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Despite hand-wringing among Democrats about Joe Biden\u2019s age and his discouraging poll numbers, the President\u2019s campaign for re\xeblection displays an \u201costentatious level of serenity,\u201d Evan Osnos says about the election. \u201cThis is a matter of great personal importance to Joe Biden. He feels almost, viscerally, this contempt for Trump and for what Trump did to the country,\u201d Osnos tells David Remnick, after a rare private interview at the White House. \u201cAnd let\u2019s remember, he didn\u2019t just try to steal this election\u2014from Biden\u2019s perspective\u2014he tried to steal it from him.\u201d Although Biden once referred to himself as a \u201cbridge\u201d President, he told Osnos that he had never considered stepping aside after one term. His gait has slowed, but Osnos found the President quick to jab at his questions and at \u201cyou guys\u201d in the media, whom he blames for naysaying his campaign. But alongside complacent media coverage, threats to the President\u2019s re\xeblection are many. The war in Gaza has alienated many voters from Biden, especially in Arab American communities, and it resonates even more widely. \u201cWhen Houthi rebels started firing rockets at ships in the Red Sea,\u201d Osnos points out, \u201cit had an immediate effect on global shipping, to the point that it could have, and could yet still, push inflation back up. . . . I know this is the worst clich\xe9 in journalism, but this election has an element that is beyond anything we\u2019ve ever really dealt with before.\u201d