Biden calls Trump's RNC speech 'MAGA extremism'; plans to hit campaign trail next week

Former President Donald Trump's lengthy speech at the Republican National Convention appears to have emboldened President Joe Biden.

In a statement Friday, the president said Trump displayed a "dark vision" for the future of the U.S. as he accepted the Republican nomination for president.

"He focused on his own grievances, with no plan to unite us and no plan to make life better for working people," Biden said.

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The president is recovering from COVID-19, isolating at his home in Delaware. However, he said he is planning to return to the campaign trail next week to "continue exposing the threat of Donald Trump’s Project 2025 agenda while making the case for my own record and the vision that I have for America."

The news of President Biden returning to the campaign trail is sure to frustrate many in his own party. Approximately 30 Congressional Democrats have called for the president to step aside.

However, Biden's campaign has dismissed those calls, saying they are hearing from voters who want the president to stay in the race, adding they are more concerned about the issues than his age.

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In his statement, President Biden said he will contrast his vision for the country with that of Trump's.

"Americans know exactly where he wants to take this country," Biden said. "They know that he inflicted pain and cruelty on the women of America by overturning Roe v Wade. They know that he destroyed our economy once and will inflict pain on the middle class, that he wants to gut the checks and balances of our Constitution and rule as a dictator on day one."

Biden's campaign acknowledged that he is behind in the polls, but insists it sees a path forward.