Trump privately told councilors that Biden could beat him: report

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According to the report, Trump asked White House advisers last fall, "How are we going to beat Biden?" Assured by his assistants that Biden would not win the Democratic presidential primary, Trump would have continued, "but what if he wins?"

The anonymous strategist also told Politico that Trump's attacks on Biden in recent days illustrate his presumed fear of being a candidate.

"The candidates he does not talk about are a sign that he does not take them seriously," they told reporters.

Biden announced his 2020 presidential campaign on Thursday morning, shortly after, Trump tweeted mocking him as "asleep Joe".

"Welcome to the Sleepy Joe Run. I only hope that you have the intelligence, long in doubt, to lead a successful primary campaign, " Trump tweeted. "It will be nasty – you will be dealing with people who really have very sick and insane ideas, but if you succeed, I'll see you at the door!"

Trump's report and comment comes after recent polls, including a study released Wednesday showing Biden leading Trump by 8 percentage points in a hypothetical match in the 2020 general election.

In July, Trump had called Biden his "dream opponent".

"I'm dreaming of Biden, it's a dream," Trump said. "Look, Joe Biden ran three times, he never got more than 1% and President Obama took it out of the trash, and everyone was shocked that he l & # 39; I would have liked it to be Biden. "

"I think I would like to have one of those people we talk about," he continued. "You know, there's probably – the group of seven or eight now, I'd really like – I'd like to run against any of them, but Biden could never do nothing on your own. "