The Calls For Biden To Drop Out Will Grow Strong Again And He Not Be The Dem Nominee: Steve Forbes

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On "Forbes Newsroom," Steve Forbes gave his take on President Biden's response to the assassination attempt on former President Trump, and reiterated his long-time belief that Biden will not be the 2024 Democratic presidential nominee.

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00:00I want to switch gears a little bit, talk about Democrats. President Biden in particular,

00:05he has made increased calls for unity in the wake of the assassination attempt against

00:09President Trump. What do you make of President Biden's response to the situation on Saturday?

00:15Well, he gave a national speech on Sunday night. There were the flubs there. There was still the

00:21occasional vacant stare. And it did not come across as the kind of thing that you would

00:28expect it from, say, a Ronald Reagan, especially after the Challenger disaster, a very different

00:34thing. But it didn't have the kind of gravitas. And then he goes on and does an interview with NBC

00:42where he's back again using the same old rhetoric against Trump. And they did the same thing with

00:50Vance, oh, against the working people. So you expect some of that. But for a guy who's just

00:55coming off of what could have been a huge disaster for the United States, saying we must

01:01have unity and calm. He didn't exhibit much of that in that testing interview he had with Lester

01:07Holt. So I think that gets to a very real question. Will he be the Democratic nominee?

01:13The pundits are now saying he survived the crisis. I think events are going to eventually force him

01:19off. Don't ask me what they'll be. You can't predict these things. But I think the Democrats

01:25are going to realize you cannot have a man in his condition leading, thinking you can do another

01:31four years, much less getting through the next six months, especially when you have Donald Trump

01:37with what he did surviving on Saturday and how he quickly responded to it. And the young, vigorous

01:42J.D. Vance, who I think will do very well in a debate against Kamala Harris, a man of real

01:49substance. So I think people are going to say, where do we want to take a chance? Every vote in

01:55a presidential is taking a chance, like Reagan in 1980. Hard to believe he was portrayed as this

02:00kook from California, even though he successfully managed the largest state in the union.

02:06People have very real doubts about him. And we had that one debate with Carter,

02:12and people said the country's troubled. We'll take a chance on him. I think people are going

02:17to now take a chance. Trump showed he could manage the presidency. So he's not going in as a rookie

02:23and that people are going to want to have something different, more positive. And one

02:27thing that got overlooked was a rally that Trump had previously in Florida, where he gave a very

02:32real pro-growth economic message. And people are looking not just for specifics, you know,

02:3810-point position paper and that kind of stuff. They're looking for, can we get this country

02:43moving in the right direction? They want to have a positive attitude. They're sick and tired of this

02:50name calling and the apocalyptic view that the world is coming to an end. It is not coming to

02:55an end. But this election has very, very real impact on what direction we're going to take,

03:02profound impact. And people want a positive approach, not the negative end of the world

03:07approach. Steve, you've been calling that President Biden is going to drop out. He's

03:12not going to be the Democratic presidential nominee for well over a year now. After that

03:17presidential debate at the end of June, I mean, those calls were loud for two weeks.

03:22An assassination attempt against President Trump was the only thing that has quieted those.

03:26So you're saying you think those calls are going to be renewed? Yes. And I had to do a little

03:33laughing when some people said, well, it'll take Bill Clinton and Barack Obama to sit down with

03:39Joe Biden to get him to withdraw. Those are the last two people you want to go and just give you

03:43one little thing. When you had that op-ed in the New York Times by the famous actor George Clooney,

03:51producer, movie producer, saying, oh, Biden must withdraw. Everyone knew that was Barack Obama

03:58speaking. And I think that hardened Biden's resolve, certainly hardened First Lady Jill

04:06Biden's resolve that they're going to stay in. Those are the last two. And Clinton worked against

04:12Joe Biden in 2016 when he wanted his wife Hillary to be the Democratic nominee. Biden's haven't

04:18forgotten those slights and those behind the scenes clashes. And so those are the last two

04:24you would send in. But I think circumstance, not pleadings, are going to force a change.

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