In an interview with NBC News, the president of US Joe Biden said it was a "mistake" to use the term "on target" regarding the presidential candidate of the Republican Party, Donald Trump, reported the Associated Press, quoted by BTA.
But the president said his opponent's rhetoric was more inflammatory, while warning that Trump remains a threat to democratic institutions.
These remarks by Biden were made during a private conversation with donors last week, as the president tried to ensure support for his threatened candidacy among key party voters, the AP recalled. During that conversation, Biden stated that he was "done" with talking about his poor performance in the debates and that it's "time to put Trump in the crosshairs," saying that Trump has received too little attention for his positions, rhetoric and lack of campaigning.
Insisting that "very little attention has been paid to Trump's agenda," Biden told NBC anchor Lester Holt that while he admits his "mistake," he is still "not the man." , who on the very first day says he wants to be a dictator" and that he wants the focus to be on what Trump is saying. Trump, not Biden, is the one engaging in such rhetoric, Biden said, referring to Trump's previous comments about a "bloodbath" if the Republican loses to Biden in November.
"Look, how can you talk about the threat to democracy that is real when a president says the things he says?" Biden said. "Do you just not say anything because it might incite someone?".
The interview came on the same day his re-election team was preparing to resume campaigning in full force after the assassination attempt against Trump, especially after the GOP nominee announced Ohio Sen. J.D. Vance as his vice presidential running mate -- which unleashed an avalanche of criticism from the Biden campaign and other Democrats about the political positions of the young senator, AP notes.
"He is a Trump clone on the issues," Biden told reporters at Andrews Air Force Base. shortly before heading to Nevada for a series of speeches and campaign events. "I don't see any difference."
After Vance was chosen as Trump's vice president, the Biden campaign sent out a fundraiser signed by the president, and his team issued an angry statement saying he chose the young senator because "he will enabled Trump and his extreme "Make America Great Again" agenda.
The AP reports that Vice President Kamala Harris called Vance to congratulate him and left a voicemail message.
Elon Musk has said he plans to spend about $45 million a month on a new political action committee supporting Donald Trump's presidential bid, people familiar with the matter said, The Wall Street Journal reported.
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This came a few days after Musk, the billionaire CEO of Tesla, publicly endorsed Trump in the US presidential race for the first time, calling the former Republican president a "tough", Reuters recalled.
Musk, the world's richest man, went public with his support for Trump with a video of the bloodied former president raising his fist in victory after multiple shots rang out at a Trump rally in Pennsylvania.
The posts cement Musk's shift to right-wing politics and give Trump a high-profile backer in his bid to return to the White House in the Nov. 5 election, Reuters noted.
"I fully support President Trump and hope for his speedy recovery," Musk posted, opening a new tab on the social network "X".
"The martyr survived," he wrote. Musk later posted a photo of Trump at the event, followed by: "The last time America had a candidate this strong was Theodore Roosevelt.
The director of the US Secret Service, Kimberly Cheatle, said yesterday that the shooting at the Trump rally was "unacceptable" and that he will not resign from his post, reported Reuters.
"I'm the director of the Secret Service and I have to make sure that we're evaluating and that we're resourcing our personnel to function effectively as needed,'' Cheatle told ABC News. .