Biden, 81, accuses the press of IGNORING five polls where he is beating Trump as he rejects claims his approval ratings are historically bad just two days before his State of the Union

President Joe Biden on Tuesday chastized reporters for not reporting on polls he's winning but only looking at the New York Times' numbers, which has Donald Trump leading by four points.

'The last five polls you guys didn't report I’m winning. Five. Five in a row. You guys only look at the New York Times,' Biden told reporters as he made his way back to the White House from Camp David. 

But it's unclear what five polls the president was referring to. 

Both RealClearPolitics' polling average and Five Thirty-Eight's polling average show Trump leading Biden in the majority of the recent national polls on the 2024 presidential race. However a combination of polls in indivual states, mixed in with national polls, paints a better picture for the president.

Biden's defense comes after a new New York Times/Siena College poll released Saturday has Trump leading Biden 48% to 44%. A recent poll from CBS News had Trump leading Biden 52% to 48%. Biden did lead in a Morning Consult poll but by one point: 44% to 43%.

Trump has not wrapped up the Republican presidential election but it is increasingly apparent he will be Biden's opponent in November. The former president is expected to sweep the GOP primary contests being held on Super Tuesday, giving him a huge advantage in delegates. 

The New York Times/Siena poll this weekend had other bad news for Biden.

The number of those who strongly disapprove of Biden's handling of the presidency has reached 47 percent, which is the highest it has ever been in any poll the news outlet has conducted.

Twice as many voter believe his policies have hurt them personally compared to those who think they have helped them. 

Around 45 percent of registered voters said they would vote for Trump while just 43 percent would cast their ballot for the current president, according to a new poll by The New York Times and Siena College

President Joe Biden speaks to reporters on his way back from Camp David, where he was working on his State of the Union address, to the White House

Biden has minimal opposition in the Democratic primary but the poll, conducted in February, has revealed there is division amongst Democrats about him leading the party again.

There is a split between those who think he should not be the 2024 nominee and those who do with many younger voters wanting a new generation of leadership.

The majority in the poll also revealed they think the economy is in poor condition under Biden. 

The competition is heading up between Biden and Trump as each man gets closer to being his party's official nominee. 

Neither Trump nor Biden will be able to formally clinch their party’s nominations on Super Tuesday. The earliest either can become his party’s presumptive nominee is March 12 for Trump and March 19 for Biden. 

But the race has gotten started. 

In fact, Biden plans to taunt Trump every day in an attempt to rattle his rival for the 2024 race.

The aggressive new campaign strategy is part of Biden's plan to go for Trump's jugular in the belief that goading the former president will result in him going 'haywire in public,' Axios reported.

President Joe Biden admonished reporters for their questions on his poll numbers

Donald Trump is coming close to wrapping up the Republican presidential nomination

Biden has ratcheted up the tough talk against Trump in the past few months, calling him a 'loser,' comparing him to President Herbert Hoover, and mocking his memory.  And Jill Biden attacked Trump repeatedly on her 'Women for Biden tour,' where she ripped into him for 'mocking women's bodies.'

The attacks could have an side benefit in addition to the hope of rattling Trump's cage: they could make Biden, 81, seem younger and feistier as he faces questions from voters about his age.  

Biden has made his feelings clear about Trump in private.  He refers to the former president as a 'sick f***' in conversations behind closed doors with his close aides and longtime friends, according to reports.

And his aggressive new strategy has already been slowly seeping into the public. 

In the past two months, as Trump has come closer to sewing up the Republican presidential nomination, Biden has gotten more vocal in his criticism of the former president.

While Biden has long called Trump a 'threat to democracy' - citing the former president's actions during the January 6th insurrection - last month he indicated he's considered punching his Republican rival and noted he has to 'hold his Irish temper' around him.

The fighting words came as Biden talked about Trump's reported comments that fallen American soldiers were 'suckers' and 'losers,' growing angry as he brought up his late son Beau, who served in the Delaware National Guard in Iraq, before he died in 2015.

'I have to hold my Irish temper. I'm glad I wasn't with him. I'm not sure what I would've done. He said they're all suckers and losers,' Biden said of Trump during an event in Nevada.

Trump is known to have a fiery temper of his own and can quickly pivot to focusing on his own issues instead of riling up his supporters.  At times, during campaign events, he'll slip into a rant about the various legal cases against him.

The first glimpse of this new strategy could come on Thursday night, when Biden gives his annual State of the Union speech to the nation.

In his remarks, Biden will attack Trump and the 'MAGA Republicans,' all while asking voters whose side they want to be on.

The prime time address will give Biden a massive platform before the country, just two days after Trump will speak at Mar-a-Lago following the GOP nominating contests on Tuesday.