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President Joe Biden revealed on Thursday that he will be running for a second term in the White House in 2024. In the first formal news conference, Biden said that he is expecting Vice President Kamala Harris to run as his mate. The 46th president of the United States wasn’t asked about the Covid-19 nor its impact on the economy. 

In the hour-long press conference, Pres. Biden also mentioned that his administration has doubled the vaccine goals to 200 million doses in the first 100 days and that the plan for the vaccination will be detailed on Friday. Although he didn’t file for a reelection yet, CBS reported: "That is my expectation," Mr. Biden said. 

The proposal will address both physical and technological infrastructure, the president said, "so that we can compete and create significant numbers of really good-paying jobs." Mr. Biden said "the future rests" on whether the U.S. has the best airports, ports, railroads, and roadways to facilitate business. 

border crisis is not seasonal, says Republicans

Mitch McConnell, the Senate Minority Leader alongside House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy replied to Biden’s comments about migrants crossing the border in winter, saying that the crisis is not related to winter only and that it’s not seasonal. 

"The border crisis is not just seasonal. CBP is tracking the largest surge in apprehensions in 20 years. Unaccompanied children are piling up in close quarters," McConnell tweeted. "It turns out when politicians spend a two-year campaign advertising a porous border and amnesty, people listen."

McCarthy, too, criticized Mr. Biden's remarks on the border. 

"' It happens every single solitary year,'" McCarthy tweeted, channeling the president. "President Biden claimed the dramatic increase in migrants flooding our southern border is totally normal for this time of year. 

News conference ends with no questions on COVID-19, economy or jobs

The unemployment rate is more than 6%. However, although the United States going through one of the severest economic contractions in its history, Biden’s conference ended with no questions about jobs, economy, or COVID-19. This comes in a period of time when jobs and the economy are the most important subjects that Americans are talking about. 

Ironically, Biden focused on the vaccine roll-out and doubling doses to 200 million and his new goals for vaccinating citizens in his first 100 days. 

Biden vaccination plans will be revealed in Pittsburgh on Friday

Pres. Biden explained that will be sharing details of his vaccine infrastructure initiative in Pittsburgh on Friday. He added that a "majority of the American people" are disappointed with the current U.S. infrastructure. 

"The next major initiative is — and I'll be announcing it Friday in Pittsburgh in detail — is to rebuild the infrastructure both physical and technological infrastructure of this country so that we can compete and create significant numbers of really good-paying jobs," the president said. 

Autocracy or Democracy will define the future, Biden says

Biden earlier said that Chinese President Xi Jinping has no democratic "bone in his body." meanwhile; he commented that nations’ thesis papers will be focusing on the winner of "autocracy or democracy."

Biden said that he’ll block China from winning any race with his country, adding that Russia is also letting go of communism.

"That's what's at stake here. We've got to prove democracy works," he said. 

The 78 years old president argued that China is putting three times more effort into infrastructure than the United States.

"If you think about it, it's the place where we will be able to significantly increase American productivity, at the same time, providing really good jobs for people. But we can't build back to what they used to be," he said, pointing to collateral damage due to climate change.

Biden: "We will leaveAfghanistan"

Coinciding with May 1 deadline to the withdrawal of U.S. troops from Afghanistan, Biden commented that he "can't picture that being the case" that American service members will be in the country next year.

"We will leave," the president said. "The question is when we'll leave."

Mr. Biden argued that "it's going to be hard" to meet the May 1 deadline on the troop withdrawal. However, he added that he is committed it will be executed in a "safe and orderly way."

"It is not my intention to stay there for a long time," Mr. Biden said. "The question is how and what circumstances do we meet that agreement that was made by President Trump to leave."

"There will be responses if they choose to escalate," Mr. Biden said. "We will respond accordingly. But I'm also prepared for some form of diplomacy, but it has to be conditioned upon the end result of denuclearization."