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From the Daily Caller: One of former President Joe Biden’s senior aides admitted in a new book that the 82-year-old couldn’t grasp the back and forth of debate and would fall asleep by the pool while they prepped for his showdown with Trump, according to a book excerpt.
Top Biden aide Ron Klain, who helped the former president with debate prep, was “half-seriously” wondering if Biden believed he was the president of NATO rather than the president of the United States, according to the excerpt of Chris Whipple’s new book published by The Guardian. While they prepped, Klain reportedly told Whipple that the then 81-year-old president “didn’t know what Trump had been saying and couldn’t grasp what the back and forth was” and would have to cut training sessions short because he was tired.
“The president was fatigued, befuddled, and disengaged,” the excerpt reads. “Klain feared the debate with Trump would be a nationally televised disaster.”
Biden’s first training session for the debate was called off halfway through the 90 minutes it was schedule for because the former president was failing to grasp domestic policy, according to the excerpt.
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Ron Klain on Biden debate prep: “I was struck by how out of touch with American politics he was. He was just very, very focused on his interactions with NATO leaders’” https://t.co/g8OCGMjX69 pic.twitter.com/ke5bmdtEHD
— Nick Field (@nick_field90) April 2, 2025
Did Biden’s aides cover up his mental condition? Actually, it was stranger, and wilder, than that. @kennerly@HarperCollins@Lawrence@katiecouric@LesleyRStahl
Source: POLITICO
Shared via the Google app https://t.co/7L0tQXYd7w— Chris Whipple (@ccwhip) March 30, 2025
Klain on the record to @ccwhip about Biden is bleak.
Klain, Whipple writes, “wondered half-seriously if Biden thought he was president of Nato instead of the US. ‘He just became very enraptured with being the head of Nato.’” https://t.co/IHp7lHLuJ1
— Annie Karni (@anniekarni) April 2, 2025
Seems Insiders All Knew but No One Said Anything – Courage is Admired by So Many Because It Is Possessed By So Few: Top Aide Finally Admits Biden Was Rapidly Declining, Falling Asleep By The Pool https://t.co/EC92gu78Ko via @dailycaller
— Tom Corley (@RICHHABITS) April 2, 2025
First copy has landed: Biden, Harris, and Trump: How did we end up here? You can pre-order now! @markmackinnon @kennerly @Lawrence @HarperCollins @NicolleDWallace @CynthiaMcFadden @MollyJongFast @peterbakernyt pic.twitter.com/zV9kgiQXa2
— Chris Whipple (@ccwhip) March 5, 2025
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