Biden 2024 news: White House botches question over term length as campaign embraces ‘Dark Brandon’ meme

Donald Trump put out a statement of his own last night pre-empting Biden’s official launch video, which is every bit as hysterical and apocalyptic as you would expect.

Biden’s America, as the 45th president sees it, is a nightmare world of economic collapse riddled with failing banks and corruption, overrun borders, indoctrinated children, “left-wing freaks and zealots”, drug-addicted homeless criminals and weaponised law enforcement , all of which is headed straight for World War III, a fate from which only one man can save it.

I’m sure you can guess who he thinks that might be.

After all that excitement, the president still has a job to do.

Mr Biden is welcoming South Korean president Yoon Suk Yeol on a state visit this week and is expected to use the celebratory occasion to underline that the US is ready to step up its efforts to deter a North Korean attack on its southern neighbour, according to senior administration officials.

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With less than two years remaining until US voters will decide who will serve as president of the United States from January 2025 to January 2029, former Republican government officials are starting to jockey for position in the coming fight for the 2024 GOP presidential nomination, while at least one prominent Democrat (California governor Gavin Newsom) has reportedly pledged not to challenge President Joe Biden in a Democratic primary.

As the 2024 campaign takes shape, here are the names you need to know.

Hunter Biden’s lawyer has called for Georgia congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene to be investigated for what the president’s son has called “unmoored verbal abuses” such as false accusations of human trafficking, The Washington Post reported.

Abbe Lowell, the lawyer for President Biden’s son, sent a letter to the Office of Congressional Ethics asking for an investigation.

Eric Garcia reports from Washington, DC.

The president is expected to tap Julie Chavez Rodriguez, a senior White House adviser, to manage his re-election campaign, according to reports.

Aamer Madhani has more.

According to a recent Hart Research poll commissioned by NBC News, significant majorities of Americans would prefer that both Donald Trump and Joe Biden stand down rather than compete for a second term in the Oval Office.

Andrew Feinberg reports on the findings.

When Donald Trump was inaugurated in January 2017, he became the oldest commander-in-chief sworn in at the age of 70 years and 220 days old.

That was surpassed by his successor Joe Biden, who was 78 years and 61 days when he became the country’s 46th president in January 2021.

But depending on who wins the 2024 presidential election, a new record could be set as both Mr Biden and Mr Trump are running for re-election.

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President Joe Biden has singled out far-right Republicans Matt Gaetz and Marjorie Taylor Greene in his 2024 reelection video where he warned about the threat of “MAGA extremists” on American democracy and freedom.

The Democratic president, 80, launched his reelection bid on Tuesday morning with the release of a three-minute video poignantly titled “Freedom”. The move to target right-wing Republicans like Mr Gaetz and Ms Greene follows a longer effort by Mr Biden to tie moderate Republicans in DC to the often offensive and politically damaging comments and actions of their hardline peers.

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Joe Biden’s campaign announcement was a preview of the strategy he’ll use against Republicans writ large in 2024, writes The Independent’s Eric Garcia.

One theme ran consistent throughout his 2024 launch on Tuesday: That his party is the party of freedom while the Republican Party poses a threat to personal liberty. Republicans commonly sell themselves as the party of “freedom” and many political action committees, outside groups and conferences use some variation of the word.

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President Joe Biden is expected to tap Julie Chavez Rodriguez, a senior White House adviser, to manage his reelection campaign, according to a person familiar with deliberations on the matter.

The person spoke on condition of anonymity because Chavez Rodriguez’s appointment has not been finalized and Biden has yet to formally launch his reelection campaign. CBS News was first to report that Mr Biden has decided to pick Chavez Rodriguez.