Biden says that 'if Trump wasn’t running, I’m not sure I’d be running'

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Biden says that 'if Trump wasn’t running, I’m not sure I’d be running'
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That’s pretty much what I’m getting at, I get all the logical reasons but like you said the logical call ain’t always the right one. It’s too late now to second guess but him saying this is a bad idea, it makes it seem like there was a different outcome but it was decided without the will of the people being considered. If he was super popular it would be a different story, but he ain’t

the logical call ain’t always the right one

Except it is. They said it's not always the best, which is true, but you can't know in advance what the best choice is. Making illogical choices leads to worse outcomes on average. I really shouldn't have to explain this.

In my entire lifetime no president has ever been super popular. That’s just not a thing any longer.

Which kinda further supports what I’m saying?

Except if your waiting for the guy that’s super popular you’re bus is never coming.

What? No ones waiting for a super popular one, I’m saying if he were in some hypothetical world actually super popular just blindly deciding to run him again would be unquestionable. That there haven’t been any popular presidents recently doesn’t take away from the concept of a president being popular. If anything that means that incumbents should start being reevaluated more