U.S. President Joe Biden warned that democracy and individual freedoms in the United States are "at stake" following his predecessor Donald Trump's victory in the New Hampshire Republican primary. In a statement issued shortly after his Republican opponent's win, the Democratic president, who is seeking a second term, said, "It is now clear that Donald Trump will be the Republican nominee." He added, "My message to the country is that the stakes could not be higher. Our democracy, our individual freedoms. Our economy. All of it is at stake."