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Joe Biden has acted as if he fully expects to face Donald Trump again and made clear he is motivated by a singular desire to vanquish his 2020 opponent all over again.
Some Democrats consider the former president the Republican they would have the best chance against this fall, but also the one they most fear the consequences of losing to.
Biden Camp Would Cautiously Prefer a Trump Rematch
After months of authoritarian rhetoric, Trump was trying to appeal to democrats, moderates and independents after winning the Iowa Caucuses.
WASHINGTON — To be clear, no one in President Joe Biden’s White House would ever root for Donald Trump. To a person, they consider him an existential threat to the nation. But as they watched Trump open the contest for the Republican presidential nomination with a romp through Iowa, they also saw something else: a pathway to a second term. Biden’s best chance of winning reelection in the fall, in their view, is a rematch against Trump. The former president is so toxic, so polarizing that his pre