Biden claims to seek US re-election but rules out immediate announcement

Havana, April 10 (RHC) - US President Joe Biden declared this Monday that he plans to run for re-election in 2024, but ruled out being ready to make an official announcement.

His comments, reported by NBC News, endorse an intention expressed on other occasions by the ruler, but which has not yet materialized with the launch of a campaign.

"I plan to run, but we are not ready to announce it yet," the president revealed to the presenter Al Roker of the aforementioned news outlet.

Advisors first suggested the president might announce his re-election plans around February's State of the Union address, but when that didn't happen, reports suggested he would divulge his plans in the spring, The Hill newspaper recalled.

The latest reports now indicate, he continued, that he could wait until the summer, and those around him argue that a delayed announcement would allow him to focus on his duties and promote his agenda to the public.

About Biden, who would be 82 years old at the beginning of a second term, there are some concerns about his age.

Currently, the president is immersed in a tour that will take him to 20 states of the Union in an attempt to shore up his economic agenda.

The tour, which began on March 28 in North Carolina, aims at expanding what the president considers legislative achievements of last year such as the CHIPS and Science Act, which boosted investment in the manufacture of semiconductor chips and research nationwide.

It will also put emphasis on the Inflation Reduction Act, which lowered certain health care costs and created incentives for clean energy investments, though the legislative measure is frowned upon for various reasons by European partners and neighboring ally Canada. (Source: Prensa Latina)