{"id":2341687,"date":"2024-09-16T08:09:10","date_gmt":"2024-09-16T12:09:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/the-incredible-shrinking-presidency-biden-out-of-sight-out-of-mind-washington-examiner\/"},"modified":"2024-09-16T08:14:30","modified_gmt":"2024-09-16T12:14:30","slug":"the-incredible-shrinking-presidency-biden-out-of-sight-out-of-mind-washington-examiner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/the-incredible-shrinking-presidency-biden-out-of-sight-out-of-mind-washington-examiner\/","title":{"rendered":"The incredible shrinking presidency: Biden out of sight, out of mind &#8211; Washington Examiner"},"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\">28<\/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%2Fthe-incredible-shrinking-presidency-biden-out-of-sight-out-of-mind-washington-examiner%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=2341687&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 titled &#8220;The Incredible Shrinking Presidency: Biden \u200dOut of Sight and Out of Mind&#8221; examines President\u2064 Joe Biden&#8217;s notably low public profile since he dropped out of the 2024\u2063 presidential race in July. It\u200c highlights that Biden, who <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/lincoln-project-founder-used-donor-cash-to-shore-up-shoddy-finances\/\" title=\"Lincoln Project Founder Used Donor Cash to Shore Up Shoddy Finances\">previously faced criticism<\/a> for being too low-profile during his 2020 campaign, has continued this trend as president, offering few press conferences \u200bor interviews\u2062 and \u200coften leaving major announcements to his cabinet\u2064 members. \u200dThe piece contrasts his\u200d behavior with the more overtly present style of\u200c former President Donald Trump.<\/p>\n<p>Following his withdrawal from the campaign, Biden\u200b has only made limited public appearances, including a brief involvement at the Democratic National\u2064 Convention and a notable moment during a 9\/11 event where he \u200bwore a Trump \u200b2024\u2062 hat. Meanwhile, various Cabinet members, like Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin\u200b and Attorney General Merrick Garland, have\u200b taken on more visible roles as Biden remains less engaged.<\/p>\n<p>The article raises questions about the potential implications of \u200bBiden&#8217;s low visibility for \u2062his administration and Vice President\u200c Kamala Harris, who appears to be adopting a\u200b similar strategy \u2062in her campaign. Analysts discuss whether voters appreciate this contrast\u200b to Trump&#8217;s brashness or whether they feel Biden&#8217;s\u2063 reserve \u200bis harmful, especially \u200dgiven concerns about \u200chis age and effectiveness. The\u2062 article concludes by contemplating whether a quieter style of presidency will persist \u200cand if this approach can lead to effective governance \u2064in\u2064 the long term.  <\/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><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">The incredible shrinking presidency: Biden out of sight and out of mind<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_1758730\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>When President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/joe-biden\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Joe Biden\">Joe Biden<\/a> went viral last week for donning a red <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/presidential\/3151408\/biden-dons-trump-2024-hat-9-11-pennsylvania-visit\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Trump 2024 hat\">Trump 2024 hat<\/a> during an event commemorating 9\/11, it was a stark reminder that since he dramatically dropped out of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/2024-elections\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"presidential race\">presidential race<\/a> less than two months ago, he has been largely missing from the public eye.<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>Biden&rsquo;s 2020 campaign was so low-profile he was accused by his detractors of hiding in his basement. His presidency has more or less followed suit, which is all the more jarring when compared to his predecessor, former President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/donald-trump\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Donald Trump\">Donald Trump<\/a>. Biden has given few press conferences or interviews, and he has often left major announcements to his deputies.<\/p>\n<p>But since dropping out of the campaign on July 21, announced <a href=\"https:\/\/www.axios.com\/2024\/07\/22\/biden-social-media-post-drop-out\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"via a low-key post on X\">via a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/nintendo-officially-announces-sequel-system-in-the-most-casual-way-possible\/\" title=\"Nintendo casually drops bomb: Sequel System officially unveiled!\">low-key post<\/a> on X<\/a>, he has been all but invisible. The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/jane-fonda-demands-biden-shut-down-trump-pipelines\/\" title=\"Jane Fonda Demands Biden Shut Down Trump Pipelines\">lame-duck president<\/a> often holds zero or just one public event on any given day, and he only spent a few hours at last month&rsquo;s Democratic National Convention, speaking on the first night, then leaving immediately for a two-week vacation.<\/p>\n<p>Biden has appeared on the campaign trail with Harris only a couple of times, and he instead has been pictured on the beach, in particular during the anniversary of the Afghanistan <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/presidential\/3134084\/trump-biden-abbey-gate-afghanistan-withdrawal-anniversary-arlington\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"withdrawal anniversary\">withdrawal<\/a>, which has become a talking point in the Trump campaign.