natural leader of American conservatives, Trump, launched his candidacy in November, the Democratic president said that at the beginning of 2023 he would announce his decision on the candidacy to continue in the White House. After he would do it in the first trimester, this fourth month is about to end and the mystery continues.

However, since Friday the rumors have been growing and the possibility that the long-awaited announcement will be made this Tuesday, a symbolic day for him because on April 25, four years ago, when he launched the campaign that finally led him to defeat the then aspiring re-election, Donald Trump, in 2020.

That is the big question to be resolved and no one, including himself, has confirmed or denied that ‘D’ day will be this Tuesday.

Asked by AFP on Friday if he was going to announce his candidacy, the president simply replied: “I don’t know.”

The main American media, led by The Washington PostThey cited multiple anonymous sources on Thursday night who assured that Biden will formally announce his candidacy next week and emphasized that it would be on Tuesday, for the above reasons.

However, in the past, Biden’s entourage has often hinted at an imminent announcement that never quite materializes.

It happened in January, February and early April. This month, Axios outlet cited more unnamed sources saying the decision could take months.

The most recent speculation is different in its specificity and imminence. So far, no one, anonymous or otherwise, is denying that this is true.

“Friendly” calendar

There is no mention of election events on the White House calendar for Biden this week. However, an announcement would fit very well into his schedule, especially if it is a video address, as the media has claimed it will be.

This Monday the Democratic president will preside over the ceremony that exalts the teachers of the year. He will also receive three Democratic congressmen from Tennessee whose demand for greater gun control in the state legislature aroused national interest in the frustration of incessant shootings.

Public education and gun control efforts are two of Biden’s priorities.

He is scheduled to hold a union conference Tuesday on what is expected to be a recurring theme of his campaign: how his administration is “reclaiming industry jobs” and “rebuilding the middle class.”

Then on Wednesday, he will host South Korean President Yook Suk Yeol for a state dinner. The event will highlight Biden’s bold attempts to strengthen US foreign policy by restoring alliances he says were broken with his predecessor in the White House.

‘Law of silence’

Faced with any questions about Biden’s possible re-election race, White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre takes refuge in the Hatch Act, which prohibits federal employees from getting involved in political campaigns.

“I know there’s a lot of interest in this. Obviously I get it, the questions about this, the news that we’ve seen in the last 24 hours,” he said last Friday at the start of his daily presentation.

“As far as it has to do with the president’s plans for 2024, I just want to say … federal law prohibits me from speaking on related issues from this dais.”

His attempt to discourage journalists from delving into the subject sparked creative ways of asking the question.

“Does the president have any plans to celebrate the fourth anniversary of his campaign ad?” asked one.

“Who could answer questions about 2024?” another launched.

“Not a question about 2024, not the Hatch Law type,” another pointed out, causing Jean-Pierre to laugh and his subsequent retort: ​​”That’s what you think.”

“I have nothing to say about 2024,” Jean-Pierre summed up. “It’s not something that’s coming off this dais anyway.”

While waiting for the definition of Biden, in the campaign for the Democratic nomination two candidates made their candidacies official: Marianne Williamson, author of self-help books and Robert Kennedy Jr, a renowned opponent of vaccines and nephew of assassinated US President John Fitzgerald Kennedy. (JFK).

Republican Fan-Ten

On the other side of the political spectrum, the Republican campaign continues to add names to the field of candidates, despite the favoritism maintained by former President Trump and who could be defeated in the race for the nomination only by Florida Governor Ron De Santis, formerly ‘applied student’ of this conservative leader.

With the passing of the days, the list of competitors for the Republican candidacy has added applicants while others have declined. Today it has ten names, among those who have made their candidacy official and those who could do so shortly. He is also a true outsider, being unknown and with little chance in the competition.

This is how they are in this race for the conservative nomination: Trump, De Santis, fellow governors Kristi L. Noem (South Dakota), Chris Sununu (New Hampshire), Glenn Youngkin (Virginia), former ambassador to the United Nations, Nikki halley; former vice president Mike Pence, senators Ted Cruz (Texas), Tim Scott (South Carolina) and the little-known former mayor of Cranston (Rhode Island) Steve Laffey, who defines himself as “the only outsider.”

A name that sounded loud until a few weeks ago was that of the former Secretary of State, Mike Pompeo, who finally decided to step aside in this 2024 presidential race.

“(My wife) Susan and I have concluded, after much consideration and prayer, that I will not be running for President of the United States in the 2024 election…This is not the right time for me and my family,” he tweeted. recently Pompeo, who however did not rule out that possibility for four years from now.

“I am 59 years old. There remain many more opportunities for which the timing could be more appropriate as presidential leadership becomes increasingly necessary,” he explained.

Former President Trump, accused of falsifying a commercial record by a New York judge and pending trial in which the Prosecutor’s Office faces the puzzle of turning this minor offense into a major one, maintains the wide advantage over the rest of the competitors in the race Republican, including on the rising star, De Dantis.

According to RealClear Politics, the reference site for polls as common as daily in the United States, the intention to vote for the former Republican president ranges between 48% and 53%, while that of the Florida governor is between 22%. and 28%. Regarding the other competitors, only Halley registers 4% and the other eight do not exceed 1.5%.

As you can see, the difference is compelling and it can be taken for granted that Trump will be the conservative presidential card, a desire that “I will never give up,” according to what he said at the entrance to the New York Court in recent days, where he appeared to hear the charges. against him for that alleged falsification of business records with which, according to the prosecutor, he hid three payments he made to the doorman of a building, a woman who said she had his son and the porn star ‘Stormy Daniels’.

The Republicans are actively campaigning with a view to the primaries that will start soon while the Democrats wait for President Biden to break his silence, although they take it for granted that if he is consistent with his repeated statements, he will challenge Trump. Will the mystery end this Tuesday?…No one knows but the ruling party hopes it will./