Once his chief rival in the 2020 Democratic presidential field, and the cause of so much presidential angst that Trump mounted a pressure campaign against Ukraine to damage him, the former vice president’s name is now hardly mentioned in conversations with the president’s aides — that is, unless they’re mocking him.
“Lately, he looks like he’s competing against himself,” a top Trump aide said late last week as delayed data from the Iowa caucuses appeared to confirm Biden’s dismal fourth-place finish.