Trump and allies thrilled with Biden press conference: 'Too much gold not to use'

Donald Trump's presidential campaign and allies see President Biden's highly anticipated and much-scrutinized news conference as a win-win for the former president.

"It appears Biden did enough to convince his apologists that he should remain on the ballot, but he also reinforced what the American people know. Their lives are being hurt by his weakness and failure on a daily basis," a Trump campaign official, who asked for anonymity to speak more freely, told Fox News Digital after Thursday night's press conference.

As the president continues to push back against a rising chorus of calls from within the Democratic Party for him to step aside and end his 2024 re-election campaign following last month’s disastrous debate performance with Trump, the news conference didn't appear to do any further damage. But it's also doubtful it will stem the growing movement to urge Biden to drop out of the race.

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Trump’s campaign hopes Biden stays in the race. Trump's campaign appears to believe he is the weakest candidate for the former president to face. The Trump campaign continues to argue the 81-year-old Biden isn't physically or mentally up to the task of serving as president.

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After Biden mistakenly referred to Vice President Kamala Harris as "Vice President Trump," Trump's social media account quickly shared a clip of the moment, with the former president writing, "Great job, Joe!"

Trump also posted on social media some of the other stumbles and gaffes by the president at the high-stakes news conference.

Donald Trump Jr., who's a top surrogate for this father, said on his Rumble livestream that Biden did "fine enough to be