Outgoing US President Joe Biden said on Friday that he would have won the presidential election by defeating the Republicans. Donald Trumpif he hadn’t decided to drop out of the race in the midterms for the sake of unifying the Democratic Party.

Biden, who is scheduled to address the nation next week, added that Kamala Harris could have beaten Trump.

During a news conference at the White House, Joe Biden was asked if he regretted his decision not to run for re-election.

“Mr. President, do you regret your decision not to run for re-election? Do you think it made it easier for your predecessor to succeed you now?” White was quoted as saying by news agency PTI. Referring to a question put to Biden in the House.

Biden responded, “I don’t think so. I think I could beat Trump, could beat Trump and I think Kamala (Harris) could beat Trump, could beat Trump.

‘The party was worried if I could move’

President Joe Biden will deliver a farewell address to the nation from the Oval Office on Wednesday, January 15. The White HouseFive days before the inauguration of President-elect Donald Trump.

Press secretary Karen Jean-Pierre said Friday that Joe Biden will reflect on his “50-plus years as a public official” in his speech on Monday.

The outgoing president said at the White House that he believed it was important to “unify the party,” adding that the party had doubts about whether he could move forward, despite his belief that He could win again, decided to drop out of the race. .

“It wasn’t about that – I thought it was important to unite the party and when the party was worried about whether I would be able to continue even though I thought I could win again, I thought it was better to unite the party,” the report quoted Biden as saying.

Joe Biden called his tenure as President of the United States “the greatest honor of his life.” However, he said he “doesn’t want to be the one who causes a party that is not united to lose an election.”

And so I step aside, Biden added, adding that he believes Kamala Harris can win.

The 82-year-old Democratic leader decided to withdraw from the US presidential race against Donald Trump after his performance in a presidential debate in Atlanta last June, which was described as a disaster.

After Biden dropped out of the race midway through, he endorsed his running mate, Vice President Kamala Harris, to become the Democratic Party’s presidential nominee.

Kamala Harris lost the election to Trump, polling resulted in a clean sweep by Trump. The Republican Partywhich not only recaptured the White House, retained its majority in the House of Representatives, but also gained a majority in the Senate.