Insiders say President Joe Biden has been “seething” privately over disastrous polling results among his staff and is “angry and anxious” about his 2024 re-election efforts.
History comes after Biden didn’t get the typical bump in the polls after his State of the Union address last week — and his approval now sits at a new low of 37.4 percent.
However, reports of the president’s anger date back to January, when aides told him his poll numbers had fallen in key swing states Michigan and Georgia due to his handling of Israel’s war. against Hamas, even though he still believed he had made the choice. good thing.
“He started screaming and swearing,” BNC reports, citing an article that interviewed 20 lawmakers, present and past administration officials and Biden allies.
“President Biden makes national security decisions based solely on the national security needs of the country – without any other factors,” White House spokesman Andrew Bates said in response.
Insiders say President Joe Biden has been “seething” privately over disastrous polling results among his staff and is “angry and anxious” about his 2024 re-election efforts.
Post-State of the Union poll shows President Joe Biden got no boost in hypothetical general election showdown with Donald Trump after his ‘fiery’ speech
However, allies say Biden’s frustrations are mounting, as he questions his travel choices and apparent failure to communicate his agenda to the American people.
His low approval rating is well below that of the last three presidents who failed to win a second term: George HW Bush (39%), Jimmy Carter (43%) and his November opponent, Donald Trump (48%).
Biden, 81, is said to be unhappy with those described as wanting to “minimize the chance of error” and says he is in a cocoon and wants to take his case to the public and antagonize Trump.
The president’s mood toward staff has been described in detail in the past, often yelling at staff and shouting obscenities.
“He’s probably a little angry with himself for not being more forceful with the staff,” said a person close to Biden at the White House, adding that he often gets conflicting advice on how to deal with perception that he is too old to do the job.
Many people interviewed by NBC agreed that Biden simply needs to be clearer about what he has done for the country in his first term, citing clean energy, manufacturing and high-tech infrastructure projects.
“There’s a real story to be told,” said Mary Landrieu, a Biden supporter and former Louisiana senator.
“It’s a winning message that speaks of employment, prosperity and evolution. If this message can be communicated, I think the American people will respond.
The story comes after Biden failed to get the typical surge in polls following his State of the Union address last week – and his approval now sits at a new low of 37.4 percent .
His low approval rating is well below that of the last three presidents who failed to win a second term: George HW Bush (39%), Jimmy Carter (43%) and his November opponent, Donald Trump (48%).
However, some Democrats, like Washington state Congressman Adam Smith, are losing patience.
“Biden stood up in front of the whole world and said, ‘I’m ready. I’m the one who can bring down Donald Trump,” he said.
“Then he better do it.” We don’t have time for him to worry about whether people are saying things correctly or whether the poll numbers are where they should be. I want focused energy, not defensive anger.
However, campaign chairwoman Jen O’Malley Dillon remains confident that once Trump is the clear opponent, Biden can beat him again.
“We know he lost in 2020,” she said. “To win, he has to expand his voter base and find new people to support him. And that’s not something he’s shown he’s really focused on.
Biden and former President Donald Trump both reached their respective parties’ required number of delegates for the 2024 nomination in Tuesday’s primary elections.
That means there will be a rematch between the two geriatricians in November, even though the majority of Americans say they don’t want it.
A Yahoo News/YouGov investigation conducted days after Biden’s speech to a joint session of Congress on Thursday, shows that the current president’s chances against Trump have actually diminished following his fiery remarks.
“Biden stood up in front of the whole world and said, ‘I’m ready. I’m the one who can bring down Donald Trump,” said Rep. Adam Smith. “So he better do it.”
Campaign chairwoman Jen O’Malley Dillon remains confident that once Trump is the clear opponent, Biden can beat him again.
Biden, 81, was impassioned throughout his State of the Union address and took several jabs at his “predecessor” and Republicans in the House. But his age still showed as he coughed, mumbled and stumbled over parts of his speech.
Before his speech, Trump was up 45 to 44 percent against Biden in the poll taken in late January. While the latest data taken between March 8 and 11 is still within the polls’ margin of error and amounts to a statistical tie, Trump is now at 46% to Biden’s 44% in a hypothetical general election.
The same poll shows Biden’s approval rating dropped from 40 percent to 39 percent before and after the speech. His disapproval rose from 56 percent to 55 percent.
But an average of FiveThirtyEight shows that the number of Americans who approve of Biden’s job as president has dropped to a new all-time low of 37.4 percent.
A post-State of the Union Harris puts Biden’s approval at 37 percent and disapproval at 58 percent. But among those who participated in that survey and watched the State of the Union, 13% more approved of Biden’s job as president compared to those who didn’t follow along.
In previous years, State of the Union addresses were a way for presidents to try to please everyone — and there was often a surge in polls associated with these remarks.
For example, Trump’s approval jumped a few percent after his 2019 speech in February of that year.
Before his State of the Union, his approval hovered around 37 percent, according to a Gallup poll. But after those remarks, the same poll showed the then-president jumped to 44 percent.
Another poll taken after Biden’s remarks at a joint session of Congress shows the president’s approval rating at a new low of 37%.
Overall, Biden’s final speech of his first term wasn’t exactly the reset the White House was hoping for, amid low approval and growing criticism of the president’s age and fitness for office its functions.
Fifty-one percent of those who watched the State of the Union say Biden looked 81, according to the YouGov poll. 24% said he looked “older” than expected. Only 17 percent say it’s “not that old.”
Most polls over the past year show Americans don’t want Biden and Trump, 77, as two options in the 2024 presidential election.
But after Tuesday’s primary elections in Georgia, Mississippi and Washington state, this is exactly the general election ballot that will be presented to Americans next November.