Joe Biden is not senile, says UK’s Starmer

With presidential rival Donald Trump consistently leading in the polls, a growing number of Democratic Congress reps and even actor George Clooney, a major party fundraiser, have said Biden should withdraw from the race.

Asked during a sit-down interview with the BBC whether the president had appeared “senile” during their meeting, Starmer rejected the suggestion, saying Biden was “absolutely across the detail.”

It was the first time the U.K’s new prime minister, who was elected last week and is in Washington for the NATO summit, had met Biden.

“We were going [at] pace through a number of issues, which was really important to me, because obviously, it was my first opportunity to have a bilateral like that. And he showed incredible leadership,” Starmer said.

“We’ve covered a lot of ground, strategic ground, international stuff … He was on good form. And of course … we went straight from that to the dinner that he hosted. 

“So I was actually really pleased to have the opportunity to be clear about a special relationship and about our long standing commitment to NATO at this really important time.”