{"id":2291337,"date":"2024-07-09T16:21:57","date_gmt":"2024-07-09T20:21:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/blinken-took-bidens-place-at-crucial-international-meeting-because-president-had-to-go-to-bed-troubling-report\/"},"modified":"2024-07-09T16:26:33","modified_gmt":"2024-07-09T20:26:33","slug":"blinken-took-bidens-place-at-crucial-international-meeting-because-president-had-to-go-to-bed-troubling-report","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/blinken-took-bidens-place-at-crucial-international-meeting-because-president-had-to-go-to-bed-troubling-report\/","title":{"rendered":"Blinken Took Biden&#8217;s Place at Crucial International Meeting Because President &#8216;Had to Go to Bed&#8217;: Troubling Report"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">34<\/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%2Fblinken-took-bidens-place-at-crucial-international-meeting-because-president-had-to-go-to-bed-troubling-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=2291337&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 article discusses ongoing\u200b questions about\u2062 President Joe Biden&#8217;s \u2063health and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/a-short-history-of-how-anthony-fauci-has-kept-failing-up-since-1984\/\" title=\"A Short History Of How Anthony Fauci Has Kept Failing Up Since 1984\">mental acuity<\/a>, \u2062especially following\u2062 a report from The Wall Street Journal that suggests his\u200c lackluster mental state has been affecting his duties for years. The\u2062 article mentions an incident where Secretary of\u200c State Antony Blinken had to step in for\u200c Biden \u2063during a meeting \u2063with German officials\u2064 due to the\u200b President&#8217;s late-night difficulties. \u200dDespite growing concerns and negative reports, Biden continues to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/moderate-democrats-white-house-resist-calls-to-eliminate-filibuster\/\" title=\"Moderate Democrats, White House resist calls to eliminate filibuster\">resist calls<\/a> for him to\u2063 drop out of the 2024 presidential\u2064 race. The \u200barticle ends with \u200da note from the Deputy Managing \u200dEditor raising \u2064doubts about whether a real election will \u200deven\u2062 take\u2063 place in 2024.  <\/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\"><br \/>\n<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\"> <?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><html><body><\/p>\n<header> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/news\/\">  News <\/a>   <span> <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/author\/maustin\/\">  <\/a> <\/p>\n<p> <span>   By <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/author\/maustin\/%20\"><span>Michael Austin<\/span><\/a> <\/span> <span>   July 9, 2024 at 10:26am <\/span> <\/span>  <\/header>\n<section>\n<p>Questions over whether President Joe Biden is healthy enough to serve as commander-in-chief continue to proliferate.<\/p>\n<p>Though speculation over Biden\u2019s mental acuity dates back beyond 2020, it sharply increased following <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/biden-ignores-reality-tells-donors-done-talking-debate\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">the first <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/exclusive-ronna-mcdaniel-the-rnc-is-fighting-for-fair-debates\/\" title=\"Exclusive\u2014Ronna McDaniel: The RNC Is Fighting for Fair Debates\">general election presidential debate<\/a><\/a> on June 27, which saw the president fumble with his words, appear constantly confused and look all-around unwell.<\/p>\n<p>A Monday report from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/politics\/policy\/joe-biden-age-public-election-campaign-343a47bf?st=dtnrhxahhhe2fhw&#038;reflink=article_copyURL_share\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Wall Street Journal<\/a> certainly won\u2019t be quieting the noise.<\/p>\n<p>Rather, it seemingly confirmed that Biden\u2019s lackluster mental state has been affecting his responsibilities as president for years now.<\/p>\n<p>According to the report, Secretary of State Antony Blinken stepped in for Biden during a key meeting with German officials in June 2022.<\/p>\n<p>German Chancellor Olaf Scholz set up the event to speak with President Biden about the Russia-Ukraine conflict.<\/p>\n<p>Knowing then the president\u2019s difficulty with late-night meetings, German officials made a point to set the meeting earlier in the evening, the Journal reported.<\/p>\n<p>Nevertheless, to the surprise of Scholz, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/whoopi-goldberg-desperate-says-doesnt-care-biden-pooped-pants-insane-segment\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Biden<\/a> didn\u2019t show.<\/p>\n<p>Blinken had stepped in to take the president\u2019s place.<\/p>\n<p>When asked why the president had failed to show up for this <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/watch-biden-naps-during-one-of-the-most-important-meetings-in-history-as-fate-of-planet-hangs-in-balance\/\" title=\"WATCH: Biden Naps During \u2018One of the Most Important Meetings in History\u2019 as Fate of Planet Hangs in Balance\">important meeting<\/a>, Blinken announced that he had gone to bed.<\/p>\n<p>That\u2019s right: The president of the United States canceled an important early-evening meeting with foreign leaders at the last minute because he \u201chad to go to bed,\u201d two people who were reportedly present at the meeting told the Journal.<\/p>\n<p>Biden officials denied Blinken\u2019s quote, with State Department spokesperson Matthew Miller saying, the secretary of state \u201cnever said that or anything like it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Nevertheless, if true, the story falls in line with other reporting from the Wall Street Journal dating years back.<\/p>\n<p>The Journal also reported that senior Biden aides turned down an idea to have the president make weekly cross-country trips in 2022 over concerns that the move would be taxing on his health.