Joe Biden had mapped out a game plan for his final months as president. Then a series of cascading crises intruded.
The 46th President is one of the best one-term leaders in U.S. history. But Trump's reelection hangs over everything Biden achieved.
The former House speakeri said there could have been an "open primary" had President Biden stepped aside earlier.
"The country is headed in a very dangerous direction and it’s due in part to his arrogance," veteran Democratic aide Jim Manley told Politico.
President Joe Biden addressed the nation Thursday to discuss president-elect Donald Trump's upcoming transition into power.
President-elect Donald Trump will meet with President Joe Biden on Wednesday after Trump defeated Kamala Harris in the race for U.S. president.
Millions of voters who backed Joe Biden in 2020 apparently did not support Vice President Kamala Harris in this year's election. Harris suffered a heavy loss to Donald Trump in the 2024 race, with the Republican on course to win the popular vote and sweep all seven of the key swing states.
President Biden extended the invitation to his former rival as part of a longstanding tradition to help ease the transition to a new administration.
Such a meeting is traditional, but Trump, a Republican, did not host Biden, a Democrat, for a sit-down after the 2020 election.
The former House Speaker also seemed to reject any analysis blaming Democrats for their election loss on a failure to win over working families.