Report: Joe Biden Complains He Is Losing to Donald Trump

President Joe Biden reportedly complains that polling shows he is losing to former President Donald Trump in a potential 2024 rematch.

Biden’s angst comes as Trump leads him in most nationwide and battleground surveys, an early indicator of losing the White House in 2024:

Morning Consult: Trump leads Biden in six of seven crucial swing states.
NBC News: Trump leads Biden by two points.
Fox News: Trump trounces Biden by four points.

“He complained that his economic message had done little to move the ball, even as the economy was growing and unemployment was falling, people familiar with his private comments anonymously told the Washington Post:

For months, the president and first lady Jill Biden have told aides and friends they are frustrated by the president’s low approval rating and the polls that show him trailing former president Donald Trump, the front-runner for the Republican nomination — and in recent weeks, they have grown upset that they are not making more progress.

When a reporter asked Biden on Sunday in Wilmington, Delaware, about why he is losing to Trump, “You’re reading the wrong polls,” Biden snapped back.

It is unclear which polls Biden referenced. A few polls show him tied or barely edging out the former president: NPR/PBS/Marist, Yahoo News/YouGov, USA Today/Suffolk, and Quinnipiac University.

However, A recent Wall Street Journal poll caused David Axelrod to deliver a stern warning to Biden about his sinking approval rating, as the survey found that just 37 percent of voters approved of the president, while 61 percent held an unfavorable view.

Biden - Political analyst David Axelrod attends a Democratic presidential debate sponsored by CNN and Facebook at Wynn Las Vegas on October 13, 2015 in Las Vegas, Nevada. Five Democratic presidential candidates are participating in the party's first presidential debate. (Photo by Joe Raedle/Getty Images)

Political analyst David Axelrod (Joe Raedle/Getty Images)

“You know, job approval down, ratings generally down, most of the comparatives with Trump … not good,” Axelrod said on the podcast Hacks on Tap.

“You know what I worry about … from a Biden standpoint is there are the kinds of things you get when people are starting to rationalize their votes — ‘Oh, look. They’re ready to fire Biden. That’s a problem,’” Axelrod continued. “And they just put out another photo op with the Bidenomics sign next to him. … It’s just unbelievable to me.”

EV - MILWAUKEE, WISCONSIN - AUGUST 15: U.S. President Joe Biden speaks to guests at Ingeteam Inc., an electrical equipment manufacturer, on August 15, 2023 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Biden used the opportunity to speak about his "Bidenomics" economic plan on the one-year anniversary of the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022. (Photo by Scott Olson/Getty Images)

MILWAUKEE, WISCONSIN – AUGUST 15: U.S. President Joe Biden (Scott Olson/Getty Images)

Additional polling spells doom for Biden:

Pew Research: Biden’s approval rating sinks to just 33 percent, the lowest since he took office.
GenForward: Trump’s support among black Americans is surging ahead of the 2024 election.
CNN Poll: Joe Biden’s approval rating sinks to lowest of his presidency.
NBC News: Biden’s approval rating tanks to the lowest level of his presidency.
Gallup Poll: Joe Biden’s support among independents drops eight points to a record-low 27 percent.

Follow Wendell Husebø on “X” @WendellHusebø. He is the author of Politics of Slave Morality.

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