Could President Biden drop out of the election race this weekend?

According to RIA Novosti on July 19, NBC News on July 18 (Washington time) quoted sources saying that US President Joe Biden's political career is about to end, in the context of many failures in the election race.

“We are slowly coming to an end,” NBC News quoted a source close to the president as saying.

According to NBC News, “President Biden’s political world is collapsing.” Major campaign investments have plummeted and close allies are calling for the president to drop out of the race. The channel’s sources emphasized the description that “the ground has disappeared from under Mr. Biden’s feet.”

Earlier on July 18, several anonymous senior members of the Democratic Party told Axios that President Biden, amid increasing internal pressure from the party, would be forced to withdraw from the presidential race this weekend.

According to sources, Democrats are not only concerned about Biden's low chances of winning, but also that his latest failures and mistakes could cost the party its majority in the Senate and prevent it from "taking back" power. Meanwhile, the Republicans have held the majority of seats in the House of Representatives since late November 2023.

There are growing calls within the Democratic Party to nominate another candidate to replace Mr Biden after his unsuccessful debate performance against Republican rival Donald Trump.

In theory, Democrats will have such an opportunity at their national convention in August, but in practice it will be difficult to eliminate the president from the race, unless he refuses to continue participating.

Meanwhile, President Biden said he did not leave the race and would go to the end; at the same time, he said that there was no better candidate than him.

The second debate between presidential candidates Joe Biden and Donald Trump is scheduled to take place on September 10. The US presidential election will take place on November 5.