Biden memoir defends four years between Trump presidencies

Summarised from 2 outlets · Updated 13 Nov, 21:31 · Archive

Former President Joe Biden's memoir defends his four-year White House tenure and criticises Donald Trump.

Former President Joe Biden's memoir 'Promise Me, America', due for release on Tuesday, defends his four-year White House tenure. At 480 pages, the memoir serves to justify Biden's time in office and his policies.

Biden criticises Donald Trump extensively in the memoir, blasting him for election denialism and his role in the January 6 riot at the Capitol. He also condemns Trump's blanket pardons of riot participants. Biden boasts about his legislative record and rejects criticisms that his policies intensified inflation or complicated the nation's recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic.

Biden stands by the U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan and credits himself with rehabilitating international alliances that he says grew strained under Trump. He also defends his decision to run for a second term in 2024 despite concerns about his age, even though that decision led to Trump's return to power. Biden wrote that he questioned his team about the need to debate Trump at all, stating 'It's not that I was concerned about my ability to debate Donald Trump'. He also complains that the press and pundits portrayed him as weak, though he says the primaries sent no warning signs of trouble.

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• Joe Biden's White House memoir is an unapologetic defense of four years sandwiched between TrumpIn his White House memoir, former President Joe Biden offers an unapologetic defense of his four year tenure that started with his defeat of Donald Trump and ended with Trump's return to power.Clickorlando · 13 Nov, 21:10
• Joe Biden's White House memoir is an unapologetic defense of four years sandwiched between TrumpIn his White House memoir, former President Joe Biden offers an unapologetic defense of his four year tenure that started with his defeat of Donald Trump and ended with Trump's return to power.News4Jax · 13 Nov, 21:10

In this story: Joe Biden · Donald Trump · Atlanta · Afghanistan · United States Capitol

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