Journalist Adam Coleman says the events of Biden stepping down from the race to be re-elected, is like “an American version of a coup“, where people behind the scenes have been pressuring Biden to step down from the campaign but not from office. Saturday night, President Joe Biden was still planning to stay in the 2024 presidential race. Sunday afternoon, he shocked many of his senior staff by telling them he was withdrawing just before making the decision public, sources familiar with the matter said. “Last night the message was proceed with everything, full speed ahead,“ one of the sources told Reuters, speaking on condition of anonymity. “At around 1:45 p.m. today the president told his senior team that he had changed his mind.“ A few minutes later, Biden made his bombshell announcement. The decision came less than a month after Biden had a disastrous debate against Republican Donald Trump that raised questions about the mental acuity of the 81-year
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