THE Joe Biden once again denied speculation about his withdrawal from the presidential race at a campaign rally in Michigan on Friday.

Despite a growing number of lawmakers calling for him to withdraw his candidacy and concerns about his mental state, the Democratic president has vowed to seek re-election.

“They hear a lot lately. What will Joe Biden do? Will he stay in the race? Here’s my answer: I’m running and we’re going to win,” he said to supporters in Detroit.

“I promise you I’m fine,” the 81-year-old Democrat added shortly afterward from a restaurant in the Detroit suburb of Northville, responding to criticism of his mental fitness to lead the US.

“Trump is a threat to our nation – We want a president, not a dictator”

To defeat Donald Trump in November, Biden must win in Michigan.

At Friday’s campaign event, the US president attacked his Republican opponent, calling him a “threat to the nation”.

He also criticized “Plan 2025”, the government program that has the stamp of the right, although Trump tries to distance himself from it despite the fact that it was drawn up by his close associates.

“Americans want a president, not a dictator,” Biden emphasized, referring to Trump’s statement that he would become a dictator “for a day.”

Concerns are raging in the Democratic camp about the health of the American president

The American president “understands that there is still concern (in Congress). That’s why he’s focused on one goal: to show that he’s in the best position to take on Donald Trump in November and beat him,” Michael Tyler, a spokesman for the Democratic campaign, said yesterday.

“I’m going to stay on the move,” Biden vowed Thursday during a press conference seen as critical to his political future, which is in doubt after a disastrous June 27 debate against Trump.

The president’s supporters appreciated at the press conference his knowledge of current affairs, especially international ones. On the other hand, one noticed the difficulties he faced in speech and two major slips of the tongue: the first during the NATO summit when announcing Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky he called him “President Putin” and the second in the press conference when he referred to “Vice President Trump ,” instead of Vice President Kamala Harris.

“Joe Biden has been making blunders for 40 years, he made some last night and he will probably make more,” commented Michael Tyler.

The backlash from the Democratic party continues, although the lawmakers who have called on Biden to drop out of the race are not many at the moment — about 20 — nor particularly high-profile names.

Yesterday Friday, one of the architects of the Democrat’s victory in 2020, African-American congressman James Clyburn, assured speaking to NBC that he remains fully committed to Biden’s side.

Did the US president buy enough time on Thursday to really recover or was he simply postponing his inevitable departure? The answer will be partly financial: if donations suddenly dry up, it will be difficult for Biden to overcome.

According to the New York Times, major donors suspended their campaign funding, freezing $90 million.

The eyes are now focused on two major personalities of the Democratic party: the former president of the House of Representatives Nancy Pelosi and the former US president Barack Obama.

The former insisted this week that Biden “make a decision,” appearing to ignore his determination to remain a candidate. The latter, who has previously participated in the election campaign of his former vice president, remains silent for now.