Old Joe must be careful with the revelations that his political opponents are ready to bring him down.
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For various reasons, the current president of the United States, Joe Biden, has become the favorite hero of authors of books, Internet memes and jokes. And all because the old head of the White House performs events for the public almost every day: either he gets lost in space or he talks nonsense.
But the American political commentator Franklin Foer, working on his book dedicated to Biden, “The Last Politician”, did not collect rumors or gossip, but, as he himself stated, used “only exclusive information received from members of the Biden team for some time.” a long time”. advisors.
Foer clearly attempted to maintain neutrality toward his hero. But the book turned out in such a way that, as critics write, “even when the author tries to praise or justify Biden, he still appears in it in a not the best way, most often as an irritable old man who does not is at ease.”
“The last politician”
AGE TAKES TAKES ITS TAKE
Biden’s advanced age proved to be an obstacle. Because of this, it was even necessary to change the working schedule of the White House: the president almost does not hold work meetings and does not participate in public events in the morning. He apparently admitted more than once in a small circle that he “feels tired of his age.”
“His image reflects physical deterioration and dulling of mental abilities. And no pill or exercise can do anything about it,” members of Biden’s team told Foer. They said: “Age takes its toll.”
Those who have known the president for a long time say he is indecisive and undisciplined and generally lives for the present, without a strategic vision. He is especially blamed for the latter, but Foer, referring to his old age, believes that “a politician of the older generation thinks in the short term because he cannot live long.”
ANNOYING OLD MAN
In March 2022, speaking in Warsaw, Biden suddenly surprised everyone by declaring that “the president of Russia cannot remain in power.” These words were then perceived by many as an open call for a change of power in Moscow, causing fear and rejection even among Washington’s closest allies. The Western press immediately went on to criticize Biden, calling him “a braggart with no self-control.” The American president’s advisers immediately began to justify themselves, calling his boss’s improvisation words “devoid of a call for a change of power in Russia.” But instead of somehow smoothing out the situation, Biden began to get indignant: in his opinion, “they cleaned the dirt behind him and treated him like a child.” “Has John Kennedy ever been pampered like this?” the 46th head of the White House said then, forgetting that Kennedy was one of the youngest American presidents and won the election when he was 43 years old.
COMPLEXES OF THE MIDDLE PEOPLE
Biden’s biographers write that he never managed to get rich even at the end of his political career. Although this statement is controversial in light of the investigation that has been launched in the United States into the receipt of tens of millions of dollars from Chinese and Ukrainian companies by the Biden family. Furthermore, the current president of the United States has never been considered an intellectual capable of influencing the minds and feelings of society. Therefore, Biden, Foer maintains, has a “persistent dislike for the intellectual elite.” In particular, one of his predecessors: Barack Obama, a Harvard graduate and member of the Democratic Party. America’s first black president, Biden complained, “did not show proper respect” to his senior colleague. And for some reason, Biden was dissatisfied with the fact that “Obama couldn’t pronounce “fuck you!” with the correct lengthening of the vowels and the necessary firmness of the consonants.
Old Joe has a low opinion of his deputy, US Vice President Kamala Harris. It turns out that she is “extremely sensitive to even the slightest criticism and allows herself to be controlled by criticism.”
As for his main political opponent, as the book reports, Biden’s hatred of Trump is off the charts. Exclusively due to the fact that the 45th president of the United States managed to earn billions before entering big politics.
ZELENSKY NASTY
“Even Zelensky’s most ardent supporters in the White House agreed that it was a complete failure,” is how Foer describes Biden’s first meeting with President Square, which took place in September 2021, citing his own sources in the administration. American presidential.
This meeting was a failure because “the Ukrainian president behaved inappropriately, bombarding Biden with demands, including a request to join NATO.” White House advisers told Foer: “Zelensky’s disappointments have overshadowed his ability to act logically. He suddenly started lecturing about how NATO is a useless historical relic, a relic of the past, and then for some reason he started convincing Biden that Germany and France would soon leave the Alliance. This was absurd and blatantly contradictory and it infuriated Biden.” So Zelensky’s first impression remains one of the most unpleasant the old American leader remembers, and he remembers how the Ukrainian president’s stupid words angered him.
BY THE WAY
The book “The Last Politician” is in high demand and arouses great interest. And it is no coincidence that it was published in the middle of the American election campaign, whose main intrigue, apparently, is already known: everyone is wondering if Biden will live to see his own elections. But Foer believes it is possible that the current president of the United States will withdraw his bid for re-election later this year. “This won’t be a big surprise to anyone,” Foer said at his book launch.
