Former President Barack Obama reportedly urged the Biden campaign to “act aggressively” against former President Donald Trump during a private luncheon.
An “energized” Obama reportedly told former Vice President Joe Biden, aides and allies that the president would hire more top-level decision-makers to defeat Trump or replace incumbents. three people familiar with the talks said that the two sides should revitalize the according to to the Washington Post.
How President Obama held a secret lunch with Biden and urged him to be “more aggressive” because the president was worried that “Trump might be more tough” than he thought. https://t.co/G183FV2C9p pic.twitter.com/TBdQpfsRBk
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According to people familiar with the matter, President Obama did not mention any specific recommendations for people to hire at Biden's Delaware headquarters. But the paper said he cited David Plouffe, who ran Obama's 2008 campaign, as a potential senior strategist candidate.
The paper said that in recent months, Mr. Biden had invited Mr. Obama to private lunches to discuss the president's 2024 re-election bid, which had not previously been reported. President Obama said his own campaign strategy was successful in 2012 when key White House officials David Axelrod and Jim Messina left the executive branch to manage Obama's reelection from Chicago. I emphasized what I did.
According to the outlet, President Obama has made it clear to Biden's team that they need to act aggressively to effectively counter Republican front-runner Donald Trump. Although sources did not cite a specific moment as President Obama's biggest concern for Biden's reelection, the newspaper reported that President Obama said he believes campaigns must be agile in competitive races. . (Related: Ted Cruz says Democrats will 'parachute' Michelle Obama, 'Jettison' Joe Biden)
This is not the first time reports of a private lunch between Biden and Obama have surfaced. The two men held what aides described as a regular “catch-up” meeting in which President Obama warned of President Trump's “iron grip” on the Republican Party.
