Then-President Joe Biden and now-President Donald Trump participate in the CNN Presidential Debate on June 27, 2024, in Atlanta. ( Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)
This strategy would allow Biden to take on Trump before early voting in battleground states kicked off, set the terms of the debate most advantageous for Biden and highlight Biden’s "leadership" in contrast to Trump’s, according to a memo on the matter.
"By holding the first debate in the spring, YOU will be able to reach the widest audience possible, before we are deep in the summer months with the conventions, Olympics and family vacations taking precedence," Biden’s senior advisors reportedly wrote in an April 15, 2024, memo, published by Politico Playbook. "In addition, the earlier YOU are able to debate the better, so that the American people can see YOU standing next to Trump and showing the strength of YOUR leadership, compared to Trump’s weakness and chaos."
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The debate between Donald Trump and Joe Biden prompted the incumbent president to exit the election a month later. (Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)
Biden and Trump ultimately did face off in a debate on June 27, 2024 – an event that prompted Biden to exit the election in July 2024 and led to Vice President Kamala Harris to take on Trump in November 2024.
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"2024" is one of several books that have been released in 2025 detailing Biden’s mental deterioration while in office and how Trump won the election. Another example is the book "Original Sin: President Biden’s Decline, Its Cover-up, and His Disastrous Choice to Run Again," released May 20.
Diana Stancy is a politics reporter with Fox News Digital covering the White House.
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