Biden's latest attempt to convince everyone he has what it takes to stay in the race will air at 6:30 PM Eastern / 3:30 PM Pacific.
More on where and how to watch here:
https://apnews.com/article/how-to-watch-biden-press-conference-a70590e7574fc9680229b6b6289f6a02
My expectation is that it will be on all the usual sources. CNN, MSNBC, etc. etc. with in depth coverage on the talking head shows later tonight.
Edit Conference is running 20+ 50+ minutes late after already being pushed back 1 hour from 5:30 to 6:30.
Not sure if that's good news or bad news.
Here we go! 58 minutes late, but he's on a roll talking about NATO.
Oh, snap! Reminding everyone that Article 5 has only been used once... 9/11.
Speech ran less than 10 minutes, but was a strong speech, now the questions.
Fumbles on the first answer, calling out "Vice President Trump". :(
Ended after almost an hour with one final question on "Vice President Trump" - Biden's answer "Listen to him." End conference.
Overall, I'm pretty happy with how it went!
191 Comments
KevonLooney@lemm.ee · 48 pts · 2y
Lol
"I've been to 20 events since the debate. What's trump doing? Riding around in his golf cart. Filling out a scorecard before he hits the ball."
p5yk0t1km1r4ge@lemmy.world · 17 pts · 2y
ALSO: wit is a good sign of stable, sharp minds. It was a good comment for him to make.
KevonLooney@lemm.ee · 19 pts · 2y
Honestly that line was probably written by a speech writer beforehand, but it shows he can remember it and deliver it with good timing. It was pretty good.
jordanlund@lemmy.world · 9 pts · 2y
He's run that line multiple times since the debate and had a variation on it in the debate.
BackOnMyBS@lemmy.autism.place · -1 pts · 2y
I'm not happy with our current standards for President.
p5yk0t1km1r4ge@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 2y
Sneaky humor is the best humor, especially when it's rooted in fact
cabron_offsets@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 2y
WoahWoah@lemmy.world · 32 pts · 2y
Vice president Trump. Lol
return2ozma@lemmy.world · 21 pts · 2y
cabron_offsets@lemmy.world · 12 pts · 2y
jordanlund@lemmy.world · 9 pts · 2y
Ever read Transmetropolitan?
The Beast vs. the Smiler.
anticurrent@sh.itjust.works · 3 pts · 2y
Is this the Only Trump in Village ?
givesomefucks@lemmy.world · 8 pts · 2y
Like three times, and then said he'd beat Trump a second later...
I don't think he realized.
Nightwingdragon@lemmy.world · 15 pts · 2y
givesomefucks@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 2y
Dude.
It's sad that this is the standard we're holding Biden too...
You know what a momma cat does when it can't feed all the kittens? It carries the runt off and abandons it
The Republican party is the runt, we can't save both and the Dem party has the best chance of surviving.
Why waste valuable time and effort calling on trump to step down? He's literally never going to do it and there's zero chance republicans go against him
phdepressed@sh.itjust.works · 13 pts · 2y
Because the average voter is an idiot and only hearing the Biden dementia stuff makes them more likely to vote for the orange fascist because they haven't heard nor care about project 2025 and don't remember their basic elementary school history lessons.
doubletwist@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 2y
Except that's been the whole point of this exercise from day one!
The voters on the right have proven that they have NO standards that a candidate needs to live up to, while the voters on the left are the ones who are screaming "we need to have high standards for the people who are going to run the country"
Until recently, while the left would have preferred an even better candidate, Biden at least just barely fell above the seemingly minimum bar, especially when compared against Trump. But now Biden seems to have fallen right to the cusp of where the voters who still have standards are wondering if he's fallen below them, and if there's might be a better option, both from the standpoint of meeting their standards, and the standpoint of actually being able to win against Trump, who MUST lose for our nation to avoid disaster.
FuglyDuck@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 2y
Trump already fails even lower standards. In fact, I can't think of any serious standard that Trump doesn't fail.
"don't be a jackass" Fail.
"don't be a fascist." double fail.
"Be human." Tripple fail.
"don't be a rapist". fail-tacular.
"Don't be a child rapist"... Failing-spree.
In any case, I think a lot of people are afraid of trump winning- and with very good cause, so Biden has a lot of scrutiny. "I beat him before" doesn't really hold water. he squeaked that under the wire in four states, any 3 of which flipping would have given it to trump. (PA, AZ, GA, CO,) and plenty of others were pretty damn close, too. Trump has had 4 years to improve his image and energize his base. Biden is less popular than he was in 2020. Anyone whose not worried is gonna have a rude awakening, I think.
ryathal@sh.itjust.works · 2 pts · 2y
If you have no intention of ever supporting Trump, it doesn't matter what he does. It would be nice if the not Trump option wasn't so similar in age and mental capacity.
