President Joe Biden on Wednesday canceled the final overseas trip of his presidency just hours before he was set to depart for Rome and the Vatican, choosing to remain in Washington to monitor the response to devastating fires raging in California.

President Joe Biden on Wednesday met his first great-grandchild — and then pledged full aid to California firefighters battling a series of disastrous wildfires just miles to the west. The back-to-back trips to Cedars-Sinai Medical Center and a Santa Monica fire hall were unscheduled detours on one of final trips of Biden’s presidency.

In one of his final interviews as president, Joe Biden offered up an unlikely alternative history that, yes, he could have beaten Donald Trump again.

US President Joe Biden has said he thinks he would have defeated Donald Trump and won re-election in November. Speaking to USA Today in an exclusive interview, Biden did however add that he was unsure if he would have had the stamina to carry out another four-year term.

Joe Biden, who will leave the White House office on January 20, said in an exit interview the Donald Trump had once gave him a compliment about his about his economic record during their private meeting.