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Trump Responds To Claim Biden Would’ve Beat Him If He Stayed In The Race

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President Joe Biden reportedly believes he would’ve defeated Donald Trump if he didn’t drop out of the race after a disastrous debate performance over the summer.

Trump, naturally, disagrees.

“Well, he was way behind, he would’ve really, I assume, not had a chance,” the president-elect told reporters at a Mar-a-Lago New Year’s Eve party when asked about the report.

“I wish him well,” Trump added. “He had a chance to do it in the debate, and that didn’t work out too well for him. That was, I guess, the reason that really led to his downfall.”

Biden’s approval ratings sagged through much of his presidency and he was behind Trump in a number of polls when the two met for what would turn out to be a fateful debate in June.

Biden did so poorly there were calls for him to abandon his reelection campaign.

The Washington Post reported over the weekend that Biden and some of his aides believe he would have won had he stayed in the race but admits he “screwed up” in the debate.

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Keir Starmer Says Labour Will ‘Rebuild’ Britain As It Did After The War

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Keir Starmer has vowed that Labour will “rebuild” Britain just as it did after the Second World War.

The prime minister used his New Year message to the country to draw comparisons between the challenges facing the UK in 2025 and the country’s plight exactly 80 years ago.

It comes amid gloomy warnings about Britain’s economic prospects in the next 12 months, and growing pessimism among voters.

A YouGov poll for The Times found most people saw Starmer’s government as “incompetent”, “dishonest” and “unsuccessful”, and believe it will fail to achieve the six milestones unveiled by the PM in his “plan for change” last month.

But in his New Year message, Starmer insisted that better days lie ahead for the UK.

He said: “I know there is still so much more to do. And that for many people it’s hard to think about the future when you spend all of your time fighting to get through the week.

“So I want to be clear. Until you can look forward and believe in the promise and the prosperity of Britain again, then this Government will fight for you.

“A fight for change that will define this year, next year, and indeed – every waking hour of this government.”

The PM added: “That is what we will be focusing on. A year of rebuilding. But also – rediscovering the great nation that we are. A nation that gets things done. No matter how hard or tough the circumstances.

“We will have time to reflect on that this year. A chance, with the 80th anniversary of VE [Victory in Europe] and VJ [Victory in Japan} day. To cherish the greatest victories of this country. And the greatest generation that achieved it.

“But that victory – and indeed the peace and the prosperity that followed all rested on that same foundation we must rebuild today.

“The security of working people. That is the purpose of this Government. The goal of our plan for change. And we will push it forward in 2025.”

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NYT Report Describes Elon Musk As Trump’s ‘Tenant,’ And Critics Have Thoughts

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Elon Musk has been staying in an expensive cottage at Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago resort, giving him “easy access” to the president-elect, The New York Times reported on Monday.

“Elon Musk plays many roles with President-elect Donald J. Trump. He is Mr. Trump’s most important donor, most influential social media promoter and a key adviser on policy and personnel,” the Times began its report.

“For most of the time since Election Day, he has also been Mr. Trump’s tenant,” it added.

The cottage, named Banyan, has reportedly rented for at least $2,000 a night in the past, though it’s not clear what Musk’s arrangement is, or whether Trump will charge him at all. It’s a few hundred feet from the main house at the Florida estate, a source told the Times.

Around the club, Musk has become known to make requests such as meals outside normal kitchen hours, the Times reported. He stayed there until Christmas and is apparently expected to return within days.

The billionaire Tesla and SpaceX CEO — who spent more than $250 million to help elect Trump — has been prominently involved with Trump’s transition, involving himself in conversations with foreign leaders, dropping in on meetings, weighing in on staffing decisions, and exerting his influence to the extent that he’s been called Trump’s “shadow president.”

Those accusations are reportedly getting on Trump’s nerves.

Musk’s apparent accommodation arrangement alarmed critics, many of whom cast it as yet another way for Musk to buy influence.

“So basically Trump is annoyed by this Musk-as-co-president thing but he’s putting up with it because he needs the rent money,” Philadelphia Inquirer opinion columnist Will Bunch wrote on Bluesky. “Perfectly normal way to launch your next presidency.”

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German Chancellor Takes Not-So-Subtle Jab At Elon Musk In New Year’s Address

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German Chancellor Olaf Scholz took a thinly veiled swipe at Elon Musk on Tuesday, using his New Year’s address to criticise the tech billionaire’s involvement in the country’s upcoming parliamentary elections.

In pre-recorded remarks from Berlin, Scholz took aim at Musk’s attempts to influence the outcome of the election without mentioning the X (formerly Twitter) owner by name.

“Where Germany goes from here will be decided by you — the citizens,” Scholz said of the February 23 elections, which were called after the chancellor lost a confidence vote earlier this month, collapsing his governing coalition. “It will not be decided by the owners of social media channels.”

“In our debates, one can be forgiven for sometimes thinking the more extreme an opinion is, the more attention it will garner,” Scholz continued. “But it won’t be the person who yells loudest who will decide where Germany goes from here. Rather, that will be up to the vast majority of reasonable and decent people.”

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In his New Year’s address, German Chancellor Olaf Scholz took a swipe at Elon Musk – without referring to him by name.
After Musk called for an AfD victory in Germany’s upcoming elections, Scholz said it’s up to German citizens to decide – not “owners of social media channels.” pic.twitter.com/it8XaABrmK

— DW Politics (@dw_politics) December 31, 2024

Musk, the Tesla and SpaceX CEO and a close adviser to President-elect Donald Trump, endorsed the far-right Alternative for Germany party in an opinion piece published in Welt am Sonntag, a major German newspaper, over the weekend.

“The Alternative for Germany (AfD) is the last spark of hope for this country,” Musk wrote in his column, which was published in German. “[AfD] can lead the country into a future where economic prosperity, cultural integrity and technological innovation are not just wishes, but reality.”

Musk, who claims he has an interest in German politics because of his “significant investments” in the country, drew widespread condemnation for wading into the election and even prompted Welt am Sonntag’s opinion editor, Eva Marie Kogel, to resign.

On Monday, the German government explicitly accused Musk of trying to sway the election.

“It is indeed the case that Elon Musk is trying to influence the federal election,” spokeswoman Christiane Hoffmann told reporters during a briefing.

She added that Musk is free to speak his mind.

“After all, freedom of opinion also covers the greatest nonsense,” she said.

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