> Leroy N. Soetoro wrote:
>
https://nypost.com/2024/06/30/us-news/disturbing-new-details-emerge-about- > bidens-mental-state-and-the-steps-staffers-go-to-hide-them/
>
> More questions about President Bidens cognitive state are emerging
as a
> new poll showed a jaw-dropping 72% of registered voters do not
believe he
> is mentally fit for the job.
>
> While many Democrats were left flabbergasted and sent into a
tailspin by
> Bidens debate debacle last week, the 81-year-old presidents
cognitive
> slips have been nothing new to his inner circle.
>
> White House aides have been meticulously working behind the scenes
> throughout his presidency to minimize his exposure to situations
where his
> cognitive slip-ups could flare up in public and to adapt the
day-to-day of
> the presidency to the needs of an octogenarian.
>
> The commander-in-chief is seen as prone to absent-minded gaffes and
> fatigue outside of six hours a day between 10 a.m. and 4 p.m.
and
> while traveling abroad, Axios said in a new report.
>
> From shorter stairs when boarding Air Force One to guiding him on
jaunts
> over concerns about his gait and proclivity for appearing lost, his
team
> has reportedly been forced to step up its efforts over time to
shield him
> more and more.
>
> I know many of these people and how the White House operates,
said
> Chandler West, the White Houses former deputy director of
photography
> under Biden, in an Instagram story after the debate, Axios
reported.
>
> They will say he has a cold or just experienced a bad night,
but for
> weeks and months, in private, they have all said what we saw last
night
> Joe is not as strong as he was just a couple of years ago, West
said.
>
> The debate was not the first bad day, and its not gonna be the
last,
> said the ex-administration staffer, who had a first-hand seat to
the
> presidents behavior.
>
> Its time for Joe to go.
>
> The problem is, A true succession plan does not exist, a senior
Dem
> campaign adviser admitted to CNN. Thats what makes all of this
not just
> heartbreaking but very problematic.
>
> The White House has hit back at these characterizations of Bidens
mental
> acuity.
>
> Not only does the President perform around the clock, but he
maintains a
> schedule that tires younger aides, including foreign trips into
active war
> zones, and he proves he has that capacity by delivering tangible
results
> that pundits had declared impossible, White House deputy press
secretary
> Andrew Bates said in a statement.
>
> Bates cited NATO expansion, outmaneuvering China to bring
manufacturing
> home, and out-negotiating Republican officials as they try to
impose
> recession-causing MAGAnomics policies and radical abortion bans as
> evidence that Biden is up to the job.
>
> In addition to his mental issues, the elderly president reportedly
often
> wears orthopedic shoes and has undergone physical therapy to help
combat
> stiffness, the White House physician previously disclosed.
>
> After his hard fall during last years Air Force Academy
commencement
> caused by him tripping over a sandbag onstage, aides have been
careful to
> avert any repeats.
>
> Post-debate footage showed the president being helped off stage
slowly by
> his wife after the 90-minute bout against former President Donald
Trump,
> 78.
>
> A former White House staffer who was tasked with helping to tend to
the
> presidents accommodations in the executive mansion told Axios that
senior
> officials often wouldnt let us do anything for them, suggesting
it is
> to keep Bidens issues on the down-low.
>
> In every administration, there are individuals who would prefer to
spend
> more time with the President and senior officials, Bates said,
crediting
> Biden for achieving historic results for the American people
because of
> his determination, values, and experience.
>
> Press access in Bidens White House has also been remarkably
limited.
>
> Three and a half years into his presidency, Biden has held the
fewest solo
> press conferences of any president since at least the late 1980s
despite
> several raging wars, a migrant border crisis and economic upheaval,
> according to data from the American Presidency Project.
>
> Moreover, he rarely does sit-down interviews with news outlets. One
rare
> interview he gave to Time Magazine that was published earlier this
month
> featured him conflating Chinese President Xi Jinping and Russian
President
> Vladimir Putin, as well as making a series of other factual
blunders.
>
> I have been very critical of the campaign strategy and the White
House
> and their decision to sort of bubble-wrap him in the last year
you cant
> run for president by duck and cover, a former spokesman for the
first
> lady, Michael LaRosa recently vented on Fox News Media Buzz.
