‘Joe Bye-den’ the Candidate Gets a European Adieu as Bild Issues a Blunt Headline — ‘Biden Gives Up’

Headline high jinks notwithstanding, foreign reactions to the president’s decision to stand down reflect a virtually unprecedented American electoral shakeup.

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President Biden delivers remarks on canceling student debt at Culver City, California's Julian Dixon Library on February 21, 2024. Mario Tama/Getty Images

President Biden’s withdrawal from the presidential race became the new reality in Europe before one could say “Joe Bye-den.” That is how Britain’s Sun newspaper spelled it out, and the New York Post no less indelicately “It’s Joe-ver.” Germany’s famed Bild tabloid put it even more bluntly: “Biden gives up.”

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