Biden took jabs on Saturday during a speech at the traditional Gridiron Club dinner, in which, politicians and journalists trade humorous barbs formally.
At the event, the incumbent American leader also rejected the criticisms and news about his poor memory and lack of alertness, pointing to moments when the 77-year-old Republican Trump made mistakes as well.
"Trump thinks he's competing with Barack Obama", 81-year-old Biden said during the dinner which he attended for the first time since taking office.
As 2024 presidential election is getting closer and the competition between Biden and Trump has increased, a number of recent opinion polls suggest US voters doubt the mental capabilities of both the candidates.
More than 6 in 10 (63%) of those surveyed said they’re not very or not at all confident in Biden’s mental capability to serve effectively as president. A similar but slightly smaller share (57%) said that Trump lacks the memory and acuity for the job, according to a survey by The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research.
Declining popularity
Meanwhile, the support for the Israeli genocidal war on Gaza has taken a huge toll on the US president’s approval rating, which declined to the lowest level.
According to the recent national NBC News poll, only 40% o Americans approved of his performance but strong majorities of all voters disapprove of his handling of foreign policy.
Biden reportedly expressed unhappiness and unease after learning that his popularity had even decreased in Michigan and Georgia polls over Israel's war against Palestinians.
An informed official was quoted by the media on Sunday night that Biden claimed in a private meeting in the White House in January that he had the right policy against this issue.
Andrew Bates, the White House spokesman in response to a question in this regard claimed that Biden’s decisions are only based on American security needs an that no other factors influence his decisions.
But ordinary Americans, as seen in recent pro-Palestine protests across the country, blame Biden for the Israeli war on the besieged Palestinian territory and his failure to establish a ceasefire, resulting in loss of tens of thousands of innocent lives there.
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