
US President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump are headed for a rematch after both clinched their respective party’s nominations on Tuesday.
Both candidates were projected to win their primaries in the states of Georgia, Mississippi and Washington, giving them the magic numbers they needed to clinch, according to multiple media outlets.
Biden secured the 1,968 delegates needed for the Democratic nomination and sent a clear message that he is ready for Round 2 versus Trump.
"My lifetime has taught me to embrace the future of freedom and democracy," the president said at a rally in Atlanta. "But we all know Donald Trump sees a different America, an American story of resentment, revenge and retribution. That’s not me, that’s not you."
Trump garnered the 1,215 delegates necessary for the Republican nomination and posted a video on social media saying there was no time to celebrate and that the focus was to beat Biden.
"We're going to drill, baby, drill. We're going to close our borders. We're going to do things like nobody has ever seen before. And we're going to make our nation's economy be the best ever in the world," said the former president.
The 2024 stage is now set for a rematch of the heated 2020 presidential election in which Biden won and Trump tried to overturn the results.
This time around, Biden is facing pressure for his handling of international affairs, including the Israeli-Hamas War in Gaza and the Russia-Ukraine War. The president is also under scrutiny for domestic issues including the economy and his handling of mass illegal immigration at the US-Mexico border.
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