<\/p>\n<p>Last week, he paid tribute to the victims of the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2024\/09\/11\/politics\/heres-how-biden-harris-trump-and-vance-will-commemorate-9-11\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"shaking hands\">shaking hands<\/a> with Trump at the memorial site in New York. He subsequently made headlines for his light-hearted exchange with a Trump supporter, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/presidential\/3151408\/biden-dons-trump-2024-hat-9-11-pennsylvania-visit\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"culminating in him jokingly donning a Trump hat\">culminating in him jokingly donning a Trump hat<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The image was all the more jarring, however, simply because he had barely been seen.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-media-max-width=\"560\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Thanks for the support, Joe! <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/GeNDXWEHVi\">pic.twitter.com\/GeNDXWEHVi<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Trump War Room (@TrumpWarRoom) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TrumpWarRoom\/status\/1833946499035570613?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 11, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> <script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script> <\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Cabinet secretaries take on more visible presence<\/h2>\n<p>With Biden laying low, some wonder how the executive branch of the government (which employs more than 2 million people) is now operating. Conservatives often charge that unelected Cabinet secretaries or lower-level bureaucrats are emboldened in the absence of strong executive leadership.<\/p>\n<p>Biden&rsquo;s Cabinet secretaries have taken on more prominent roles during the latter stages of his presidency. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin, for example, was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/defense\/3109688\/lloyd-austin-revokes-plea-agreement-9-11-mastermind-fires-official-in-charge-military-commissions\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"publicly credited\">credited<\/a> last month with revoking the plea agreements for the 9\/11 terrorist attack mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed rather than Biden.<\/p>\n<p>Attorney General Merrick Garland traveled with Harris to Selma, Alabama, for an event in March to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/2901337\/merrick-garland-slams-voter-id-laws-as-discriminatory-unnecessary\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"rejecting accusations\">speak out against voter ID laws<\/a>. On Thursday, he gave a speech <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/justice\/3152690\/garland-speech-doj-impartiality-met-skepticism\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"rejecting accusations\">rejecting accusations<\/a> that the Department of Justice had become weaponized.<\/p>\n<p>Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg, meanwhile, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2024\/09\/08\/politics\/video\/pete-buttigieg-harris-trump-debate-sotu-digvid\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"has been a mainstay on news networks\">has been a mainstay on news networks<\/a>, albeit largely talking about Vice President Kamala Harris&rsquo;s campaign.<\/p>\n<p>Trump has pledged to upend the federal government if elected to a second term, promising alternately to &ldquo;drain the swamp&rdquo; or eliminate the &ldquo;deep state&rdquo; of government workers whose jobs are secure regardless of who wins the presidency.<\/p>\n<p>Shortly before leaving office, Trump worked to make more government workers fireable by the president, creating a classification called Schedule F that would affect about 50,000 of the 2.2 million federal employees. But Biden scrapped Schedule F upon taking office and is now working to &ldquo;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/3106551\/biden-administration-rulemaking-blitzes-aim-trump-proof-federal-government\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Trump proof\">Trump proof<\/a>&rdquo; many of the jobs, indicating he&rsquo;s happy with the work of those civil service employees.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Harris campaign a sign of things to come?<\/h2>\n<p>So far, Harris appears to be taking a leaf out of her boss&rsquo;s playbook, not only eschewing interviews or press conferences but <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/3142847\/harris-campaign-excluding-news-outlets\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"actively shunning\">actively shunning<\/a> the media in some cases from covering her campaign. Just last week, the White House News Photographers Association <a href=\"https:\/\/www.axios.com\/2024\/09\/12\/harris-media-access-photographers-limits\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"actively shunning\">criticized the Harris campaign<\/a> for lack of access.<\/p>\n<p>The question is, will voters care? Or do they see it as a welcome contrast to the more bombastic Trump presidency that took on all comers?<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Trump was too much in our faces,&rdquo; Rutgers University history, media studies, and journalism professor David Greenberg said. &ldquo;But Biden has not been visible enough.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Trump, a born showman, has <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/gov-cuomo-blames-health-care-workers-for-nursing-home-deaths\/\" title=\"Gov. Cuomo blames health care workers for nursing home deaths\">dominated news headlines<\/a> and political discourse since he launched his campaign in June 2015. He seemed to be everywhere all the time from the ride down the escalator to the end of his presidency. Even after Biden entered the White House, Trump often got more daily coverage as the ex-president than Biden did as the incumbent.<\/p>\n<p>And many voters like it that way, Greenberg argues.