{"id":571799,"date":"2023-04-26T03:00:00","date_gmt":"2023-04-26T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/trump-is-enemy-no-1-as-biden-makes-it-official\/"},"modified":"2023-04-26T03:00:00","modified_gmt":"2023-04-26T00:00:00","slug":"trump-is-enemy-no-1-as-biden-makes-it-official","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/trump-is-enemy-no-1-as-biden-makes-it-official\/","title":{"rendered":"#Trump is enemy No. 1 as Biden makes it official"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/thehill.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/01\/bidenjoe_trumpdonald_011323ap-patrick-semansky_gn_split_tranches.png?w=900\" \/><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>President Biden is laser focused on preventing former President Trump from returning to the White House, a message voiced loud and clear in his Tuesday reelection announcement.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Facing no formidable primary challengers yet, Biden is taking direct aim at Trump, warning the country \u2014 and anxious Democrats \u2014 that four more years of Trump is something the nation cannot afford.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"ad-unit ad-unit--mr1_ab\"><\/aside>\n<p>It\u2019s a strategy that makes sense for Biden, who has long cast himself as the Democrat best positioned to win over Trump and who has already beaten him once before. And it shows how Trump\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">app<\/a>arent strength in a GOP presidential primary is a boon to the president\u2019s reelection hopes.<\/p>\n<p>The aim to focus on Trump was out in full force when the first two scenes of the president\u2019s campaign video were images from the Jan. 6 riot by Trump supporters showing some of the worst violence that day.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>In keeping with a regular theme of calling out \u201cMAGA Republicans\u201d \u2014 a reference that plays off of Trump\u2019s 2016 campaign slogan \u2014 Biden highlights some of the country\u2019s staunchest conservatives. Among them, Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.), who called him a \u201cliar\u201d at the State of the Union, and Florida GOP Gov. Ron DeSantis, who is largely seen as Trump\u2019s main GOP rival \u2014 and one who could be a more problematic opponent for Biden.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEvery day, Donald Trump makes it easier for the Biden campaign to position him as a threat to our democracy. Voters understood that in the midterms, and I expect them to see even more proof of that between now and Election Day,\u201d said a former official on a Democratic presidential campaign.<\/p>\n<p>Tuesday already highlighted that the 2024 election is shaping up to be a negative one.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMake no mistake about it, this is going to be an ugly election,\u201d the former official said. \u201cBut the president and his team understand the gravity of the moment and are playing for keeps.\u201d<\/p>\n<aside class=\"ad-unit ad-unit--mr2_ab\"><\/aside>\n<p>Biden often paints Republicans as extreme, bemoaning at various events that this \u201cisn\u2019t your grandfather\u2019s Republican party,\u201d a message that he\u2019s expected to lean into more in 2024.<\/p>\n<p>But the current focus on Trump is just one area before the rest of the campaign strategy takes shape, argued lobbyist and former Democratic National Committee official Ivan Zapien.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is step one in a triathlon; I suspect his message will evolve as the world and country does.\u00a0I think reminding people of why he got in is a good start,\u201d he said. \u201cI think most insiders are paying attention to his first hires, kitchen cabinet, and saddling up for the ride and figuring out their role and how to help.\u201d<\/p>\n<aside class=\"ad-unit ad-unit--mr3_ab\"><\/aside>\n<p>The president has faced doubts for months about whether he is up for running for reelection. He is 80 years old and would be 86 at the end of a second term. Putting emphasis on the dangers of Trump, who is 76 years old and comes with baggage \u2014 including federal investigations involving top secret classified documents and attempts to overturn his 2020 elections loss \u2014 could be a way to distract from those questions.<\/p>\n<p>One Democratic strategist shared that Democrats are privately saying the president\u2019s age and health are a problem, but few want to air that out in the open.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNo one wants to say what they\u2019re really thinking, which is, \u2018How is he going to do this?\u2019 He\u2019s going to be 81 this year. How is he going to be able to compete? How is he going to be able to maintain a grueling schedule day in and day out?\u201d the strategist said.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"ad-unit ad-unit--mr4_ab\"><\/aside>\n<p>The focus on Trump also distracts from Biden\u2019s shortcomings \u2014 namely, stubborn inflation and unease about the economy, including regular warnings about a potential recession.<\/p>\n<p>Those economic woes are likely to loom over Biden on the campaign trail.<\/p>\n<p>Other Republicans who have announced they are running for president, including former South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley, former Arkansas Gov. Asa Hutchinson\u00a0and Sen. Tim Scott (Ga.), are not in the video.\u00a0<\/p>\n<aside class=\"ad-unit ad-unit--mr5_ab\"><\/aside>\n<p>Instead, Biden\u2019s campaign seems to be focused squarely on Trump and his current crop of allies in Congress.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe\u2019s not going to highlight really anybody else who\u2019s running for president unless he can lump them in as MAGA extremists or whatever,\u201d said GOP strategist Doug Heye said. \u201cHe\u2019s not going to campaign against Nikki Haley or Tim Scott in this; Trump is the big target. He rallies their base, he turns off independent voters. Certainly, it\u2019s a replay of his 2022 strategy where they had success.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Bruce Mehlman, a former official under President George W. Bush and founding partner at Mehlman Consulting, argued that Biden\u2019s team is leaning into the strategy because they think Trump will lose moderates on issues, like claims of election fraud in the 2020 election and abortion.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"ad-unit ad-unit--mr6_ab\"><\/aside>\n<p>\u201cTeam Biden believes they beat Trump before so they can beat him again, age won\u2019t prove decisive and health won\u2019t become a problem, Trump will cede the center by relitigating 2020 and Republicans will lose independents over abortion fundamentalism, and no one on the bench is as likely to win,\u201d Mehlman said.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Copyright 2023 Nexstar <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/social-mediaa\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"1\" title=\"Social Media\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Media<\/a> Inc. All rights reserved. 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