The American president returned to Delaware on Wednesday night joe biden, after being diagnosed with coronavirus while on the campaign trail in Las Vegas.

Video shows the 81-year-old US president, maskless, struggling to get off Air Force One, pausing several times, before donning a mask inside the black presidential SUV. He also seems to need some help getting into the car before the motorcade pulls away.

He tested positive for the coronavirus during his campaign trip to Las Vegas and assured that he is fine. Biden said in an interview released Wednesday that he would reconsider staying in the presidential race if a doctor told him outright that he had a medical condition and deemed it necessary to withdraw.

Concerns about Mr. Biden’s physical and mental health have peaked after his disastrous phone fight with Mr. Trump in late June and, although he is making it clear that he will run for re-election in November, the issue does not seem to be closed for the faction.

The television network CNN broadcast yesterday Wednesday, citing four sources informed about it, that Nancy Pelosi, the former speaker of the House, and a figure who maintains great influence in the Democratic faction, stressed a few days ago by phone to the American president that polls show that he will not succeed in defeating Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump, and if he remains in the race, he may destroy the party’s chances of regaining a majority in the House of Representatives.

However, he avoided calling explicitly Mr. Biden to withdraw, according to CNN’s sources.

One of the sources clarified that the head of state countered that he has seen opinion polls that indicate he has a chance of winning.

A representative of Mrs. Pelosi said that the politician has to speak with the president from Friday.

Earlier, ABC News reported that sources said Democratic Majority Leader Chuck Schumer told the president during a meeting Saturday that it would be best for the country and the party to end the re-election campaign. and a similar position was also expressed by the leader of the Democratic minority in the House of Representatives, Hakeem Jeffries.

Reacting to this information, a representative of Mr. Schumer’s office spoke of “unfounded scenario”.

Democratic Rep. Adam Schiff, also an influential Democratic figure, yesterday became the 20th congressman from the party to publicly call on Mr. Biden, 81, to retire.

Vice President Kamala Harris he is considered a favorite to replace him in the event of the departure of Mr. Biden, who assures that Democratic voters support him. However, a recent Ipsos poll for ABC News and the Washington Post indicated that nearly two-thirds of his party’s supporters would prefer the president quit.