Biden assistant in a new book claims to cover up his “deterioration”

Biden assistant in a new book claims to cover up his “deterioration”

Brandon Drinon

BBC News, Washington, DC

Getty Images Biden stands in front of the platform to deliver a letter at a forum in Chicago, Illinois in AprilGety pictures

The assistants of former US President Joe Biden have responded to a new book accusing the internal White House circle of covering up his “physical deterioration” during his fateful campaign to re -election.

According to the book, Biden’s original case, Biden was said during his 2024 presidential tour is so poor that the assistants discussed his position on a wheelchair.

“Evidence of aging is not evidence of mental inability,” said Biden, 82, and preserved that Democrat was “a very effective president.”

The book is scheduled to be released, written by CNN’s Jake Tapper and Alex Thompson from Axios, on May 20.

Biden suddenly ended his campaign to re -election last July, shortly after he performed the catastrophic debate against Donald Trump, a Republican.

The party’s familiarity blamed for the race too late, leaving an alternative, Vice President Kamala Harris, 107 days for the Trump challenge, which invaded victory.

Before the book was released, Biden last week held his first interview since leaving the White House To BBCHe said, “I don’t think it was important” if he had left the race soon.

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While the book is largely cited by unknown sources in interviews with more than 200 people, one of the few who were transferred in the record is David Balov, who worked in the campaign of Vice President Harris.

“We felt very upset by Biden as a party,” the book quoted Bilofi as saying.

The authors write: “Biden’s physical deterioration – the most clear in his stalled career – has become so severe that there were internal discussions about the president’s position on a wheelchair, but they could not do so until after the elections.

“Looking at Omar Biden, [his physician Kevin O’Connor] “If he has another bad fall, a wheelchair may be necessary for what could be a difficult recovery,” says the book.

The authors said that the case of Biden had declined a lot, that the assistants sought to ensure that he went shorter distances, used handrails when installing stairs, and often wore the trainers.

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At that time, Biden’s correspondents have repeatedly told the correspondents that his variable gait was due to the fracture of the foot in November 2020 and his subsequent refusal to wear the surgical shoe constantly described.

In a statement by Axios, one of the unknown Biden aides said: “Yes, there were physical changes with his age, but evidence of aging is not evidence of mental inability.”

The spokesman added: “We are still waiting for a person, anyone, to indicate where Joe Biden was forced to make a presidential decision or make a presidential speech as he was unable to do his work because of the mental decline.

“In fact, the evidence indicates the opposite – it was a very effective president.”

TAPPER and Thompson also says that Biden did not recognize George Clooney in a fundraising campaign in the star California campaign last June hosted by the Hollywood star.

“Thank you for being here,” Biden told Clooney in this event, and it appears that he was not aware that he was talking to the Academy Award.

“You know George,” and according to what was reported, one of the assistants told Biden, because he was struggling to solve the identity of Clooney.

After a long period of the accident, Clooney wrote an opinion article in the New York Times calling for Biden to leave the race. The actor was one of the first main donors to withdraw his support publicly.

The book also claims that Biden forgot the names of veteran assistants, including reliable reliable Mike Donilon, National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan and White House Communications Director Kate Bedingfield.

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