REHOBOTH BEACH, Delaware/MILWAUKEE — President Joe Biden was "soul searching" about dropping his Democratic reelection campaign, a source said, while Donald Trump prepared to accept the Republican presidential nomination in what aides said would be an unusually reflective speech.

The fortunes of the two candidates appeared to be on opposite trajectories on Thursday in the run-up to the Nov 5 election.

Biden, 81, was isolating at his Delaware home after contracting Covid-19, while facing a growing revolt from Democrats who urged him to step aside to avert a landslide defeat. His doctor said he was experiencing mild symptoms.

Trump, 78, has basked all week in adulation at the Republican National convention in Milwaukee after surviving a weekend assassination attempt at a Pennsylvania rally.

For the fourth consecutive night, Trump made a grand entrance into the arena during the programme, still wearing a bandage over the ear that was wounded on Saturday and drawing huge applause.

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