Posted on 07/17/2024 6:23:58 PM PDT by Libloather
When President Biden took part in a Zoom call with lawmakers from the Congressional Progressive Caucus last weekend, an aide passed him a note that read, “Stay positive. You are sounding defensive.”
Sources familiar with the call said Biden “intentionally” read the note out loud for a moment of levity during a call with anxious lawmakers.
And on a separate call with centrist House lawmakers — which some sources described as “tense” — the president lashed out at Rep. Jason Crow (D-Colo.), Puck News reported Tuesday.
“First of all, I think you’re dead wrong on national security. You saw what happened recently in terms of the meeting we had with NATO. I put NATO together. Name me a foreign leader who thinks I’m not the most effective leader in the world on foreign policy,” Biden said, raising his voice.
“Tell me! Tell me who the hell that is! Tell me who put NATO back together!”
As the discussion around Biden withdrawing from the race has picked up steam and grown heated in recent weeks, so has the president. Those on calls with Biden, since his dismal debate performance last month, have described him as defensive and angry.
In recent days, he has also dug in, telling lawmakers, donors and voters that he’s not going anywhere.
“We’re dealing with an old, angry man. It’s very Trumpian in some ways. But it’s not a good look,” said one Democratic strategist, who wants Biden to remain in the race. “His mood describes the moment we’re in right now and we need someone to lead us out of this mess.”
“But it’s apparent our candidate is not in a good place,” the strategist said.
It’s an open secret among those who know Biden that he has “an Irish temper” and can veer from cool to hot rather quickly. In recent weeks, his frustration has spilled into interviews, speeches and calls with allies.
The Biden campaign did not comment.
“Irish temper” 🙄
He’s getting ornery.
Biden to Kamala: “I’m like your ‘big brother’ and I’m being stepped over. I can handle things, I’m smart. Not like everybody says – like dumb. I’m smart and I want respect!!!”
Did he put NATO back together while inventing the Internet, or discovering electricity?
Yup.
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He sounds like that scene with Schicklegruber in the bunker.
He put NATO back AFTER he CURED CANCER!
Stay strong, Joey Baybeeeeee, you’ve got this! Draw on your upbringing in the Irish/Greek/Polish/Puerto Rican/black community (that is one higly specialized group)! Not to mention your time from driving a tractor trailer. What else kept you on top through being arrested for your civil rights stands in the U.S. and in South Africa with Mandela. Uncle Bosey (who was shot down and eaten by cannibals) and your son, Beau (who died serving his country), would be proud of your bravery.
Sadly, most people wouldn’t even understand any of this. Joe Biden is a pathological liar and a horrible person. He always has been. This would all be sad, if he were a halfway decent person. He just isn’t.
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