Except the Lord Almighty comes down and tells me to quit – Biden speaks on U.S. presidential race against Trump.

Embattled U.S. President Joe Biden responded to claims about his fitness to run for president in a new interview, asserting that only divine intervention could make him step aside.

In his first interview since last week’s difficult debate against Donald Trump, the 81-year-old president spoke with ABC’s George Stephanopoulos for 22 minutes. Biden acknowledged having a “bad episode” during the debate, where he stumbled through his sentences and froze on stage, leading to numerous calls for his resignation.

When asked if he watched the debate again, President Biden told Stephanopoulos, “I don’t think I did, no.”

When questioned about stepping down if he wasn’t capable of beating Trump, Biden replied, “It depends on if the Lord Almighty comes down and tells me that. I might do that. If the Lord Almighty said, ‘Joe, get out of the race,’ I’d get out of the race. But the Lord Almighty is not coming down.”

He admitted he could not “run the 100 in 10 flat,” but insisted, “I’m still in good shape.”

“Are you the same man today that you were when you took office three-and-a-half years ago?” Stephanopoulos asked.

“In terms of success, yes. I also was the guy who put together a peace plan for the Middle East that may be coming to fruition,” Biden said, adding that he expanded NATO and grew the economy.

“All the individual things that were done were ideas I had or I fulfilled. I moved on.”