In his final TV interview, President Joe Biden told MSNBC host Lawrence O’Donnell Thursday evening that Donald Trump won the 2024 election over Kamala Harris because he was a better “huckster.”
If you listen closely, you can hear Trump yelling angrily all the way from Florida.
“I’m not a very good huckster,” Biden noted. “That wasn’t a stupid thing for [President-elect Donald Trump] to do. It helped him a lot and it undermined our ability to convince people that we were the ones that were getting this to them.”
Biden also noted that he’s worried about the future of the United States with Trump in power, especially since he’s surrounding himself with some very dangerous associates.
“You’ve known me a long time. I really am concerned about how fragile democracy is. That sounds corny, but I really am concerned, because you have heard me say it a hundred times.”
“I really think we’re in an inflection point in history here, where, unrelated to any particular leader, things are going to change drastically.”
However, Biden added that Americans should be hopeful if only because there are institutions which will help keep Trump in check, if they manage to withstand the pressures that will be applied to them.
“The reason for all the safeguards out there is, in a very trite way to say it, is to keep the bullies from taking advantage of everybody else. I guess what I’m worried about is that the thing that keeps it on track are the guardrails: that there’s a Supreme Court that’s independent, but accountable. There is a Congress that you speak your mind, but you’re held accountable to basic standards. There’s a presidency that says you have really limited powers. I mean, you’re the top dog, but you can’t dictate everything.”
Let’s hope those guardrails hold and the republic doesn’t collapse.
