NY POST
President Biden said Tuesday that he might have retired after a single term of office if former President Donald Trump wasn’t running in next year’s election.
“If Trump wasn’t running, I’m not sure I’d be running,” the 81-year-old president told a group of Democratic donors in Boston. “But we cannot let him win.”
The remark at a fundraiser was a stunning self-assessment of the implications of Biden’s age.
Biden already is the oldest-ever president and would be 86 if he completes a full second term in January 2029.
Critics routinely highlight instances in which Biden appears confused or shares false memories — and several polls this year found that about two-thirds of voters are concerned about Biden’s mental acuity.
Trump, 77, is the heavy favorite for the Republican nomination and polls show him beating Biden due in large part to economic pessimism linked to high inflation and interest rates.
The RealClearPolitics average of recent national polls shows Trump with 46.7% support and Biden at 44.7%…
