Biden candidacy enters critical weekend as calls mount to quit race

Donors reportedly threaten to stop funding U.S. president's faltering campaign

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U.S. President Joe Biden disembarks from Air Force One in Dover, Delaware, on July 17. © Reuters

KEN MORIYASU, Nikkei Asia diplomatic correspondent

MILWAUKEE, Wisconsin -- U.S. President Joe Biden, recovering from COVID-19 at his beach home in Rehoboth, Delaware, is isolated like never before as calls mount for him to quit the presidential race, according to multiple media reports.

"The next 72 hours are big," broadcaster CNN quoted one Democratic governor as telling aides. "This can't go on much longer."

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