<\/p>\n<p>Despite a steady stream of negative reports such as this, President Biden continues to resist growing calls from Democrats for him to drop out of the 2024 presidential race.<\/p>\n<p>In <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/biden-ignores-reality-tells-donors-done-talking-debate\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">a Monday call<\/a> between Biden and his donors obtained by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/live-updates\/2024\/07\/08\/congress\/defiant-biden-tells-donors-were-done-with-the-debate-00166834\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Politico<\/a>, Biden was adamant that he\u2019s \u201cdone talking about the debate.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe need to move forward. Look, we have <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-ignores-reality-again-tells-donors-he-is-done-talking-about-the-debate\/\" title=\"Biden Ignores Reality Again, Tells Donors He Is &#039;Done Talking About the Debate&#039;\">roughly 40 days til<\/a> the convention, 120 days til the election. We can\u2019t waste any more time being distracted,\u201d Biden said.<\/p>\n<hr>\n<div>\n<p><b><i>A Note from Our Deputy Managing Editor:<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n<p><i><span>\u201cWe don\u2019t even know if an election will be held in 2024.\u201d Those 12 words have been stuck in my head since I first read them. <\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><i><span>Former Lt. Gen. Michael Flynn recently made that comment to Floyd Brown, founder of The Western Journal. <\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><i><span>And if the leftists and the elites get their way, that\u2019s exactly what will happen \u2014 no real election, no real choice for the Electoral College, and no real say for the American people. <\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><i><span>The Western Journal is fighting to keep that from happening, but we can\u2019t do it alone.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><i><span>We work tirelessly to expose the lying leftist media and the corrupt America-hating elites.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><i><span>But Big Tech\u2019s stranglehold is now so tight that <\/span><\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/www.paypal.com\/donate\/?hosted_button_id=BM6XAWRJ8NS7A&#038;utm_source=site&#038;utm_medium=westernjournalism&#038;utm_campaign=authorpitch\"><i><span>without help<\/span><\/i><\/a><i><span>  from you, we will not be able to continue the fight. <\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><i><span>The 2024 election is literally the most important election for every living American. We have to unite and fight for our country, otherwise we will lose it. And if we lose the America we love in 2024, we\u2019ll lose it for good. Can we <\/span><\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/www.paypal.com\/donate\/?hosted_button_id=BM6XAWRJ8NS7A&#038;utm_source=site&#038;utm_medium=westernjournalism&#038;utm_campaign=authorpitch\"><i><span>count on you<\/span><\/i><\/a><i><span>  to help? <\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><i><span>With you we will be able to field journalists, do more investigative work, expose more corruption, and get desperately needed truth to millions of Americans. <\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><i><span>We can do this only with your help. Please don\u2019t wait one minute.<\/span><\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/www.paypal.com\/donate\/?hosted_button_id=BM6XAWRJ8NS7A&#038;utm_source=site&#038;utm_medium=westernjournalism&#038;utm_campaign=authorpitch\"><i><span>  Donate right now<\/span><\/i><\/a><i><span>.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><i><span>Thank you for reading,<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><i><span>Josh Manning<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><i><span>Deputy Managing Editor<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><i><span>P.S. Please <\/span><\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/www.paypal.com\/donate\/?hosted_button_id=BM6XAWRJ8NS7A&#038;utm_source=site&#038;utm_medium=westernjournalism&#038;utm_campaign=authorpitch\"><i><span>stand with us<\/span><\/i><\/a><i><span>  today.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p><\/body><\/html><br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>There are concerns about President Joe Biden&#8217;s health and mental acuity, with reports suggesting that his lackluster mental state has been affecting his responsibilities as president for years. Recent reports from The Wall Street Journal indicate that Biden has missed important meetings and that senior aides have turned down ideas due to concerns about his health. Despite calls for him to drop out of the 2024 presidential race, Biden remains adamant about moving forward. The importance of the 2024 election is emphasized, with a plea for support to continue fighting against corruption and misinformation<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2093,"featured_media":2291338,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Biden-and-Blinken.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[3620,4636,34408,3819,10232],"class_list":["post-2291337","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-biden","tag-blinken","tag-international-meeting","tag-report","tag-troubling"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Biden-and-Blinken.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2291337","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\/2093"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2291337"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2291337\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2291338"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2291337"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2291337"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2291337"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}