RampantParanoia2365@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 2y
Oh please, he will always have a dump truck more mental capacity than Trump.
jhymesba@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 2y
He's been a gaffe machine his entire life. I don't think that's a sign of an old, decrepit mind, but the sign that the same Biden who referred to his running mate in 2008 as "Barack America" and his running mate's opponent as "George" (rather than John McCain) is running for President in 2024. I think I like his answer. "You can either watch what I say during a high-pressure interview for 90 minutes, or you can watch what I did for 3.5 years with a staunch opposition throwing out the road blocks every chance they got. But if you vote against me, you get Project 2025. You might want to look that up before you cast your vote."
jordanlund@lemmy.world · 31 pts · 2y
I really want to see Biden as the last man standing... let the conference run 3 hours.
"C'mon, man! Ask me your questions! Ohhhh are you all getting 'too tired'? Do you need to go home for naps?"
gravitas_deficiency@sh.itjust.works · 17 pts · 2y
TropicalDingdong@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 2y
Nightwingdragon@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 2y
Lost_My_Mind@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 2y
Friendly reminder that WWE once ran a wrestling match, trump vs rosie o donnell. They were impersonators, but still. They actually promoted that match on their flagship show.
They also ran a long storyline leading to their version of the superbowl (wrestlemania), where trump picks a guy, and the owner of the wwe (at the time) picks a guy, and whoevers guy loses, they shave the head of the one who bet on him. It's a predetermined show, so the owner of the wwe got his head shaved. Whats funny is, the guy they picked for trump was a big black guy. The big black guy wins, the owner of the wwe gets his head shaved, and then shows up a few days later on a secondary show wearing a durag, passes Booker T (a different black guy) in the hallway, and proceeds to say "What's up, my --------???"
The word I'm censoring is a derogitory term, that's very racist, and it was just said by the white owner of the wwe to his black employee. On TV. On purpose. As written in the script. The same script that the owner of the wwe wrote himself. Nobody forced him to do this. This was his own idea, and done because he thought it was good tv.
Anyways, Vince McMahon is now being taken to court by the government AGAIN (happened in 1993 for completely different reasons). This time it's because he's had a 20+ year history of human trafficing women, who were his employees.
......I really don't even remember what the point is anymore, other than you reminding me what a piece of shit Vince McMahon is. He's always been a piece of shit, and the wwe will always be tainted for me now.
jordanlund@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 2y
I always assumed the whole "Vince McMahon owns the WWE" was a bit because I only ever knew him as the ring announcer.
I was like "Wait... THAT Vince McMahon?"
Turned out, the ring announcer thing was the bit.
Lost_My_Mind@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 2y
Watamanuever!!! THIS IS.......THE XFL!!!!!
AbidanYre@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 2y
That's a recipe for a broken hip
very_well_lost@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 2y
Lost_My_Mind@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 2y
Just climbing to the top rope would be that reciepe.
SatansMaggotyCumFart@lemmy.world · 10 pts · 2y
Why do they have to make everything a battle royale these days?
Next thing you know it'll be open world too.
billiam0202@lemmy.world · 12 pts · 2y
Goddamn fetch quests have already been added.
"To get your bodily autonomy and reproductive freedom, you first must travel 300 miles..."
SatansMaggotyCumFart@lemmy.world · 7 pts · 2y
Don't get me started on the escort missions.
Oh wait that was the last administration.
Semi_Hemi_Demigod@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 2y
I would walk 300 miles and I would walk 300 more
Just to get the rights the were denied to me by the shitty Supreme Court
MegaUltraChicken@lemmy.world · 7 pts · 2y
I think extraction shooter is up next unfortunately.
5wim@slrpnk.net · 6 pts · 2y
Extract to where, tho
maynarkh@feddit.nl · 6 pts · 2y
Death Road to Canada
5wim@slrpnk.net · 5 pts · 2y
These free-to-play are always pay-to- win
mozz@mbin.grits.dev · 5 pts · 2y
Super immersive
You don’t even need hardware
HomerianSymphony@lemmy.world · 0 pts · 2y
That’s not a good idea. His bedtime is 8.
Suavevillain@lemmy.world · 30 pts · 2y
This is the guy that stands between whatever this status quo is and the Trump brand of fascists. We're cooked.
FuglyDuck@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 2y
Medium rare, or shoe leather with a side of ketchup?
