Look at the timing - 6:00 AM, EDT.
Nothing says that we are just an audience of viewers watching a scripted movie more than an early morning announcement to fill the day’s news cycle.
Pass the popcorn, please...
It’s like we’re watching the Truman Show only it’s the Joe Show.
Yep, media dutifully reports this wonderful news, not a whisper that it's a prerecorded video because he cannot function cognitively and answer unscripted questions.