Today’s must-read: Does the president really understand the stakes?
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“Never underestimate the destructive power of a stubborn old narcissist with something to prove,” Mark Leibovich writes.
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President Joe Biden, 81, is acting like one of history’s most negligent and pigheaded leaders at a crucial moment, and right now, we are all pedestrians.
Since his debate debacle nearly two weeks ago, much of America has been locked into the classic “Will he or won’t he?” cliffhanger. Will Biden step aside and not run for reelection, as massive majorities of voters have for years said they want him to do? Or will he persist in pursuing one of the most ill-fated and ill-advised presidential campaigns ever carried out?
The spectacle has been endlessly depressing, unless you’re Donald Trump or want him back in the White House—in which case you’re relishing this slowly unfolding, self-owning, party-destroying wreck.
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