Biden says 'Obama would be jealous', constantly compares himself to his ... trends now
President Joe Biden repeatedly measures himself against Barack Obama, sometimes bragging about outperforming his former boss – and bringing up their complex relationship in his interview with special counsel Robert Hur.
As he faces reelection, Biden finds himself presiding over string of job gains after pulling troops out of a war he pleaded with Obama to end – but gaining little traction in the polls and still plagued by commentary on his gaffes as compared to his eloquent former partner.
Biden sometimes brags to aides that 'Obama would be jealous' when speaking about his own accomplishments, Axios reported.
Facing a tough reelection against Donald Trump, Biden continues to chew over his fateful decision not to seek the presidency in 2016 after eight years as Obama's vice president.
He even brought it up unprompted while Hur and prosecutors were grilling him during October interviews about classified documents stored in his home, office, and garage.
President Bidencompare himself to former President Barack Obama, and even brought up Obama's posture on 2016 during an inverview with special counsel Robert Hur
He spoke about how his late son Beau was urging him to seek office around 2017 and 2018, then referenced the internal White House debate over whether former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton – a former Obama rival whom he brought into his administration – would have been a stronger candidate.
He brought up Obama, but underlined it was 'not a mean thing to say.'
'He just thought that she had a better shot of winning the presidency than I did. And so I hadn't, I hadn't, at this point – even though I ' m at Penn, I hadn't walked away from the idea that I may run for office again,' Biden said.
Biden has obvious regrets about that decision, given how Donald Trump defeated Clinton – in part due to beating her in blue collar battlegrounds Michigan and Pennsylvania that Biden considers his strength.
