Barack Obama‘s breaking his silence on Joe Biden dropping out of the 2024 presidential race … complimenting his former VP — however stopping in need of endorsing the present one.

The forty fourth POTUS launched a press release Sunday a couple of minutes in the past … and, it is a glowing tribute to the sitting president — a person he calls a “patriot of the best order.”

Obama says he got here to admire Biden’s character within the years they labored alongside each other as president and vice chairman … character he says has helped Biden save the nation from wreck over the previous few years.

Barack factors out Joe’s financial, worldwide, and local weather change victories throughout his administration … although he admits his best accomplishment was preserving Trump out of workplace in 2020.

Obama says such an impressive monitor report gave Biden each proper to run for reelection, including he is by no means identified Joe to again down from a combat — so, he is aware of dropping out of the race should’ve been powerful on the sitting president.

Then Barack will get into the race because it presently stands … and, his feedback are fascinating as a result of he would not instantly come out and again Kamala Harris.

As an alternative, Barack says he has “extraordinary confidence that the leaders of our get together will be capable of create a course of from which an impressive nominee emerges” … so, principally he is ready to see how everybody’s gonna truthful in an open discipline.

Biden’s already backed Kamala Harris — who says she’s honored by his endorsement — however, it appears Barack’s not weighing in till the get together determines the subsequent candidate. He pulled the identical transfer again in 2016 too BTW, ready till after Hillary Clinton gained the nom to endorse her.

Price noting … reviews lately got here out saying Barack had informed Democratic allies Joe wanted to drop out for the nice of the get together — although he wasn’t saying this to his face.