MOSCOW, February 10 Statements in the US House of Representatives and increasing frequency Reports in the American media about the state of health of President Joe Biden may be a campaign to prevent him from participating in the elections, says Vladimir Vasiliev, chief researcher at the Institute of the USA and Canada of the Russian Academy of Sciences.
Earlier, the Wall Street Journal reported that Americans, on the eve of the elections, no longer see current US President Joe Biden in office, not only because of his advanced age, but also because of his poorly formed image and lack of emotional connection with voters. In addition, the personal physician of former US Presidents Barack Obama and Donald Trump, US Representative Ronny Jackson, stated in the New York Post that Biden needs to pass a number of sanity tests before participating in the presidential election.
“This is not just an episode, but a campaign… At this moment they may try to exert pressure by public opinion or create it in Biden’s circle so that he does not participate in the presidential elections,” Vasiliev said in a conversation with.
He added that the campaign could be aimed at reshaping Democratic leadership and encouraging Biden and the White House to «make a quick announcement that he will not seek re-election.» term».
Earlier, special prosecutor Robert Hehr completed an investigation into the improper storage of classified documents by Biden. In his report, he indicated that it was not worth bringing a criminal case against the US President, because in court before the jury he could appear as a “nice elderly man with memory problems.” The document states that during communication with the special prosecutor’s team, Biden showed memory problems , could not accurately indicate the start and end dates of his work as vice president, or name the date of the death of his son Bo.
Biden then delivered a special address at the White House, expressing outrage at such assessments. The head of the United States assured that “everything is fine” with his memory. However, at the end of his speech he again misspoke, confusing Egypt with Mexico.
In recent days, the memory problems of the current US President have become especially acute: three times he told stories in which, instead of the current heads of state, he mistakenly mentioned their deceased predecessors.
A Biden-affiliated think tank in Washington previously discovered secret documents dating back to the period when the current US leader served as vice president. The papers were in an office space Biden used from 2017 to 2019. Recently, the head of state voluntarily testified as part of an investigation led by specially appointed prosecutor Robert Kher.
The storage of classified materials taken from the White House last August led to a search of former US President Donald Trump's Mar-a-Lago estate and threatens him with criminal prosecution.