(Daily Mail) A White House staffer who has worked closely with President Joe Biden for years has revealed how the commander-in-chief’s mental acuity has seemingly declined.
The senior White House official who worked with the Biden during his presidency, vice presidency and 2020 campaign told the New York Times he no longer believes the 81-year-old has what it takes to defeat Trump.
That official, who declined to be named so he could speak openly, said the president has shown more and more signs of his age in recent months – speaking more slowly, haltingly and quietly.
Biden has also appeared more fatigued in private, the staffer said, concluding that he should not continue to seek re-election.
Others in Biden’s inner circle have noted that he seems to trail off mid-sentence and freeze in public.
A senior White House staffer who has worked with President Joe Biden for years revealed how the president’s mental acuity has been declining in private
The White House staffer concluded that the president should not seek re-election
Last month, the president apparently froze at a Juneteenth White House celebration.
He was seen staring blankly ahead as Vice President Kamala Harris danced beside him. In a speech at the event, he also seemed to slur his words.
Less than a week later, Biden again stopped abruptly at a fundraiser in Los Angeles, staring blankly over the crowd for several seconds.
But a White House representative dismissed reports of a frozen reaction to DailyMail.com as ‘fakes’ and ‘lies,’ explaining his reaction was simply ‘taking in an applauding crowd for a few seconds.’
In more recent days, donors were left stunned when Biden described a French cemetery in Normandy as ‘Italian’ at a fundraiser in the Hamptons, insiders told the Washington Post.
When Biden later made an appearance at the New Jersey governor’s private villa, sources said he spoke so softly that a crowd of 50 people had to crane their necks to hear him speak from a teleprompter.
Then on Thursday, Biden seemingly mixed himself up with his Vice President Kamala Harris in an interview with Philadelphia’s WURD
‘By the way, I’m proud to be, as I said, the first vice president, first black woman… to serve with a black president,’ he said, confusingly.
