The 2024 presidential election is happening in just around 6 months and while Donald Trump’s myriad criminal charges are no doubt slowing him down politically, a former Obama campaign strategist says it might be Biden’s ego that does him in in the end. That goes double for issues related to the economy. Veuer’s Tony Spitz has the details.
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00:00 The 2024 presidential election is happening in just around six months.
00:04 And while Donald Trump's myriad criminal charges are no doubt slowing him down politically,
00:08 former Obama campaign strategist and political expert David Axelrod says
00:13 it might be Biden's ego that does him in in the end.
00:16 During a recent CNN interview, he discussed the president's recent appearance in Milwaukee,
00:20 saying that despite the economy doing well under Biden, many Americans still aren't feeling it.
00:25 With Axelrod detailing how the president problematically continues to talk about U.S.
00:29 economic struggles in the past tense, adding, "But that's not the way people are experiencing
00:34 the economy. I think he's making a terrible mistake. If he doesn't win this race,
00:39 it may not be Donald Trump that beats him. It may be his own pride."
00:43 Axelrod explained that the average American isn't looking at the 2.7% inflation rate this year,
00:48 one which is down massively from the 8% year-over-year rate of 2022,
00:53 saying instead, "Americans are experiencing it through the lens of the cost of living.
00:57 Biden is a man who built his career on empathy. Why not lead with the empathy? And the economy
01:03 is going to be a big issue." Especially considering that is one thing Americans
01:07 seem to trust Trump on more. According to a recent Gallup poll, only 38% of Americans
01:12 have a great deal of trust that Biden can lead our economy. Meanwhile, 46% of people
01:17 said the same about Donald Trump.