Nightwingdragon@lemmy.world · 25 pts · 2y
lennybird@lemmy.world · 9 pts · 2y
As someone who is in the camp of calling for Biden to step down, if he would've just done this during the debate, we wouldn't have ever had a problem. Sure, he stumbled and mixed names up... Whatever. George W Bush did far worse, let alone Trump. But that debate performance? That looked closer to outright dementia, I'm sorry. And now in the back of everyone's minds is when is the inevitable next time he does this? For he certainly isn't getting any younger, and that sure as shit wasn't a cold. Meanwhile the apathetic battleground swing-voters who will decide this election and hate both candidates just got the confirmation they needed to say, "both sides / they're all the same."
Anti_Iridium@lemmy.world · 0 pts · 2y
"Closer to outright dementia"
Yeah ok Doc
lennybird@lemmy.world · 0 pts · 2y
Oh please... I don't have to be a fucking doctor to have that perception while also having gone through several of these cases with grandparents and Great-grandparents alike. Like... Are ya blind? Show me Obama doing something like that on the debate stage. Hell even show me 2012 Biden doing that.
What a weak cop-out...
Anti_Iridium@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 2y
Dementia vs old age
I had grandparents too my dude. I'm also not going to argue that he is old, unlike Obama who was 51 at the time, or Like when Biden was 70 in 2012.
Dementia ≠ being old
lennybird@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 2y
Okay sure I'll cede that. For your part can you go back and read that I wrote, "closer to dementia-like"? Old age, dementia... Whether it truly was dementia or not skirts bottom-line that there is no good excuse for that. The problem is Trump is old but was far more coherent (and simply his usual pathologically-lying self).
Anti_Iridium@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 2y
≠
lennybird@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 2y
I edited incorrectly. Regardless, changes absolutely nothing substantively. "looked closer to" versus "dementia-like". Both imply the same notion.
return2ozma@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 2y
It's already trending on Twitter. The constant throat clearing is a little much. He talks too low also.
lennybird@lemmy.world · -1 pts · 2y
A board-certified neurologist stated on NBC the other night that "it is a fact that he has Parkinson's" based on a variety of his behaviors, the slow and low-toned voice being one indicator of many.
KairuByte@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 7 pts · 2y
If only every doctor could diagnose from a short video. 🙄
lennybird@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 2y
Yeah certainly not kosher to diagnose remotely short of physically visiting with patient or reading their file; but I do suspect it can be pretty obvious for an expert to see whose symptoms are (a) largely on public display, and (b) said behaviors are pretty unique to Parkinson's. But nevertheless, he's the expert not me. Seems pretty obvious to me that Biden is certainly declining.
TropicalDingdong@lemmy.world · 19 pts · 2y
Throwing out some options:
If he says "jack" you gotta take a shot of whiskey.
If he says "bud" or "bub" you gotta do a hot knife or bong rip.
If he says "malarkey", you need to crack a beer and start drinking; you can't stop till he says "listen here".
If he pauses for longer than 5 seconds, you have to hold your breath; you can't breath again until he finishes a complete sentence.
If he yells at a reporter, throw your shoe at the screen.
If he has to get pulled off stage, throw your screen (device, whatever), out of the nearest window.
If he complains or whines, pour a glass of wine and start drinking. Don't stop until he says "C'mon".
Nightwingdragon@lemmy.world · 17 pts · 2y
Lost_My_Mind@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 2y
Well now you make it sound enticing!
Nightwingdragon@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 2y
MegaUltraChicken@lemmy.world · 10 pts · 2y
Deal. Boarding in about an hour. This flight sure is going to be interesting.
dhork@lemmy.world · 10 pts · 2y
I hope you're not the pilot
MegaUltraChicken@lemmy.world · 9 pts · 2y
TropicalDingdong@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 2y
CaliforniaSober@lemmy.ca · 3 pts · 2y
This is like taking a shot every time they say “man animal” in battlefield earth…
A death sentence…
Lost_My_Mind@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 2y
OH MY GOD!!!! I CAN'T BELIEVE YOU SAID THAT.......and also......WHAT IS THAT???
TropicalDingdong@lemmy.world · -1 pts · 2y
https://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=hot%20knife
PugJesus@lemmy.world · 19 pts · 2y
He did alright. Alright isn't enough. He needed a homerun to unfuck this, and he hit a single. I think from here on out, Biden is a detriment to the party ticket. If he stays in, our fight becomes much harder.
TropicalDingdong@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 2y
I would have agreed with that analogy up until that last question. He seems to have this thing about not knowing when to quit..
CharlesDarwin@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 2y
I'm not even sure he got walked to first base.
TransplantedSconie@lemm.ee · 18 pts · 2y
Jesus, Joe. That last statement you gave the Republicans the sound bite for the ages:
"Listen to him."
Fucking dumbass. Dumb dumb dumb dumb.
HomerianSymphony@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 2y
He meant “If you think I sound incoherent sometimes, you should listen to how bad he (Trump) sounds.”
immutable@lemm.ee · 3 pts · 2y
He could have just walked off stage.
