US President Joe Biden has announced that he has not yet decided whether he will run in the next presidential election in 2024 to win a second term, but at the same time confirmed his conviction that he can "defeat" his predecessor Donald Trump again.

"I think I can defeat Donald Trump again," Biden said in an interview with CNN.

The 79-year-old Democratic president was responding to a question if he would announce his candidacy for a second term after the November midterm elections, and whether Trump would be a factor in his decision.

Biden beat Trump in every state's top vote and the popular vote in 2020, prompting the former president to launch allegations of widespread fraud.

Biden told reporters at the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) summit in March that he would be glad to see Trump as his opponent again.

Biden's popularity took a hit last year with soaring inflation, rising violent crime in cities and a seemingly intractable migrant crisis on the southern border.

But his approval rating is still higher than that recorded in favor of Trump in the opinion polls.

In response to a question by the same network about what he wants to say to voters who consider that he cannot be re-elected due to his advanced age, Biden said, "Name me a president in recent history who accomplished what I accomplished in the first two years." "You may not like what I've accomplished, but the vast majority of the American people love it," he added.

"The question is: 'Can you do this job?' + I think I can do the job," said Biden, who is celebrating his 80th birthday this year.

Biden confirmed that after the mid-term legislative elections scheduled for November, "I will be engaged in a decision-making process" for the 2024 elections.

The same interview touched on the war in Ukraine and the Saudi-led oil production cut that is expected to push gas prices up again.

Biden, when asked about concerns about the economy amid bleak growth prospects, played down the possibility of a recession, but admitted that if it did occur, it would be "slight".

"I don't think there will be a recession," he said. "If that happens, it will be a very slight recession. That is, we will pull back a little bit."
Source AFP