拜登后悔退出：“完全有能力击败特朗普两次”

Joe Biden regrets having pulled out of this year's presidential race and believes he would have defeated Donald Trump in last month's election — despite negative poll indications, White House sources have said.

The US president has reportedly also said he made a mistake in choosing Merrick Garland as attorney general — reflecting that Garland, a former US appeals court judge, was slow to prosecute Donald Trump for his role in the Jan 6, 2021 insurrection while presiding over a justice department that aggressively prosecuted Biden's son Hunter.

He is voicing regrets about his decision not to sign his name to Covid relief checks and about his longtime reputation — once considered a virtue — of being the poorest lawmaker in Congress.

Biden said he had been "stupid" not to sign his name to Covid stimulus checks that were distributed to Americans early in his term. Trump emblazoned his signature on checks distributed after a relief bill was passed in the spring of 2020.

With two posts on X in July, Biden bowed out of the race and threw his support behind his vice president, Kamala Harris, in the hopes of quickly coalescing their party and moving past the chaos that had engulfed Democrats since the debate.

coalesce /ˌkoʊəˈles/：合并，联合

Biden's voice was weak, at times reduced to a whisper. Early on, the president's answers drifted into incoherence. Worse, while Trump spoke, Biden often watched, his mouth gaping open, exacerbating an impression of a president cruelly diminished.