But he couldn’t help himself, just one more, and what a whopper of a sound bite.
It’s almost like there’s a lesson in here about Joe Biden not knowing when to quit.
p5yk0t1km1r4ge@lemmy.world · 17 pts · 2y
...did he just confuse Kamela for Trump?
TropicalDingdong@lemmy.world · 16 pts · 2y
This is like, actually the worst answer he's given in the conference. Like, dude, you are polling in the 30s. Don't bring up the polling if you are trying to make your case. Whatever you do pretend the polling doesn't exist.
Bruh. Everyones saying that. Fuck he fumbled ENTIRELY on the final question. That went from minor win/ good to.. fucking disaster in that last minute.
return2ozma@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 2y
Yeah that was bad
TropicalDingdong@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 2y
Yeah I had it as a slight win even with the first couple major gaffes.
It doesn't matter that he had several good, if spoken slowly, cogent answers on Ukraine, Europe, defensive production and budget, etc..
That last question: "Talk to him" and "The campaign hasn't started".
Bruh.
BRUH
That puts more weight on the first few gaffes. Like jesus christ dude just take the fucking W and walk off the god damned stage.
Squiddly@lemmy.world · 16 pts · 2y
Together with VP Trump we'll defeat former republican president Kamala!
pjwestin@lemmy.world · 16 pts · 2y
Well, that started very bad, got a bit better in the middle, and then fell apart at the end. What I'm worried about is that he did just well enough to convince himself not to drop out. I doubt anyone feels much better after that though.
Rapidcreek@lemmy.world · 15 pts · 2y
The problem is what is the criteria of success? Not even a good cogent group of answers will be enough for some people.
finley@lemm.ee · 9 pts · 2y
givesomefucks@lemmy.world · 13 pts · 2y
So there's a premade list of who gets to ask a question?
Also. Joe's all jacked up on mountain dew and just fucking said trump is his vice president....
jordanlund@lemmy.world · 12 pts · 2y
Yeah, otherwise you'd have a room full of reporters yelling "Mr. President! Mr. President!"
givesomefucks@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 2y
Have em line up like comic con.
anticurrent@sh.itjust.works · 2 pts · 2y
What's the thing with mountain Dew ? Can I use that for ADHD ?
givesomefucks@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 2y
It's a joke from the Will Ferrell Nascar movie
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RLe09qoyPP8
Basically just means someone is very energetic and it doesn't seem natural. Not sure how much it caught on, but in the military we used it as a euphemism for being fucked up that maintained plausible deniability if someone overheard.
pjwestin@lemmy.world · 13 pts · 2y
Oh dear...
pjwestin@lemmy.world · 9 pts · 2y
OH DEAR.
TropicalDingdong@lemmy.world · 7 pts · 2y
OH DEAR!!!!
pjwestin@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 2y
Third one is going...OK.
the_post_of_tom_joad@sh.itjust.works · 4 pts · 2y
Rapidcreek@lemmy.world · 12 pts · 2y
If only his speech were one-tenth as good as his deeds.
His inability to communicate obscures his accomplishments.
xenoclast@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 2y
TropicalDingdong@lemmy.world · 10 pts · 2y
Well that was fun. Every body stand up and stay standing for at least 5 minutes.
Walk around the house, go to the yard, whatever; get your heart pumping blood.
It will be time to return to our regular doom posting shortly, but in the mean time, look out for yourselves kings and queens: Its your health that matters.
AlligatorBlizzard@sh.itjust.works · 6 pts · 2y
I missed it, I was busy mowing the yard. That might have been the right choice, lol.
return2ozma@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 2y
Buddy, my mental and physical health already went out the window a long time ago. This is America!
TropicalDingdong@lemmy.world · 10 pts · 2y
Nope. This is an order soldier. One lap around the block. We've got months of shit posting and doom scrolling we've still got to get through. I need you in shape for that.
jordanlund@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 2y
Best I can do is go get the mail. BRB! ;)
return2ozma@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 2y
I'm tired.
Phegan@lemmy.world · 9 pts · 2y
jordanlund@lemmy.world · 9 pts · 2y
The #1 thing I was looking for is Biden's face when someone is talking to him.
During the debate and the interview with Stephanopoulos, he had this vacant, slack jawed look like he didn't know where he was or what was going on.
So far, he has completely avoided that. He looks active and engaged.
pjwestin@lemmy.world · 17 pts · 2y
Not a great sign that this praise sounds like the doctor's notes from my toddler's last check-up.
givesomefucks@lemmy.world · 10 pts · 2y
It's just so fucking surreal that people keep trying to say this is ok...