>
> Several reporters have alleged that Biden campaign officials have
sought
> to dissuade them from talking with rally attendees who were
questioning
> the wisdom of having him as nominee.
>
> At times, Biden has quipped about his handlers demanding that he
limit his
> own question-and-answer sessions during press sprays. In September,
an
> official was heard telling the press that the conference was over
while
> Biden was rambling on. Staffers appeared to turn on music to signal
the
> end as well.
>
> Behind the scenes, First Lady Jill Biden has reportedly lashed out
at
> aides who failed to cut short pressers where Biden was making
gaffes.
>
> Flashback: WH bristles over cheap fakes
> Clips of Biden rambling in hard-to-follow tangents, making glaring
verbal
> mishaps, appearing to struggle on his way off stage and just
appearing to
> wander around generally have swirled online.
>
> Earlier this month, the White House press team launched a
full-throated
> effort to push back against many of those clips and bashed The
Posts
> reporting on several of them.
>
> Underpinning the White Houses grievances were concerns that the
footage
> was heavily edited and therefore lacked complete context, thereby
painting
> an unfair picture of him as infirm.
>
> They called those clips cheap fakes.
>
> The motivation was obvious. The White House was endeavoring to
disabuse
> the pesky narrative about Bidens age that had long haunted his
> presidency.
>
> Biden put on an energetic performance during his State of the Union
> address (when he stood behind a teleprompter) in March that eased
many
> concerns. The goal was to have him do it again.
>
> Watch Me
> On Thursday, Biden was on the debate stage unfiltered before an
estimated
> 51 million Americans to see.
>
> Biden had long sought to prove his naysayers on age wrong with the
simple
> retort: Watch me. Media pundits and Democrats did just that. And
it left
> them deeply rattled and panicked.
>
> The president was onstage with a raspy voice, which he later
attributed
> that to a cold, and struggled to give coherent answers at times
while
> staring blankly into the cameras at others.
>
> CNN liberal analyst Van Jones appeared to be on the verge of tears
> afterward. He was not alone.
>
> Others felt they had been fooled by the White House and Bidens
allies
> about the exact state of the presidents condition.
>
> This is no longer about Joe Bidens family or his emotions, an
adviser
> in touch with the West Wing fumed to Axios. This is about our
country.
> Its an utter fking disaster that has to be addressed.
>
> There will be a reckoning.
>
> A Democrat insider told Page Six that Bidens Hamptons fundraiser
Saturday
> did little to ease concerns.
>
> It was like he was putting a Band-Aid on a bullet wound, the
Democrat
> veteran said. He did not have a bad debate, he was visibly
unwell.
>
> Unease about his age had long lingered over his presidency, but now
> efforts to obscure it fell apart on national television.
>
> Some Democrats told The Post they believed Bidens inner circle has
fallen
> prey to a certain level of delusion on Biden.
>
> The level of delusion is wild, that Democrat said. I dont know
the
> team around him is seeing what everyone else saw. And they need to
focus
> on getting back on track.
>
> Even beyond the US, some allies who had been rooting for Biden to
prevail
> in the Nov. 5 presidential election seemed concerned. But fears
about his
> mental condition had loomed overseas as well even before the
debate.
>
> He ended the meeting with the same anecdote he started it with, a
source
> familiar told the Financial Times about a recent meeting Biden had
with an
> EU leader, noting that he seemed sharp at first.
>
> Everyones heart sank.
>
> Bidens team had been the one that pitched the debate to Trump in
the
> first place, who promptly accepted it under terms that some of his
allies
> felt were less than favorable, explaining later that he figured the
offer
> came as a ploy to entice him to reject it.
>
> Clean-up duty
>
> Top Dems such as National Committee Chairman Jaime Harrison as well
as
> former Presidents Barack Obama and Bill Clinton have all sought to
nudge
> the party to calm down.
>
> I think its unhelpful, and I think its unnecessary, California
Gov.
> Gavin Newsom vented after the debate to MSNBC regarding
trepidations about
> keeping Biden at the top of the partys ticket.
>
> Former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, 84, and Rep. Jim Clyburn (D-SC),
83,
> did Sunday news interviews seeking to thaw out concerns over Biden.
>
> LaRosa mused on X,Is this a smart surrogate strategy? Sending an
83-year-
> old out on the cable shows today to make the case for the
81-year-old
> candidate?
