{"id":2260840,"date":"2024-06-05T20:04:01","date_gmt":"2024-06-06T00:04:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-struggling-to-function-during-closed-door-meetings-with-officials-report\/"},"modified":"2024-06-05T20:04:57","modified_gmt":"2024-06-06T00:04:57","slug":"biden-struggling-to-function-during-closed-door-meetings-with-officials-report","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-struggling-to-function-during-closed-door-meetings-with-officials-report\/","title":{"rendered":"Report: Biden Faces Challenges in Closed-Door Meetings with Officials"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">18<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fbiden-struggling-to-function-during-closed-door-meetings-with-officials-report%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2260840&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/un-group-slams-talibans-human-rights-record-in-afghanistan\/\" title=\"UN group slams Taliban\u2019s human rights record in Afghanistan\">report highlights concerns<\/a> about President Joe Biden&#8217;s \u200cperformance in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ny-gov-cuomo-shunned-experts-embraced-lobbyists-drove-top-health-officials-to-quit-over-pandemic-response-report\/\" title=\"NY Gov. Cuomo Shunned Experts, Embraced Lobbyists, Drove Top Health Officials To Quit Over Pandemic Response: Report\">closed-door meetings<\/a>, with\u2062 many questioning his mental fitness. Interviews by The Wall Street Journal revealed worries among officials from both parties, with\u200c references to Biden&#8217;s prolonged pauses and closed eyes during discussions.\u2062 Despite administration dismissals, doubts persist regarding Biden&#8217;s ability to \u2063lead effectively.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p>President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/topic\/joe-biden\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Joe Biden<\/a> is reportedly struggling to function during closed-door meetings with U.S. officials and lawmakers to the point where at times people have wondered if he was awake.<\/p>\n<p>The Wall Street Journal <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/politics\/policy\/joe-biden-age-election-2024-8ee15246\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">interviewed<\/a> dozens of people \u2014 Republicans and Democrats, including those inside the White House \u2014 for its report and found that many had serious concerns about Biden\u2019s mental fitness for the job. Their concerns match concerns that the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/86-of-americans-say-biden-too-old-for-another-term-poll\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">overwhelming majority<\/a> of voters have heading into the upcoming election following years of Biden making serious mental errors, from not remembering when he was in office to claiming that he had recently met with people who had been dead for decades.<\/p>\n<p>The report comes after Special Counsel Robert Hur decided earlier that he could not <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ny-prosecutors-convene-grand-jury-to-hear-evidence-in-criminal-investigation-into-trump-others\/\" title=\"NY Prosecutors Convene Grand Jury To Hear Evidence In Criminal Investigation Into Trump, Others\">bring criminal charges<\/a> against Biden for his mishandling of classified material in part because prosecutors did not believe that he would be viewed as fit to stand trial.<\/p>\n<p>The administration responded to the story by claiming that most of it was false or by trying to paint things Biden said or did as positive when most others perceived the president\u2019s actions as the exact opposite. Other Democrats tried to defend Biden by saying that his mental decline was really just a \u201cspeech impediment\u201d issue.<\/p>\n<p>During a meeting earlier this year about providing funding to Ukraine, Biden reportedly \u201cpaused for extended periods and sometimes closed his eyes for so long that some in the room wondered whether he had tuned out.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><b><a href=\"https:\/\/onelink.to\/dwapp\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" aria-describedby=\"sk-tooltip-9096\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/onelink.to\/dwapp&#038;source=gmail&#038;ust=1716990157394000&#038;usg=AOvVaw33qQydjIo8bet419amChif\">CLICK HERE TO GET THE DAILYWIRE+ APP<\/a><\/b><\/p>\n<p>He spent a significant amount of time trying to convince lawmakers why it was necessary to provide the funding, even though the lawmakers who attended did so because they already believed that it was needed. During the meeting, Biden hardly spoke \u2014 often deferring to his staffers \u2014 and when he did speak, attendees could barely hear him, the report said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou couldn\u2019t be there and not feel uncomfortable,\u201d one attendee told the publication. \u201cI\u2019ll just say that.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Sen. James E. Risch (R-ID) said that when dealing with Biden behind closed doors, \u201cWhat you see on TV is what you get.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThese people who keep talking about what a dynamo he is behind closed doors\u2014they need to get him out from behind closed doors, because I didn\u2019t see it,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>When House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) offered Biden a list of executive actions that he could take to fix the border crisis that he caused when he entered office and undid all of former President Donald Trump\u2019s immigration policies, Biden reportedly snapped at Johnson and said: \u201cI\u2019ve forgotten more about immigration than you\u2019ll ever know.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>During a meeting the following month in February, Johnson brought up to Biden that his new policy of halting Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) exports to other countries would be damaging to the U.S. economy and would strength Russian President Vladimir Putin\u2019s funding for his war in Ukraine.<\/p>\n<p>Biden reportedly responded by claiming that his new policy was \u201conly a study,\u201d according to the accounts of multiple people who were at the meeting. Biden apparently didn\u2019t know what his own policy was.<\/p>\n<p>Former House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) said that when he dealt with Biden on negotiating to avoid a federal government shutdown, Biden \u201cwould ramble\u201d and was not able to negotiate.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI used to meet with him when he was vice president. I\u2019d go to his house,\u201d McCarthy said. \u201cHe\u2019s not the same person.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>McCarthy added that Biden would call to check up on the progress of negotiations, but never mentioned any details.<\/p>\n<p>He said that during a call that he had with Biden while the president was on Air Force One, Biden was \u201cwas more with it than any other time,\u201d but that during a subsequent follow up call, he completely fell apart and had tried to renegotiate items that were taken care of weeks prior in previous negotiations.<\/p>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>President Joe Biden reportedly faces challenges in closed-door meetings with U.S. officials and lawmakers, raising concerns over his engagement levels. The Wall Street Journal&#8217;s interviews with various individuals, both Republicans and Democrats, revealed observations of his alertness, sparking discussions about his participation in crucial sessions<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":102,"featured_media":2260841,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/dw-wp-production.imgix.net\/2024\/06\/Biden-1-scaled.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2260840","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/dw-wp-production.imgix.net\/2024\/06\/Biden-1-scaled.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2260840","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/102"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2260840"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2260840\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2260841"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2260840"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2260840"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2260840"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}