President Joe Biden is said to believe that he would have beaten Donald Trump in the election if he hadn’t dropped out following a disastrous debate performance. Trump, on the other hand, disagrees with this assessment. “Well, he was way behind, he would’ve really, I assume, not had a chance,” the president-elect told reporters at a Mar-a-Lago New Year’s Eve party in response to the report. “I wish him well,” Trump added. “He had a chance to do it in the debate, and that didn’t work out too well for him. That was, I guess, the reason that really led to his downfall.”
Biden’s approval ratings suffered during his presidency, and he was trailing behind Trump in various polls leading up to their pivotal debate in June. Biden’s performance in the debate was so poor that there were calls for him to drop out of the race. The Washington Post recently reported that Biden and some of his aides believe he could have won if he had stayed in the race, but acknowledge that he “screwed up” during the debate.
