President Joe Biden on Tuesday chastised journalists for not reporting on the polls he is winning, but only looking at the New York Times numbers, which have Donald Trump leading by four points.
‘In the last five polls you have not reported that I am winning. Five. Five in a row. You only look at the New York Times,” Biden told reporters as he returned to the White House from Camp David.
But it’s unclear which five polls the president was referring to.
Both RealClearPolitics Poll Average and Five Thirty-Eight Poll Average show Trump leading Biden in most recent national polls on the 2024 presidential race. HowNever does a combination of polls in individual states, combined with national polls, paint a better picture for the president.
Biden’s defense comes after a new New York Times/Siena College poll released Saturday places Trump ahead of Biden 48% to 44%. A recent CBS News poll showed Trump leading Biden by 52% to 48%. Biden led in a Morning Consult poll, but by one point: 44% to 43%.
Trump has not sealed the Republican presidential election, but it is increasingly clear that he will be Biden’s opponent in November. The former president is expected to sweep the Republican Party primaries that will be held on Super Tuesday, giving him a huge advantage in delegates.
This weekend’s New York Times/Siena poll had other bad news for Biden.
The number of those who strongly disapprove of Biden’s handling of the presidency has reached 47 percent, which is the highest ever recorded in any poll conducted by the media outlet.
Twice as many voters believe his policies have hurt them personally compared to those who believe they have helped them.
About 45 percent of registered voters said they would vote for Trump, while only 43 percent would vote for the current president, according to a new poll by The New York Times and Siena College.
President Joe Biden speaks to reporters on his way back to the White House from Camp David, where he was working on his State of the Union address.
Biden faces minimal opposition in the Democratic primary, but the poll, conducted in February, found there is division among Democrats about him returning to lead the party.
There is a divide between those who think he should not be the 2024 candidate and those who do, as many younger voters want a new generation of leadership.
Majorities in the survey also revealed that they believe the economy is in poor condition under the Biden administration.
The contest between Biden and Trump rages on as each man moves closer to being his party’s official nominee.
Neither Trump nor Biden will be able to formally secure their party’s nominations on Super Tuesday. The earliest any of them can become their party’s presumptive nominee is March 12 for Trump and March 19 for Biden.
But the race has begun.
In fact, Biden plans to mock Trump every day in an attempt to shake up his rival for the 2024 race.
The aggressive new campaign strategy is part of Biden’s plan to go for Trump’s jugular in the belief that goading the former president will result in him “freaking out in public.” axios reported.
President Joe Biden admonished reporters for their questions about his poll numbers.
Donald Trump is close to securing the Republican presidential nomination
Biden has stepped up his tough talk against Trump in recent months, calling him a “loser,” comparing him to President Herbert Hoover and mocking his memory. And Jill Biden repeatedly attacked Trump on his ‘Women for Biden’ tour, where she criticized him for ‘mocking women’s bodies.’
The attacks could have an added benefit besides hoping to rattle Trump’s cage: They could make Biden, 81, look younger and feistier as he faces questions from voters about his age.
Biden has made his feelings about Trump clear in private. He reportedly refers to the former president as a “sick ass” in closed-door conversations with his closest aides and longtime friends.
And his aggressive new strategy has already been slowly filtering through to the public.
Over the past two months, as Trump moved closer to securing the Republican presidential nomination, Biden has become more vocal in his criticism of the former president.
While Biden has long called Trump a “threat to democracy” (citing the former president’s actions during the Jan. 6 insurrection), he indicated last month that he is considered taking a swipe at his Republican rival and noted that he has to “keep his Irish temperament” around him.
The fighting words came as Biden spoke about Trump’s comments that fallen American soldiers were “stupid” and “losers,” and grew angry about raising his late son Beau, who served in the Delaware National Guard in Iraq , before dying in 2015. .
‘I have to control my Irish temper. I’m glad I wasn’t with him. I’m not sure what I would have done. He said everyone is a fool and a loser,” Biden said of Trump during an event in Nevada.
Trump is known to have a fiery temper and can quickly focus on his own problems rather than irritating his supporters. Sometimes during campaign events, he rants about the various legal cases against him.
The first glimpse of this new strategy could come Thursday night, when Biden delivers his annual State of the Union address to the nation.
In his remarks, Biden will attack Trump and ‘MAGA Republicans’, while asking voters which side they want to be on.
The prime-time speech will give Biden a massive platform before the country, just two days after Trump will speak at Mar-a-Lago following the GOP nominating elections on Tuesday.