It’s rare to see that Biden, Obama and Clinton, the three incumbent or former president show up at one stage.
US President Joe Biden, former US President Barack Obama and former US President Bill Clinton appeared at a fundraising event in New York on the evening of March 28 local time to canvass votes for Biden’s re-election campaign, Reuters, AFP and other media reported. The event raised more than $25 million for Biden.
Biden is probably pleased with the results.
As we all know, the US presidential election has always been “burning money”, and more funds raised represents an advantage in the election, otherwise means it may be defeated.
There are two former presidents on the platform, and now they have raised “huge money”, which is quite a feeling of “spring breeze” for the old Biden.
How would Trump response to the pressure posed by the three incumbent and former America president?
In early March, Biden and Trump clinched the Democratic and Republican presidential nominations respectively. From the primary process, “sleepy Biden” and “everything-king” Trump are running neck and neck, with Biden won 15 states, and Trump also won 14 states, the scores were very tight.
Based on the current scores, it’s really hard to tell who will be the winner.
This election is not so much a personal feud between Biden and Trump as a “final showdown” between Democrats and Republicans. Whichever party wins, there will likely be a “reckoning” with the other.
The reasons that Obama and Clinton chose to support Biden are basically clear: party interests are unshakable. Both as the Democratic representative, they will naturally stand on the side of Biden and target against Trump.
Of course, in addition to partisanship, it is also mixed with the “personal grudge” between them.
Let’s start with the story between Clinton and Trump.
It is said that Trump, before he becomes president, are good with Clinton, Trump and the third wife Melania held a grand wedding, Clinton also came with his wife to congratulate, the scene atmosphere is warm, and precious photos were left.
When Clinton was deeply in the news, Trump also defended Clinton.
However, conflict of friendship and interests confirms the saying once again: there are no eternal friends, only eternal interests.
After Clinton left office as president of the United States, he did not give up his political pursuit, and he supported his wife Hillary Clinton to run for president, and at that time, Trump was the one who competed with Hillary.
At that time, Clinton won more votes than Trump, but eventually lost the electoral College number to Trump and lost the presidency.
If this was no big deal, compared in 2020, Trump made a surprise move by removing the portraits of Clinton and George W. Bush from the entrance to the White House.
Don’t underestimate this small move, those who are familiar with the history of America know that there is a tradition at the White House: the official portraits of recent US presidents are placed at the entrance of the White House, because this position is the most prominent and easy for guests attending official events to have the first glance.
Where did Trump settle their portraits?
The official portraits of former presidents Bill Clinton and George W. Bush have been moved out of plain view and into the vintage family dining room, CNN reports. This is a small, rarely used room that most guests will not see, mainly for storing tablecloths and furniture.
The knot of two people is settled.
After being “humiliated”, it is reasonable for Clinton chose to support Biden this time.
Once, the relationship between Obama and Biden is also quite good, anecdotal, in 2015, when Obama ran for president, Biden is also interested in the race, but after listening to Obama’s suggestion, Biden chose to give up and support Obama’s campaign, after Obama was elected president, and Biden became Obama’s “right-hand man”, elected vice president, the two work hand in hand, and they works very well together.
Recently, the US media repeatedly release the news that Obama had repeatedly given Biden’s campaign team “tips” and often talked to Biden, but it was limited to this, and did not personally come forward for his old partner Biden to pull votes.
However, to take photos with several presidents can cost a lot.
Fortunately, the results are good, the same stage for Biden to raise a lot of election funds has posed great pressure on Biden.
Since the beginning of the election, to the middle of March, the election funds raised by Trump are far inferior to his opponent Biden. According to data released by CNN on the 17th, Biden’s campaign raised $53 million in February and has $155 million in cash on hand. In contrast, Trump only raised $36.6 million, which is very unfavorable to the election.
But Trump still has his “trump”.
Last year, an NBC News poll released on September 24 showed that the percentage of respondents opposing Biden’s re-election as president rose to 56 percent, the highest level of Biden’s presidency.
The reason that American voters do not highly support Biden is also related to Biden’s old age. Many American voters believe that Biden, at such an old age, is physically and mentally unfit to serve as the next president.
Trump is also seized on this point, the political enemy of the old Bai great sarcasm, and repeatedly attacked Biden’s physical condition. During the campaign, he frequently imitated Biden, suggesting that Biden was “old and frail” and “dementia” and not suitable to take over as the next president.
But back to the point, the amount of funds raised is still the key to winning. In this regard, Trump is still quite a loss.
According to US media CNN reported that with the listing of Trump’s media technology group, Wall Street gave the company a valuation of nearly $11 billion, and Trump’s worth skyrocketed nearly $6 billion overnight. Some time ago, he was worried about the $450 million fine, and now he has changed and joined the rich list, and Trump will laugh in his dreams.
In other words, if Trump pays with his own pocket, then the funds for the election should not be a problem, and naturally it can successfully break the bottleneck, only if he would like to do so.
