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Biden staffers lift the lid on president’s cognitive decline as 82-year-old is accused of unforgivable lapse

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Everyone from Mike Johnson to members of Joe Biden's own staff is commenting on the 82-year-old president's decline in the final days of his presidency.

Everyone from Mike Johnson to members of Joe Biden’s own staff is commenting on the 82-year-old president’s notable decline in the final days of his presidency.

Biden, the oldest president in US history, had to abandon his re-election bid after a June debate disaster in which he appeared weak and his mental faculties were called into question.

As he leaves office on Monday, more and more people are starting to talk about how much agency the president had as he is about to retire dejected after one term.

Johnson, who will retain his job as House speaker, said Biden disconcertingly told him in a January 2024 meeting that he “didn’t do” an executive order he had signed months earlier.

The order, announced on January 26 and still available in the White House websiteput a temporary pause on pending approvals for liquefied natural gas exports.

Johnson told The Free Press that he asked Biden: ‘Sir, why did you suspend LNG exports to Europe? Our allies have a great demand for liquefied natural gas. Why would you do that?

Biden was surprised and said no, leaving Johnson stunned.

“He didn’t really know what he had signed and I left that meeting with fear and hatred because I thought, ‘We’re in serious trouble, who’s running the country?’ I mean, I don’t know who put the paper in front of him, but he didn’t know.

Everyone from Mike Johnson to members of Joe Biden’s own staff is commenting on the 82-year-old president’s decline in the final days of his presidency.

Johnson, who will keep his job as House speaker, said Biden told him in a January 2024 meeting that

Johnson, who will keep his job as House speaker, said Biden told him in a January 2024 meeting that he “didn’t do” an executive order he had signed months earlier.

Johnson’s comments follow a New York Times exposé quoting more than two dozen Biden allies, from aides to fellow lawmakers and donors, on how they planned to ‘manage his decline.’

Biden’s advisers would reschedule meetings to fit the president’s mood and delay sharing negative information with him until they could figure out how to spin it to his liking.

He was also often surrounded by staff while walking to the South Lawn to catch the presidential helicopter so as not to appear frail on camera.

Perhaps most surprising was that Biden had to use a teleprompter for small fundraisers in private homes, while donors were forced to submit questions before he spoke.

They also shortened the president’s ladder to board Air Force One to prevent Biden from stumbling on camera.

Meanwhile, they became publicly angry at any member of the press who suggested Biden was inconsistent.

Those who helped the president best were said to be first lady Jill Biden, her troubled son Hunter Biden, strategist Mike Donilon, adviser Steve Ricchetti, deputy chief of staff Annie Tomasini and Jill Biden’s top aide Anthony Bernal.

The half-dozen trusted confidants managed Biden’s schedule so that no one could see too much of the president’s biggest moments.

Johnson's comments follow a New York Times exposé that quotes more than two dozen Biden allies, from aides to fellow lawmakers and donors, on how they planned

Johnson’s comments follow a New York Times exposé quoting more than two dozen Biden allies, from aides to fellow lawmakers and donors, on how they planned to “manage his decline.”

Biden was fully aware of the perception and rejected an orthopedic boot when he fractured his foot four years ago, causing a permanent gait when he walked.

Despite all evidence to the contrary, Biden has remained defiant in his final days.

the president he told USA Today who would have won re-election in a rematch against Donald Trump.

Biden, 82, acknowledged that his age was a problem, and even admitted that he is not so sure how the four years would go after he won this hypothetical second term.

“So far, so good,” he said. ‘But who knows what I’ll be when I’m 86?’

In late July, Biden reluctantly ended his re-election bid and endorsed his second nominee to lead Democrats over the finish line in November.

But Harris, who has never won a primary election, failed to gain support and lost in historic fashion to Trump, including in all seven swing states.

Biden said in his exit interview about his only term as president that if he had stayed in the race, he likely would have beaten Trump again.

“It’s presumptuous to say that, but I think so,” Biden said, citing polls he reviewed.

Biden once bizarrely said that both he and Kamala Harris could have beaten Trump

Biden once bizarrely said that both he and Kamala Harris could have beaten Trump

However, when asked if he had the stamina to remain in office for another four years, he was less confident.

“I don’t know,” he replied. ‘Who the hell knows?’

Days later, he bizarrely repeated that both he and Kamala Harris could have beaten Trump.

“I think I would have beaten Trump, I could have beaten Trump,” he said, days before Trump returns to power. ‘And I think Kamala could have beaten Trump, she would have beaten Trump. “It wasn’t about… I thought it was important to unify the party,” he said.

He did not specify why, if Harris could have defeated Trump, she did not actually emerge victorious. But he did admit that he feared a divided party could lose if he remained.

The party fractured after the disaster of the July debate over whether it could prevail while facing record approval numbers.

“I thought I could win again, I thought it was better to unify the party, and it was the greatest honor of my life to be president of the United States, but I didn’t want to be one of those who caused a party that was not unified.” lose an election,” he said. ‘That’s why I stepped aside. But I was sure she could win.’

As it turned out, Trump beat Harris in all seven swing states and won the popular vote, as he reminded a New York judge Friday on the day he was sentenced on 34 felony counts in his support money case. his silence.

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