Biden aides pushed for early debate with Trump: Memo

Former President Biden's top aides urged him to take part in the debate against President Trump last summer that ultimately drove Biden to drop his reelection campaign last year, a newly released memo shows.

"The earlier YOU are able to debate the better, so that the American people can see YOU standing next to Trump and showing the strength of YOUR leadership, compared to Trump's weakness and chaos," a group identified as senior advisers wrote in an April 15 memo to Biden that was published Monday via Politico Playbook.