GET ME REWRITE: Joe Biden shares his favorite fantasy as he prepares to leave office

 

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Headline:  Great Falls Tribune, 1/8/2025

Sorry, Joe, but your time was up.  Be happy with the 52 years of service you gave to us.  (Biden was first elected to the U.S> Senate in 1972.)

President Joe Biden, both reflective and defensive as he discussed his legacy, told USA TODAY he believes he could have won his reelection bid − but isn't sure he would have had the vigor to complete four more years in the Oval Office.  

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Then, in 2020, "when Trump was running again for reelection, I really thought I had the best chance of beating him. But I also wasn't looking to be president when I was 85 years old, 86 years old. And so I did talk about passing the baton" to the next generation of Democratic leaders, a phrase many in his party took to mean he wasn't likely to seek a second term. "But I don't know," he said, returning to the question about whether he could have fulfilled the world's hardest job for another four years. "Who the hell knows?"