According to a report, President Biden still regrets dropping out of the 2024 presidential campaign last summer after increasing pressure from Democrats to step down.

The president recently told people that he still believes he could have beaten Trump in the November election, despite his poor performance in the June debate and his low approval ratings that forced him to abandon the race. said the Washington Post, citing people familiar with the election.

After the June 27 debate, a growing number of Democrats called for him to drop out any day so someone else could run in his place.

Last summer, the president also saw much of his funding dry up as donors began to doubt his chances of beating Trump.

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President Biden speaks at the 2024 White House Tribal Nations Summit at the Department of the Interior in Washington, DC, on December 9 (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, File)

Biden left the race on July 21 and endorsed Vice President Kamala Harris, who had just over three months to campaign before the election.

Trump beat Harris by 2.2 million votes.

Biden was careful not to blame Harris while insisting to aides that he could have won, the Post reported.

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President-elect Trump beat Vice President Kamala Harris by 2.2 million votes. (Saul Loeb/AFP via Getty Images)

Even when he dropped out, Biden still believed he could beat Trump — whom he defeated in his first term in 2020, according to the New York Times in September.

Rep. James Clyburn, D-C.C., may disagree.

Clyburn, who met with Biden earlier this year, told the Post he told the president, “Your style is not a good fit for the environment we’re in right now,” referring to style versus substance.

Biden’s national security adviser Jake Sullivan told the Post: “How to govern in this moment to prepare the U.S. for long-term success is one answer, and how to govern to deal with midterm and presidential elections in the very short term could be an answer.” Another answer: The president did the things that really put America in a strong position.

Biden has been careful not to blame Harris while insisting to his advisers that he could have won. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

Biden also acknowledged, among other mistakes – including his performance in the debate – that he regretted choosing Merrick Garland for attorney general, the Post reported.

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Convinced by aides that Garland would be a consensus, Biden said privately that he thought Garland had moved too slowly in prosecuting Trump, while claiming his son Hunter had been prosecuted too aggressively.

Fox News Digital has reached out to the White House for comment.