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Trump was too loud, too obnoxious, too petulant,&rdquo; he said. &ldquo;His daily tweets annoyed people, and the media&rsquo;s amplification of them with hysterical coverage made it worse.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>However, Biden&rsquo;s age-related troubles raise the question of whether his low profile was by design as a contrast to Trump or whether it was because his aides were concerned that Biden&rsquo;s declining energy levels and verbal fluency would alarm the public. Either way, Greenberg argues that Biden, and now Harris, hurt themselves by not doing more press conferences and impromptu exchanges with reporters or town halls with voters.<\/p>\n<p>Trump tried to make Biden&rsquo;s absence a problem during his recent debate with Harris.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Where is our president? We don&rsquo;t even know if he&rsquo;s the president,&rdquo; Trump said. &ldquo;They threw him out of the campaign like a dog. We don&rsquo;t even know &mdash; is he our president? We have a president that doesn&rsquo;t know he&rsquo;s alive.&rdquo; <\/p>\n<p>Harris, rather than defending Biden, reminded Trump that he wasn&rsquo;t onstage.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;It&rsquo;s important to remind the former president you&rsquo;re not running against Joe Biden,&rdquo; she said. &ldquo;You&rsquo;re running against me.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Biden will remain in office until noon on Jan. 20, 2025. If his lack of visibility doesn&rsquo;t bother the voting public and Harris is elected, it&rsquo;s possible she may emulate his style in office as well. <\/p>\n<p>Joel Goldstein, a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/pence-steps-up-attacks-against-trump-after-third-indictment\/\" title=\"Pence intensifies criticism of Trump following third indictment.\">vice presidential scholar<\/a> at Saint Louis University, cautioned that a quiet president does not necessarily mean an unproductive one, and a loud one is not necessarily more active behind the scenes. <\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Biden may have paid a political price for not being a more frequent or effective communicator, or not emphasizing himself more, but that doesn&rsquo;t mean he&rsquo;s been inactive or ineffective as a president,&rdquo; Goldstein said. &ldquo;Quite the contrary.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Similar approaches can also yield different results, Goldstein argues. Both Ronald Reagan and George W. Bush had reputations as delegators, for example, but Reagan was known as a skilled communicator much more so than Bush was. <\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Trump&rsquo;s omnipresence in the headlines doesn&rsquo;t translate into presidential success, especially when his public comments often reveal his lack of knowledge of policy,&rdquo; Goldstein said.<\/p>\n<p>Biden appears to share that view, holding the fewest solo press conferences of any president dating back to George H.W. Bush. But Cully Stimson, a senior fellow at the Heritage Foundation, argues that the president owes it to the public to defend and explain policies and events on a regular basis.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;The president has the legal and moral authority to speak on behalf of the American people. That is a strength of the office,&rdquo; he said. &ldquo;The absence of that over long periods of time weakens the office of the presidency and weakens the U.S. not only in the eyes of the American people, but in the world.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">The presidency is &lsquo;waiting for the next large person&rsquo;<\/h2>\n<p>So, is a Biden-style quiet presidency the way of the future? Are voters content with a leader who occupies less of their headspace on a permanent basis? Craig Shirley doesn&rsquo;t think so.<\/p>\n<p>Shirley, a presidential historian and Reagan biographer, says the profile of the presidency correlates directly with the stature of the person occupying it.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Do the times make the man, or does the man make the times?&rdquo; he asked, paraphrasing Henry Adams. &ldquo;I would say the man makes the times.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Shirley says that books continue to be written about great presidents such as George Washington, Abraham Lincoln, Franklin Delano Roosevelt, and Reagan, but he predicts that a great book will never be written about the Biden presidency.<\/p>\n<p>There is some early evidence to back his claim. Earlier this year, Simon and Schuster <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/dlippman\/status\/1773037353830945131?s=20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"withdrew\">withdrew<\/a> a contract it had with <em>Axios<\/em> reporter Alex Thompson for a book on the Biden White House, reportedly a &ldquo;sign of the soft Biden book market.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Joe Biden is a man of small ideas, and so he is a small president,&rdquo; Shirley said. &ldquo;There are no books about Franklin Pierce or Millard Fillmore. There are no books about James Buchanan, except maybe to point out that he was a failure. Little men have little thoughts and get little books or no books at all. Joe Biden is a little man who is already forgotten.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Shirley predicts that the presidency will remain quiet only so long as such a figure remains in office and that it will draw attention again when another big thinker enters the White House.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;The presidency is waiting for the next large person, the next dynamic person, the next person with ideas,&rdquo; he said. &ldquo;Interesting people get headlines, and people are interested because the person is interesting.