The Joe Biden - Donald Trump sequel is set as the Democratic White House incumbent and his Republican predecessor face off in the first presidential election rematch since 1956
Minutes after they clinched the Democratic and Republican presidential nominations, President Biden and former President Donald Trump took aim at each other as their 2024 general election rematch fired up. 'Donald Trump is running a campaign of resentment, revenge, and retribution that threatens the very idea of America,' Biden argued in a statement as he targeted his Republican challenger.
And the general election campaign started earlier than at any point in 20 years - when then-Sen. John Kerry of Massachusetts locked up the 2004 Democratic nomination in early March and faced Republican President George W. Bush. The November showdown between Biden and Trump is the first rematch in the race for the White House since 1956, when Republican President Dwight D. Eisenhower defeated former Democratic Gov. Adlai Stevenson of Illinois as they faced off a second time.
Trump is aiming to become only the second president to serve two non-consecutive terms. That hasn't been accomplished in over 130 years, since Grover Cleveland, who won the White House in 1884 but lost re-election four years later, won back the presidency in 1892.
But in another key metric – fundraising – Biden currently enjoys the upper hand. The Biden-Trump rematch offers up stark contrasts when it comes to their style and demeanor, and on where they stand on key issues, such as the economy, health care and entitlements, immigration, abortion, foreign policy, the war in Ukraine, and America's overseas role going forward.
The former president is also dealing with plenty of problems. Trump, who last year made history as the first president or former president to face criminal charges, now faces four major trials and a total of 91 indictments – including federal cases on his efforts to overturn the 2020 presidential election and on handling classified documents. There's also a $355 million civil fraud judgment that Trump is appealing.
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