TrickDacy@lemmy.world · -1 pts · 2y
It's also fucking surreal that so many people think they know everything.
givesomefucks@lemmy.world · 0 pts · 2y
Yep. Like when Biden ordered every federal agency back to the office
For pretty much no reason. He just thought he knew better than every agency head and apparently this was what he wanted to actually put effort behind.
It's weird, one of the few things he really did on his own, and it never gets brought up
TrickDacy@lemmy.world · -2 pts · 2y
Ah so Biden did something stupid, that means others get a pass to also assume their knowledge is comprehensive without evidence. Perfect argument.
TropicalDingdong@lemmy.world · 7 pts · 2y
Its a much better performance. Can it move the needle though?
Its not us, the wonk's of the wonk's who need to be moved. Its Average Voter who needs to be moved. Biden needs big W's to get back in this, not slightly smaller L's. Also, he called Zelnzkiy Putin, and Kamela Harris with Trump, thats whats trending at the moment. Gonna be much harder to get "industrial policy regarding defensive capabilities" trending.
Is this enough?
jordanlund@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 2y
The question right now is on his Gaza performance, so here's hoping...
brucethemoose@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 2y
I've learned that whenever there's an inflection point in Israel, the outcome is "whatever helps Bibi."
So... I wouldn't bet on that, as the consensus seems to be that a prolonged war helps him stay in power. I don't know how, but somehow the ceasefire will not work out.
TropicalDingdong@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 2y
"My numbers are better in Israel than they are here"
Thats the soundbyte we'll get.
aubeynarf@lemmynsfw.com · 8 pts · 2y
MelodiousFunk@slrpnk.net · 5 pts · 2y
...instance checks out.
brucethemoose@lemmy.world · 7 pts · 2y
This must be so weird for NATO officials in the room. The future of NATO hinges in him... and it really has nothing to do with the message he conveys, but how he says it.
Is it better for NATO if he flubs it, and gets another candidate in? Worse? shrug
xenoclast@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 2y
I don't understand "get a better candidate" though really. The Dems should run a paperclip someone found at the back of the drawer and beat a racist, murdering, pedophile, rapist.
The problem is the news corps decided they are gonna do whatever they can to get Trump.
They could have literally the best candidate on earth and trump could fuck a an aborted fetus of a pregnant teen trans boy on loop for 24 hours on live tv, and CNN would still find something else to talk about
I mean Jon Fucking Stewart, someone who could have run against Trump and won, is right in line with the same fucking plan.
brucethemoose@lemmy.world · 7 pts · 2y
Is anyone on the apnews link without adblock?
I'm trying to give them revenue, but...
Tolookah@discuss.tchncs.de · 8 pts · 2y
I use adguard for whole house filtering, and while out of town last week, I forgot how much it did. Treat it like your furnace filter, keep it updated, etc.
Semi_Hemi_Demigod@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 2y
Thanks for reminding me to change my furnace filter
KevonLooney@lemm.ee · 7 pts · 2y
Media is seething rn. They wanted Biden to break down and start sobbing on stage. He basically told them they were stupid for running a major story about a minor flub this afternoon.
They are mad that Biden turned their accusations into a boring press conference about NATO and his accomplishments.
TropicalDingdong@lemmy.world · -1 pts · 2y
Its not a L like his interview or his debate. Its also not a W, its.. questions about industrial policy and NATO.
It looks like he's having a good day. But can it resolve issues around Biden on a bad day?
Furbag@lemmy.world · 7 pts · 2y
"Listen to him"
Why? Why the fuck would you say that, man?
I gave Biden a pass for the "Doing the goodest job" flub during the ABC News interview, because how do you answer that question on the spot without sounding like a nihilist? Obviously, he should have said that trust in the system is important and that checks and balances will still be a thing even if he doesn't win, but he opted for the feel-good sentiment of "At least we tried our best!".
But for this? The question was "Trump is already tweeting about you mixing up Vice President Harris with his name and citing it as evidence that you are not fit for office. How do you respond to that?" and he says listen to him. WTF man. Biden is his own worst enemy right now. He could have walked off stage and said nothing.
return2ozma@lemmy.world · 7 pts · 2y
This is Biden's first press conference this year.
Adding context: This will be his first formal solo news conference since November 2023. Biden also holds the fewest news conferences since Ronald Reagan.https://apnews.com/live/election-biden-trump-campaign-updates-07-11-2024
givesomefucks@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 2y
Weird...
I wonder what else we find out Joe and Ronnie had in common...
Edit:
Right before he came out, they said first in 8 months.
Also, Biden just fucking ran out there and immediately went off on a speech...
I've never seen man's walk that fast in my life.
