During a recent interview, independent presidential contender Cornel West expressed doubts President Joe Biden makes it to the general election next year.
Recently, Biden has been clobbered by numerous polls showing his popularity slipping amongst key voting blocs as Trump surges ahead in battleground states.
“I'm not even sure whether I'll be running against Biden,” the independent presidential candidate told Politico. “Biden – I think he's going to have an LBJ moment [and] pull back.”
“I'm just saying that I'm open to those possibilities, given the fluidity of the situation,” the renowned academic said. “He's running out of gas.”
West noted that while the Republican ticket appears more solid, he added that it's also possible former President Trump leaves the race “if the weight becomes too heavy with the indictments and court processes.”
West described Trump as a “pied piper” and a “fascist,” and Biden as a “milquetoast neoliberal.” He said both could lead the country down dark paths, Trump to a civil war and Biden to World War III.
“I'm more concerned about Trump domestically,” West said. “I'm more concerned about Biden in terms of foreign policy.”
A fresh round of polling shows former President Donald Trump leading President Joe Biden in seven battleground states.
The surveys tested how Biden would perform against the Republican frontrunner – whom Biden defeated in the 2020 election – and found that Trump would beat him in Arizona, Georgia, Michigan, Nevada, North Carolina, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin.
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