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> <script>!function(){var g=window;g.googletag=g.googletag||{},g.googletag.cmd=g.googletag.cmd||[],g.googletag.cmd.push(function(){g.googletag.pubads().setTargeting(\"has-featured-video\",\"true\")})}();<\/script><script>var _bp=_bp||[];_bp.push({\"div\":\"Brid_1758730\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"1758730\"}});<\/script><script defer src=\"https:\/\/services.brid.tv\/player\/build\/brid.min.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The diminishing presence of the presidency: Biden largely absent from public view <\/p>\n<p>Last week, President Joe Biden gained attention for wearing a red Trump 2024 hat at a 9\/11 memorial event, highlighting his significant absence from the public eye since he unexpectedly withdrew from the presidential race less than two months ago. During his 2020 campaign, he faced criticism for being low-profile and was accused of hiding in his basement. This trend has continued throughout his presidency, especially when compared to former President Donald Trump. Biden has conducted few press conferences or interviews and often delegates major announcements to others. Since announcing his withdrawal on July 21 through a subdued post on X, he has been nearly invisible. The president typically holds no more than one public event daily and only briefly attended last month\u2019s Democratic National Convention before leaving for a two-week vacation. His appearances with Vice President Kamala Harris have been rare; instead, he has been photographed relaxing at the beach during significant political moments.<\/p>\n<p>Biden recently honored the victims of the September 11 attacks by shaking hands with Trump at a memorial in New York and made headlines for jokingly wearing a Trump hat during an interaction with one of Trump&#8217;s supporters\u2014an image that stood out due to his overall lack of visibility.<\/p>\n<p>With Biden keeping a low profile, questions arise about how effectively the executive branch is functioning (which employs over two million people). Critics argue that unelected Cabinet members may feel empowered without strong leadership from the president. In recent months, Cabinet secretaries have taken on more visible roles; Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin was noted for revoking plea agreements related to Khalid Sheikh Mohammed rather than Biden himself. Attorney General Merrick Garland also made headlines while speaking against voter ID laws alongside Harris in Alabama.<\/p>\n<p>Trump has vowed to overhaul federal operations if re-elected, promising either to &#8220;drain the swamp&#8221; or dismantle what he calls &#8220;the deep state.&#8221; Before leaving office, Trump attempted to make many government employees easier to fire by creating Schedule F\u2014a move that affected around 50,000 federal workers\u2014but Biden reversed this upon taking office and is now working towards making these positions more secure.<\/p>\n<p>As for Harris&#8217;s campaign strategy mirroring her boss&#8217;s approach\u2014she too seems reluctant to engage with media outlets actively covering her campaign; just last week she faced criticism from journalists regarding limited access during her events. The question remains whether voters will mind this approach or prefer it as an alternative to Trump&#8217;s confrontational style.<\/p>\n<p>Historian David Greenberg notes that while some may find Trump&#8217;s constant presence overwhelming (&#8220;too loud&#8221;), others might see Biden&#8217;s absence as problematic due to concerns about age-related issues affecting his energy levels and communication skills. He argues both leaders could benefit from engaging more frequently with reporters and constituents.<\/p>\n<p>During recent debates between Trump and Harris, Trump questioned where Biden was: \u201cWe don\u2019t even know if he\u2019s our president.\u201d In response, Harris reminded him that she was not running against him but rather representing herself in this election cycle.<\/p>\n<p>Biden will remain in office until January 20th, 2025; should voters be unbothered by his low visibility leading up until then\u2014and if Harris wins\u2014she might adopt similar tactics as president herself.<\/p>\n<p>Joel Goldstein emphasizes that just because someone is quiet doesn\u2019t mean they aren\u2019t effective behind closed doors; however Cully Stimson argues it\u2019s crucial for presidents regularly communicate policies clearly so as not weaken their authority domestically or internationally over time.<\/p>\n<p>Is this quieter style indicative of future presidencies? Craig Shirley believes otherwise\u2014asserting historical significance correlates directly with presidential stature\u2014and suggests books chronicling great leaders like Washington or Lincoln will continue while those about lesser figures like Pierce or Fillmore are scarce.<\/p>\n<p>Shirley concludes there awaits another dynamic leader who can capture public interest once again\u2014the presidency longs for someone impactful who can generate excitement among citizens once more<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2635,"featured_media":2341688,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Joe-Biden-Kamala-Harris.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[538],"tags":[3620,5894,10423],"class_list":["post-2341687","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-washington-examiner","tag-biden","tag-politics","tag-presidency"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Joe-Biden-Kamala-Harris.webp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2341687","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\/2635"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2341687"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2341687\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2341688"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2341687"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2341687"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2341687"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}