TropicalDingdong@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 2y
I feel like this is going to be a nothing burger, but lets discuss the history of presidential news conferences:
https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/statistics/data/presidential-news-conferences
So I think the above statitstic is a bit misleading because it doesn't single out solo conferences.
https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/analyses/bidens-solo-news-conferences-perspective
jordanlund@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 2y
I just saw a stat saying he hasn't had a full cabinet meeting since last October? So take press conferences out of it... it's kind of dire how low a profile Biden is maintaining.
https://www.cnn.com/2024/07/11/politics/joe-biden-age-decline-democrats-angry/index.html
"Ahead of closed-door Cabinet meetings that Biden attends, it is customary for Cabinet officials to submit questions and key talking points that they plan to present in front of Biden ahead of time to White House aides, two sources with direct knowledge told CNN.
“The entire display is kind of an act,” one of those sources told CNN. “They would come and say, ‘Hey, the president is going to call on you about 25 minutes in, and ask this question. What are the bullet points you’ll respond with?’”
The second source, who echoed that same description, said when Biden attends Cabinet meetings, they are “not free-wheeling, and pretty well-orchestrated.” And the meetings themselves are infrequent, with one Cabinet secretary telling CNN they are uncertain of Biden’s condition because they so rarely see him.
In fact, the last full Cabinet meeting took place on October 2, 2023. Sources also said Cabinet meetings during the Obama years, which Biden attended as vice president, were not pre-scripted this way."
TropicalDingdong@lemmy.world · 9 pts · 2y
Man. Like.
Putin is invading Europe. There is a genocide and a warm/ hot war in the middle east.
And this guy doesn't go to his cabinet meetings?
muse@fedia.io · 4 pts · 2y
Ensign_Crab@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 2y
Seriously? What motive is there to generate clicks? This isn't a for-profit website.
jordanlund@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 2y
For me, the breaking point was the debate. I said it then and I believe it now, Biden needs to step down, not as the candidate, but as the President.
Turn it over to Harris, let her run the show through the end of the year and run for office.
Biden just looked lost during the debate, it's time for him to step aside.
CaliforniaSober@lemmy.ca · 3 pts · 2y
Yea we should go back to Mike Pence falling asleep in the background…
It’s not like the last 4 years have been worse than the past 4 years…
aubeynarf@lemmynsfw.com · 3 pts · 2y
p5yk0t1km1r4ge@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 2y
We need more people to interrupt him. We need to see him stay focused and easily return to the topic at hand. Shows he has a clear mind .
return2ozma@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 2y
The ghost of Feinstein is in the crowd.
Tylerdurdon@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 2y
Frankenfeinstein
pjwestin@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 2y
He's kinda lost the plot this answer...he's just rambling about Putin now.
WoahWoah@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 2y
His response to the geopolitical question is very well articulated.
immutable@lemm.ee · 3 pts · 2y
That one was the best one. I thought his answer though to the question about letting Harris take over the ticket if she was polling better was awful. I’m sure most of the ink will be spilled over Vice President trump and “listen to him” but that’s a simple flub and a poorly delivered quip.
We are being told, and I really do believe, that a second trump term could bring about a fascist takeover, project 2025 is legitimately frightening and the Supreme Court seems eager to make this happen.
Saying that he wouldn’t go for who had the best shot he’d only step away if he knew for certain he would lose because of some nebulous “only I can finish the job here” is straight ego tripping.
Someone else has a better shot at saving our very democracy and Biden would bet it all on Biden because he thinks Biden is singularly capable of doing… something. No idea what. And that’s more important to him which is fucking wild
anticurrent@sh.itjust.works · 5 pts · 2y
First Time I hear about Hamas using Ballistic missiles. Boy they leveled up pretty quickly. maybe Biden should outsource missile manufacturing to them, US will be cutting billion of dollars in R&D.
noxy@yiffit.net · 5 pts · 2y
This hold music is atrocious
negativenull@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 2y
this hold "Muzak" is atrocious
noxy@yiffit.net · 2 pts · 2y
ok I'm not waiting any longer, have fun
KevonLooney@lemm.ee · 6 pts · 2y
The average American voter everyone.
Tolookah@discuss.tchncs.de · 2 pts · 2y
I mean, with this hold music, I don't blame them.
I do wonder why none of the media uses dark mode, though
noxy@yiffit.net · 0 pts · 2y
I'd hope the average american voter has enough self respect not to let anyone waste their time like this
jordanlund@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 2y
Flipping between CNN and MSNBC so no hold music for me... just talking heads trying to fill air time...
Lost_My_Mind@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 2y
"So......How 'bout that Biden?"
"....what?"
"Biden. You know. The president. What do you think he's going to say?"
"What? He's giving the speech right now. Just tune into the main CNN feed......why are you doing this?"
"No Jon. It's been delayed. We're live pal!"
