WASHINGTON (AFP) - US President Donald Trump said on Monday (March 30) that New York mayor Andrew Cuomo, whose popularity has surged thanks to his handling of the coronavirus outbreak in his city, would make a better candidate to run against him November's elections than Democratic front-runner Joe Biden.. Read more at straitstimes.com.
WASHINGTON - US President Donald Trump said on Monday that New York mayor Andrew Cuomo, whose popularity has surged thanks to his handling of the coronavirus outbreak in his city, would make a better candidate to run against him in November's elections than Democratic front-runner Joe Biden.
"I'll be honest, I think he'd be a better candidate than Sleepy Joe, I wouldn't mind running against Andrew. I don't mind running against Joe Biden," the president told Fox News, using his derogatory nickname for Biden, the 77-year-old who served as vice president for Barack Obama. "We've sent them a lot of stuff. Well, one of the reasons he's successful is because we've helped make him successful. Now if he's going to run that's fine," said Trump, himself a New Yorker who only recently changed his official residence to Florida."I've known Andrew for a long time, I wouldn't mind that."
After a series of sweeping victories against his main rival Bernie Sanders, Biden is the clear front-runner to be tapped as the Democratic nominee against Trump, but the pandemic's sudden arrival has thrown the entire primary process off kilter, with Biden making muted appearances from his home in Delaware.
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