President Biden and Secretary of State Antony Blinken just gave the equivalent of exit interviews to, respectively, USA Today and the New York Times. The most striking about the interviews was how the two men unintentionally highlighted opportunities they missed that might have averted November’s Democratic debacle and brought a close to the Gaza War.

USA Today’s Susan Page asked Biden, “Do you believe you could have won in November?” He answered, “It's presumptuous to say that, but I think yes, based on the polling” — a response that Democratic strategist David Axelrod called “nuts.”

Page’s next question — “Do you think you would’ve had the vigor to serve another four years in office?” — elicited an extraordinary admission from the president. “Who the hell knows? So far, so good,” Biden said. “But who knows what I’m going to be when I’m 86 years old.”

When Biden announced his reelection bid in 2023 at age 80, he said nothing like that. His mantra in 2023 was, “It’s legitimate for people to raise issues about my........

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