"Oh, I think Biden is going to hit all the major talking points, such as..."
I'm not watching right now. I'm at work. But I suspect CNN with all their professionalism have essentially said this. I'm not sure what MSNBC is saying. I've never been clear about why they exist. I'm sure SOMEBODY watches them. Maybe a family of raccoons who somehow obtained a TV remote, and use it to troll a family from outside in the bushes. You know, they're just inside, watching American Idol or some bullshit, and then suddenly MSNBC. Everyone looks around, but can't find the remote. Then the family of raccoons runs off to the backyard where they play on the tire swing the family put up. Maybe they terrorize some cats later on. Or maybe the cats would respect their give-no-fucks attitude, and befriend them. Then the golden retriever comes over, and he's just a big dumb happy dog. He doesn't care what they're doing. He's just happy to be involved. So they all venture into the city, where they take over a train, which only travels to a small abandoned town in the forest. And they set up their own shops, with the birds, and horses, and gorillas for some reason. Ok, now I'm just describing Animal Crossing on Gamecube. How many of you actually noticed that I went from discussing modern politics, to discussing a game about a raccoon running a criminal empire to exploit the local wildlife population?
return2ozma@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 2y
Here's Secretaries Blinken, Austin and National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan when President Biden said, "Vice President Trump."
https://x.com/cspanJeremy/status/1811554379952009632
p5yk0t1km1r4ge@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 2y
"I'm ready to deal with him now, and three years from now". More of this. Show confidence. Show you have a backbone.
pjwestin@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 2y
Did he just get heckled or did he get distracted?
PugJesus@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 2y
Maybe someone is wrestling Biden into stepping down backstage. Or he had a stroke.
p5yk0t1km1r4ge@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 2y
YES this Joe is the Joe we NEED: ANGRY, CLEAR AND OUTRAGED.
hal_5700X@sh.itjust.works · 3 pts · 2y
This is just sad.
KevonLooney@lemm.ee · 3 pts · 2y
He has flubbed a few words, but has a clear train of thought so far in the speech.
givesomefucks@lemmy.world · 0 pts · 2y
It was all teleprompter then "vp trump".
The next question was asking about that. But didn't mention vo trump?
I think they had to get them approved. And Biden isn't mentioning it in his answer
muse@fedia.io · 3 pts · 2y
gAlienLifeform@lemmy.world · 9 pts · 2y
Would you rather have a mod that wears their perspective on their sleeve or one who tries to hide it? Because I don't think you're ever going to find someone who cares enough about politics to moderate a community about it who doesn't have any opinions.
mozz@mbin.grits.dev · 7 pts · 2y
Hey that’s a good point I think I’ll start editorializing my post titles so I wear my perspective on my sleeve
aubeynarf@lemmynsfw.com · 5 pts · 2y
jordanlund@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 2y
I don't think it's bias to say I'd like to see a strong performance from the President of the United States. We should all hope to see a strong performance.
Remember this one?
https://youtu.be/b5wfPlgKFh8
TropicalDingdong@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 2y
I'm a few minutes behind but this sounds like he's teeing up Kamala.
Tolookah@discuss.tchncs.de · 6 pts · 2y
There was a question specifically about her
TropicalDingdong@lemmy.world · 0 pts · 2y
I think it had a follow up with it.
p5yk0t1km1r4ge@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 2y
Good. GOOD. He is speaking much clearer now, and that is a good start.
return2ozma@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 2y
CNN pundits saying this is going to happen for every public appearance until Biden drops out. The scrutiny.
Thedogspaw@midwest.social · 2 pts · 2y
Biden looked ok he made joke got mad about gun violence took shots at trump still needs to do more but this is a decent first step to show he can actually win
TropicalDingdong@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 2y
Sound bytes are that first fumble, and the final fumble.
Had he just not taken that last question.. this would have been a lower case w for Biden. That last question. It sunk the whole thing.
TropicalDingdong@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 2y
This like a follow up to Pelosis question.
He loses the plot and ends with "Anyway.."
return2ozma@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 2y
Is this from memory/notes or teleprompter?
WoahWoah@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 2y
Teleprompter.
robocall@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 2y
His doctor should inject him with meth like JFK did
grue@lemmy.world · 24 pts · 2y
Why was JFK injecting Biden with meth?
mozz@mbin.grits.dev · 4 pts · 2y
Dude it was all meth back then
Vitamin B12 in the ass, meth, Dexedrine, we were just getting things in full swing with our full control of the natural world at all times and the girl-can’t-get-pregnant pills and it was basically just a normal thing like yo I’ll have some meth and then I’ll have energy and can focus
aubeynarf@lemmynsfw.com · 5 pts · 2y
RampantParanoia2365@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 2y
And so that's all he could bring while time traveling into the present?
