Joe Biden had an interesting weekend, which left quite a few questions on the table regarding his mental health and ability to do his job for the next four months.
Biden blanked on who he was supposed to introduce at an event, then snapped at staffers, leaving everyone at the event speechless.
Talking Points…
- Biden snaps
- Jill running cabinet meeting
- Analysis
This weekend, Joe Biden moved a Big Four meeting to Delaware so that he would not have to miss his weekend at the beach. Biden hosted the leaders of Japan, India, and Australia. Before the event, the White House had already stated that press coverage would be minimalized. However, the media was present for one ceremony, and it did not work out well for Joe Biden.
With Joe Biden leaving the election and turning over the nomination to Kamala Harris, many of his staffers that would usually handle Biden during an event such as this have moved on, and it was noticeable. Biden was supposed to introduce India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi, but Joe had completely forgotten who he was supposed to introduce. Biden lost it, stating:
"I want to thank you all for being here. Now, who am I introducing next?"
"Who's next?"
Here is the video of what took place…
Conservatives jumped all over this, noting that Biden is clearly not in control. Political commentator Gunther Eagleman pounced, stating:
"We really don't have a president. Biden completely FORGOT he was at a press conference with the Prime Minister of India.
"The entire world is laughing at us. This guy is COOKED."
Before that event, people were already asking a lot of questions because of the events that took place during Joe Biden's first Cabinet meeting in roughly 11 months. Biden spoke very briefly, then handed the meeting off to First Lady Jill Biden. Biden spoke for less than three minutes before stating, "It's all yours, kid," then Jill proceeded to take over the Cabinet meeting. We should also note that it was Jill seated at the head of the table, as well as having her signature on the briefing book with Joe's that was given to all staffers.
Again, conservatives pounced all over this, with multiple people comparing Jill to Edith Wilson, who more or less ran the office after President Woodrow Wilson suffered a stroke while in office, leaving him incapacitated. I want to say something like that would never happen today, but we can see it clearly is happening with Joe Biden. Steve Cortes, a former adviser to President Trump, also commented, stating:
"Wow. A visibly exhausted Joe Biden just held a full Cabinet meeting for the first time in 11 months and immediately turned the mic over to his wife, Jill.
"Who is running the country?"
This is clearly a problem, but the media and half of this country are acting normally. There is simply no way that Joe Biden is calling the shots right now. I firmly believe that the truth will come out at some point, but that will not be until Biden leaves office and staffers feel safe talking. If Harris wins the election, it would probably delay the truth coming out because she is likely to use quite a few people from this administration to staff hers. And let's be honest here… If Harris wins, the same people calling the shots with Biden in office will likely be calling the shots with Harris in office.
