Desperate Biden, 81, laughs at getting tests to explain why he 'can't finish sentences', insists he 'doesn't care' about calls for him to drop out and dares Democrats to challenge him in rambling interview

President Joe Biden, 81, pulled a Trump instrumentality connected Monday, dialing into a sympathetic TV show to take sides himself amid calls to measurement speech and to situation critics to tally against him astatine his party's normal adjacent month.

He laughed disconnected suggestions that he beryllium tested to explicate his stumbling statement capacity and insisted he was not going to driblet retired of nan election.

Instead he listed his administration's achievements and painted his critics arsenic an out-of-touch elite arsenic he fights for his governmental life.

And he chuckled erstwhile Morning Joe big Mika Brzezinski asked whether he had been tested for pre-Parkinson's aliases different diseases that mightiness explicate why he had been incapable to decorativeness condemnation successful his statement showdown pinch Donald Trump.

'I had before. I was emotion truthful severely earlier nan debate,' he said. 'When I came back, they tested maine before. I thought possibly I had COVID. Maybe location was thing incorrect ... I had an infection aliases something. 

'They tested maine they gave maine those tests. I was clear. But I had a bad night.'

A increasing chorus of Democratic donors, officials and elected representatives person urged Biden to springiness up connected reelection successful favour of personification other who mightiness beryllium amended placed to hit Trump.

A DailyMail.com canvass revealed Trump had extended his lead complete nan president to six points past week.

Biden launched a fightback past week pinch power interviews, a prime-time tv quality and a play of run events .

But nan push raised arsenic galore concerns arsenic it answered, pinch flubbed lines and nan revelation that a power interviewer had been sent approved questions.

Things are expected to intensify this week arsenic members of Congress return to Capitol Hill from their July 4 holiday. Nine person already called from him to measurement aside.

Biden wrote them a two-page missive Monday calling for an extremity to intraparty drama.

And he told Morning Joe that nan large names calling for him to guidelines aside—from The New York Times editorial committee to Rep Jerry Nadler and erstwhile statesmanlike campaigner Tim Ryan—were retired of touch.

'I don't attraction astir what those large names think. They were incorrect successful 2020, they were incorrect successful 2022 astir nan reddish wave. They're incorrect successful 2024,' he said, urging them to travel retired pinch him connected nan run way to spot really achromatic voters successful peculiar were still down him.'

Supporters said it was a fluent question and reply and his sound was strong. But his inclination to mumble meant his words were sometimes difficult to travel via nan telephone.

And Republicans said it sounded arsenic if he was reference his lines from notes. 

Biden insisted he remained nan prime of his statement for nan nomination. 

'I'm getting truthful disappointment by nan elites. Not talking astir you guys by nan measurement ... nan elites successful nan party,' he said.

'They cognize truthful overmuch more? If immoderate of these guys don't deliberation I should tally ... tally against me. Announce for president. Challenge maine astatine nan convention.'

Earlier his run released nan two-page missive to legislature Democrats. 

'We person 42 days to nan Democratic Convention and 119 days to nan wide election,' he said. 

'Any weakening of resoluteness aliases deficiency of clarity astir nan task up only helps Trump and hurts us. It's clip to travel together, move guardant arsenic a unified party, and conclusion Donald Trump.'