MeekerThanBeaker@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 2y
What else was he going to use? Suppositories? This was the 60s for crying out loud.
RampantParanoia2365@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 2y
Jesus, he shot Biden up as a child?? That can't have been healthy.
MeekerThanBeaker@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 2y
Biden was born in November, 1942. I guess if it was done in 1960, he was 17 years old for most of that year... so technically...
pjwestin@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 2y
Well, started real bad, but it's starting to stabilize...
WoahWoah@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 2y
Yeah, his commander in chief told him to buck up and focus.
KevonLooney@lemm.ee · 2 pts · 2y
The guy asking the first question flubbed some words. And had his facts wrong about the UAW. Maybe he's crazy and shouldn't be a journalist?
I want to see a top story on this on every website: Reuters-guy-gate
spaduf@slrpnk.net · 2 pts · 2y
His facts weren't wrong. The UAW has just changed their tune since yesterday.
return2ozma@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 2y
https://finance.yahoo.com/news/exclusive-uaws-fain-tells-board-223432271.html
return2ozma@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 2y
This "big boy" press conference where he read from a teleprompter and the people were chosen ahead of time to ask questions.
TropicalDingdong@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 2y
Bets he doesn't show?
brucethemoose@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 2y
I wouldn't bet against it.
return2ozma@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 2y
Everyone on pins and needles. He's doing good so far...
givesomefucks@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 2y
Abc news has a decent stream while waiting:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z8UTqxU3Cdo&pp=ygURYmlkZW4gY29uZmVyZW5jZSA%3D
WoahWoah@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 2y
return2ozma@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 2y
He's going to take questions
return2ozma@lemmy.world · 0 pts · 2y
Oh there we go! The drugs kicked in. He's loud again.
return2ozma@lemmy.world · 0 pts · 2y
He's slowing down and is putting the room to sleep.
Pump him up again Jill! More drugs! Haha
return2ozma@lemmy.world · 0 pts · 2y
This man is not going to last another 4 years. This is just elder abuse at this point.
CharlesDarwin@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 2y
I'm starting to think the same. I used to think "elder abuse" was just a phrase RW trolls would bandy about in relation to Biden, but...I'm just feeling terribly about the guy.
I also feel that so many within the "liberal media" and so many in the party are just walking on eggshells when it comes to this. None of this is a good look, at least if we care about WINNING.
TropicalDingdong@lemmy.world · 0 pts · 2y
There is no good answer he can give to a question like this.
return2ozma@lemmy.world · 0 pts · 2y
Here we go... He's on.
return2ozma@lemmy.world · -1 pts · 2y
Oh noooo, you can't be snippy and angry otherwise it looks like an angry old man.
hperrin@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 2y
And Americans have never voted for an angry old man.
return2ozma@lemmy.world · -1 pts · 2y
Hopefully this is the nail in the coffin so we can start running Kamala or whoever.
CaliforniaSober@lemmy.ca · 3 pts · 2y
Tell us how you really feel…
No really how much do you hate Kamala?
return2ozma@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 2y
Kamala is a cop. But she's the better chance to beat Trump.
Lost_My_Mind@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 2y
I really want to see what the ACAB crowd would do. Vote for a cop, vote for trump, or not vote.
I mean, you could always vote for a 3rd party, but that would just be throwing your vote away.
idiomaddict@feddit.de · 1 pts · 2y
I don’t believe I’ve ever voted for a person who wasn’t a bastard, there’s no conflict of interest
CaliforniaSober@lemmy.ca · 2 pts · 2y
I love how we all pretend to be neutral and then there’s you!
Calling names and cutting BS. She’s a cop, they are crap and everyone is lesser-than as far as you are concerned… everyone is worse than trump in your eyes. Aka trump is better than everyone…
Do you honestly pretend that if everyone supported Kamala you’d do anything less than tearing her down? If Kamala is the nominee what would you do with yourself?
Assman@sh.itjust.works · 3 pts · 2y
I think it's time to take your meds
return2ozma@lemmy.world · -2 pts · 2y
I wouldn't need to do anything, her record would speak for itself.
https://twitter.com/SciSocialist/status/1199851020421083136
CaliforniaSober@lemmy.ca · 1 pts · 2y
You posted a twitter link that doesn’t work.
That speaks for itself!
return2ozma@lemmy.world · 0 pts · 2y
It works. It's a video clip
return2ozma@lemmy.world · -4 pts · 2y
Is this boosting anyone's confidence on Biden staying in the race?
TropicalDingdong@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 2y
He's doing better in this than the interview or the debate.
jordanlund@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 2y
He's coming across better than in the debate and the one on one with Stephanopoulos.
return2ozma@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 2y
True