ANALYSIS — President Joe Biden plans a blitz of private phone calls with top Democrats and public appearances, including a TV interview and a news conference, to try to salvage his embattled reelection after a disastrous debate performance inflamed concerns about the 81-year-old president’s ability to defeat Donald Trump and do the job until January 2029.
But putting last week’s incoherent answers and far-away stares behind him will only add new degrees of difficulty to his rematch with front-runner Trump, the expected Republican nominee, despite the former president’s legal struggles and penchant to lie.
Biden returned to the White House on Monday evening for remarks slamming the Supreme Court’s conservative justices over their blockbuster ruling that Trump and other presidents have immunity from prosecution for official actions taken in office. Unlike during last week’s debate, his tone was clear and forceful as he made a plea to voters.