>
> Clyburn conceded that Bidens debate appearance was a bad
performance
> but chalked it up in part to excessive preparation.
>
> Ive been a part of debate preparation before, and I know when I
see what
> I call preparation overload, Clyburn told CNNs State of the
Union.
>
> Pelosi sought to defend Biden by hitting at Trump.
>
> There are healthcare professionals who think that Trump has
dementia,
> Pelosi contended on State of the Union. His thoughts do not go
> together. Not only that he just lies.
>
> Biden himself acknowledged that he had a rough go of things
Thursday night
> while at a rally in Raleigh, NC, the next day, and privately felt
> humiliated as well as devoid of confidence, NBC reported.
>
> Bleak polling
> Initial polling in the wake of the debate suggests that faith in
Biden has
> been shaken.
>
> A staggering 72% of respondents in a CBS News/YouGov poll said they
dont
> think Biden possesses the mental and cognitive health necessary to
serve
> as president. It was 41% among Democrats.
>
> But as the Biden campaign noted in a recent fundraising note,
enthusiasm
> for an alternative candidate isnt particularly strong, either.
>
> Deputy campaign manager Rob Flaherty cited a survey from Data for
Progress
> that showed Trump beating all the top Democrats but stressed its
finding
> that Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris performed the
strongest.
>
> Biden is expected to be crowned the Democrats presidential
standard
> bearer within the coming weeks virtually ahead of the Democratic
National
> Convention.
>
> Conversation
>
> Anthony Armenio
> 2 days ago
>
> Im one of the 28% of the voters who thinks he should remain on the
> ballot. He impressed me so much in the debates and did far better
than my
> expectations. He was spot on and preformed just as I thought he
would. His
> service to the country isnt over yet and I hope for him to remain
on the
> ballot if only to get Trump back in office.
>
> D D
> 30 June, 2024
>
> It is imperative we find out which non elected person or persons
are
> actually running the country and they are arrested and prosecuted.
> Sundowning syndrome, also known as sundowning, is a group of
symptoms that
> can affect people with dementia or delirium in the late afternoon
or early
> evening and continue into the night.
>
> Common Sense
> 2 days ago
>
> They actually should be tried for Treason , they took over a
country and
> used Federal agencies to take down political opponents .
>
> How is this any different than what we have seen done in the Soviet
Union
> using Pravda for their propaganda ?
>
> NCsportsfan62
> 30 June, 2024
>
> Isn't the bigger question who's actually running the country. I
would
> think everyone should be concerned. His handlers only put him
forward when
> he's off a teleprompter and they can control what he says.
Shouldn't our
> president be in front of the people to answer questions on the so
many
> concerns of our times. His folks shield him and the media provides
cover.
> No one should have been surprised.
>
> ally Mack
> 30 June, 2024
>
> Exactly. Lights are on but no one is home. Its infuriating that
we
> dont know who is actually running the country. They are flat out
lying
> about his condition and calling the republicans liars when theyre
the
> biggest liars of all! Calling video, which we all saw what we saw,
of
> Biden being pulled around by his sleeve at events cheap fakes and
claiming
> he had a cold at the debate. In all seriousness, now that our
adversaries
> know whats going on, its a scary thought to think what might
happen in
> the next 6 months if Biden is not replaced immediately..
>
> G Tso
> 30 June, 2024
>
> The democrats hyped Jan 6th as an insurrection when the actual
> insurrection occurred when the president became an empty suit while
his
> inner circle of unelected bureaucrats were really running the
country.
>
>
> --
> We live in a time where intelligent people are being silenced so
that
> stupid people won't be offended.
>
> Durham Report: The FBI has an integrity problem. It has none.
>
> No collusion - Special Counsel Robert Swan Mueller III, March 2019.
> Officially made Nancy Pelosi a two-time impeachment loser.
>
> Thank you for cleaning up the disaster of the 2008-2017 Obama /
Biden
> fiasco, President Trump.
>
> Under Barack Obama's leadership, the United States of America
became the
> The World According To Garp. Obama sold out heterosexuals for
Hollywood
> queer liberal democrat donors.
>
> President Trump boosted the economy, reduced illegal invasions,
appointed
> dozens of judges and three SCOTUS justices.
Yes we are going
to elect him no doubt about that.
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