Former US President Barack Obama has told his close circles that the current president, Joe Biden, should “seriously reconsider” the future of his candidacyas published this Thursday ‘The Washington Post’According to the capital newspaper, Obama believes that Biden’s chances of victory “have been considerably reduced.”

According to the capital newspaper, Obama believes that Biden’s chances of victory “have been considerably reduced”. Obama has spoken to Biden only once since the face-to-face debate with his Republican rival for the White House, former President Donald Trump, which set off all the alarms in the Democratic Party. Who has he been in contact with? Obama It has been with the influential Democratic leader Nancy Pelosi, former Speaker of the House of Representatives, who has been cryptic in her public statements about Biden’s future.

In fact, in private, Pelosi reportedly told Biden that has no chance of beating Trump in NovemberCNN reported Thursday. Obama He appears to have expressed concern to those close to him, according to the Post, about the poll numbers, which clearly give Trump a victory, and about the fact that some donors are abandoning the president.

Biden is currently in isolation at his Delaware residence after test positive for Covid-19 on Wednesday, what forced him to cancel a campaign speech before the Latino organization UnidosUS in the crucial state of Nevada. In an interview recorded for Univision before learning of his diagnosis, the president reaffirmed his intention to stay in the race and rejected calls from members of his party, donors and television commentators to pass the baton to a younger candidate to face Trump in November.

“With age comes wisdom. “I know the difference between truth and lies, right and wrong. I know what needs to be done. We have accomplished more in four years for the American people and the Latino community than any other president in a similar period,” Biden argued in his defense.

This leak about the concerns of Obama It comes at a time of renewed pressure for Biden to step down and several media outlets have pointed out that he lacks support among prominent figures in the Democratic Party. On Thursday, Axios reported that several senior Democrats believe that this growing pressure could convince Biden to drop out of the presidential race, possibly this weekend.

According to recent leaks to the media, Pelosi, and Democratic Senate Leader Chuck Schumer and House Leader Hakeem Jeffries spoke privately with Biden last week to express their concerns. Schumer and Jeffries warned Biden that his candidacy jeopardizes the current Democratic majority in the Senate and makes it harder to take back the House of Representatives, according to The Washington Post.s, 23 Democratic legislators (22 representatives and one senator) have publicly called for Biden to end his candidacy and pass the baton to another candidate.