In private, President Trump is secretly obsessed with the prospect of former Vice President Joe Biden running for president in 2020 and aides are attempting to curb some of his concerns, Politico reported.
During a recent meeting between Trump, Vice President Mike Pence and White House Office of Political Affairs officials, the group talked about whether Trump should be nervous about Biden. People in the room told him he shouldn’t be “overly nervous” because Biden will likely be “pulled to the left” during the Democratic primaries, a White House official told Politico.
Aides have reportedly told Trump that there’s no guarantee that Biden will fare well in the primaries, given the base’s interest in propelling a female or a person of color, not a 76-year-old white man.
“The Democratic base is looking for someone newer, fresher,” a friend of the President told Politico.
Sounds like a story planted by Joe Biden.
Not sure about that, but the fact that it’s clearly FOR Joe Biden and coming from the Trump circle is significant. Given Biden’s age and baggage, the Putin-backed smear machine will have a field day with Biden and they welcome the opportunity.
The hard part about this to swallow is taxpayers probably fork out about $70,000 a year for an intern to do nothing but put chew bones and old tennis shoes in front of Trump all day long.
I don’t even want to know what that looks like or sound like (trying to reassure Trump). I think something along the lines of the grotesque beginning of the Cabinet meetings with toadying ‘odes to Trump’ comments made around the table. That is just what he expects. Now add trying to boost his ego and quell his fears at the same time.