Obama 'anxious' Biden could lose to Trump: Report

DISAPPROVE OF BIDEN'S JOB PERFORMANCE ON THE ECONOMY. >> Bret: PRESIDENT BIDEN HUNKERING DOWN WITH ADVISORS AT CAMP DAVID TO PREP FOR THE CNN PRESIDENTIAL DEBATE. SOME TOP DEMOCRATS INCLUDING FORMER PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA ARE REPORTEDLY EXPRESSING DOUBTS ABOUT HIS STRATEGY AND HIS CHANCES FOR WINNING IN NOVEMBER. KARL ROVE FORMER WHITE HOUSE DEPUTY CHIEF OF STAFF AND FOX NEWS CONTRIBUTOR JOINS US NOW. GOOD MORNING. THE STORY POPS UP IN THE "NEW YORK MAGAZINE" , WHAT OBAMA IS WHISPERING TO BIDEN. THE PRESIDENT'S PLAN TO SAVE THEIR LEGACY FROM TRUMP. HERE IS AN EXCERPT. THOSE HIS ANXIETY OF THE ELECTION IS REAL, THE EX-PRESIDENT'S CONCERN SOUNDED A LOT LIKE THOSE OF OTHER TOP DEMOCRATS. IN REGULAR TOUCH WITH OBAMA SAY THE NERVES ARE NOT A REFLECTION OF ANGST ABOUT BIDEN AND TEAM BUT THE BROADER REALITY. THE COUNTRY IS CLOSELY DIVIDED, MEDIA LANDSCAPE FRACTURED AND DONALD TRUMP MAY VERY WELL WIN. YOUR THOUGHTS HEADING INTO THURSDAY AND THIS ANGST FROM DEMOCRATS. >> THEY ARE SEEING THE SAME THING THE REST OF THE COUNTRY IS, WHICH IS HE IS SUFFERING IN OFFICE. THEY ARE ALSO SEEING PUBLIC REACTION TO THE ECONOMY, COST OF LIVING, TO PEOPLE FINDING IT HARD AT THE END OF THE MONTH TO TAKE THAT PAYCHECK AND PAY ALL THE BILLS THAT THEY ARE ENCUMBERED DURING THAT MONTH. YEAH, MY VIEW OF THE OBAMA WING OF THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY IS THEY HAD THEIR DOUBTS ABOUT HIM IN 2015. REMEMBER, HE WAS A SITTING VICE PRESIDENT AND THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES SAID I'M NOT GOING TO SUPPORT HIM IN THE 2016 ELECTION. I'LL SUPPORT HILLARY CLINTON. THERE WAS TENSION ALREADY, THAT CREATED MORE TENSION. THEY'VE ALWAYS HAD THEIR DOUBTS ABOUT HIS ABILITY TO WIN AND HE WON IN 2016 -- WON IN 2016 BUT -- WON IN 2020 AFTER NOT BEING A CANDIDATE IN 2016 BUT THEY'VE HAD THEIR DOUBTS EVER SINCE, I SUSPECT. >> Dana: I THINK THAT COMES THROUGH, RIGHT? AT FIRST, KARL, YOU WOULD ONLY SEE THAT SAID OFF THE RECORD . THEN IT WAS AIDES SAY AND THEN THERE WERE ACTUALLY PEOPLE SAYING IT ON THE RECORD TRYING TO GET ATTENTION. YOU GET THE ATTENTION OF THE CAMPAIGN. THEY ARE IN DEBATE PREP. BOB BAUER IS ONE OF THE PEOPLE PREPPING BIDEN. HE DID AN INTERVIEW AND WHAT HE SAID ABOUT HOW IT'S GOING. >> I WOULD SAY IN ALL OF THE DEBATE PREPS, WHETHER IT WAS A TRUMP DEBATE PREP OR OTHERS I'VE DONE, YOU CANNOT BE AFRAID OF LAYING DOWN ON TAKE TABLE SOMETHING YOUR CANDIDATE PREPARING IT FOR WILL LIKE. THAT COULD BE SOMETHING THAT'S PERSONALLY INSULTING. THAT'S SOMETHING THAT CAN BE COMPLETELY FALSE ABOUT A POLICY POSITION THEY'VE TAKEN. >> Dana: WE KNOW THAT MAYBE A LITTLE BIT OF A STRATEGY. ONE LAST THING HERE. NBC HEADLINE BIDEN'S DEBATE STRATEGY IS BE PREPARED FOR TWO DIFFERENT TRUMPS. IF HE IS MORE SEDATE THE GOAL WILL BE ELICIT THE TRUE TRUMP. POSSIBLY THEY WILL BOTH TRY TO DO THAT. >> YEAH, IT IS INTERESTING. I WROTE MY COLUMN LAST WEEK IN THE JOURNAL ON DEBATE AND TALKED TO FIVE REPUBLICANS INVOLVED IN DEBATE PREP FOR VARIOUS CANDIDATES AND THREE DEMOCRATS. WHAT WAS INTERESTING THEY ALL AGREED THE QUESTION FOR BIDEN WAS WHICH TRUMP WAS GOING TO SHOW UP? WOULD IT BE THE WILD TRUMP WE SAW IN THE FIRST 2020 DEBATE INTERRUPTING, YELLING, LOUD, OR WILL IT BE A MORE CALM ONE? EVERY ONE OF THEM SAID THAT BIDEN WOULD HAVE TO PREPARE FOR BOTH INSTANCES AND HAVE A STRATEGY FOR BOTH. THE INSTANCES IF IT'S WILD TAKE ADVANTAGE OF IT. IF HE IS CALM GOAD HIM INTO BECOMING THE WILD ONE. I THOUGHT IT WAS A PRETTY INTERESTING REACTION. WITH REGARD TO TRUMP, EVERYBODY ASSUMED HE WOULD ATTACK, ATTACK, ATTACK. SOME PEOPLE SAID HOW MUCH TIME WILL HE SPEND EXPLAINING WHAT HE WOULD DO IN A SECOND TERM. FINE TO GO AFTER BIDEN ON THE COST OF LIVING, ON HIS HANDLING OF AFGHANISTAN, ON HUNTER BIDEN TO SOME DEGREE, BUT THE QUESTION WAS, WOULD HE LEAVE A SENSE OF HERE IS WHAT I'LL DO IN A SECOND TERM. THE THREE OR FOUR THAT BROUGHT THAT UP ALL FELT THAT IT WAS REALLY IMPORTANT THAT TRUMP HAVE SOME SENSE OF WHAT HIS SECOND ACT WAS GOING TO BE IN ORDER TO SEAL THE DEAL IN THE DEBATE. >> Bret: WE THOUGHT WE WERE GOING WHITE BOARDLESS AND THANK GOD YOU CAME WITH ALL THE

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Length: 4min 49sec (289 seconds)

Published: Tue Jun 25 2024