{"id":2434945,"date":"2025-05-15T09:01:02","date_gmt":"2025-05-15T13:01:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-aides-shielded-him-from-wary-cabinet-members-for-last-two-years-tapper-thompson-book\/"},"modified":"2025-05-15T09:01:48","modified_gmt":"2025-05-15T13:01:48","slug":"biden-aides-shielded-him-from-wary-cabinet-members-for-last-two-years-tapper-thompson-book","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-aides-shielded-him-from-wary-cabinet-members-for-last-two-years-tapper-thompson-book\/","title":{"rendered":"Biden aides shielded him from wary Cabinet members for last two years: Tapper-Thompson book"},"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%2Fbiden-aides-shielded-him-from-wary-cabinet-members-for-last-two-years-tapper-thompson-book%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=2434945&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 upcoming book by Jake Tapper and Alex Thompson, titled *Original sin: President biden&#8217;s Decline, it&#8217;s cover-Up, and His Disastrous Choice to Run Again*, reveals that during the last two years of his presidency, Joe Biden was largely shielded from his Cabinet members. Anonymous sources within the Cabinet expressed concerns about Biden&#8217;s mental acuity and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/titanic-sub-ceo-admitted-he-hired-for-diversity-shunned-50-year-old-white-guys-with-military-experience\/\" title=\"Titanic Sub CEO Confessed to Prioritizing Diversity, Excluding &#039;50-Year-Old White Men&#039; with Military Background\">decision-making capabilities<\/a>, stating they often had <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/minneapolis-reconsiders-drops-program-to-pay-social-media-influencers-during-chauvin-trial\/\" title=\"Minneapolis Reconsiders, Drops Program To Pay Social Media Influencers During Chauvin Trial\">limited access<\/a> to him and had to report their data through White House staff instead of directly to the president. Some Cabinet members described Biden as appearing &#8220;disoriented&#8221; and not fully present during meetings. A Biden spokesperson has defended his performance, stating there is no evidence to support claims of him being unable to fulfill his presidential duties.The book also discusses debates among Biden&#8217;s aides about his physical challenges, suggesting concerns over whether he would need a wheelchair if he sought reelection.  <\/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\">Biden aides shielded him from wary Cabinet members for last two years in office, Tapper-Thompson book says<\/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_2120619\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>Former President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/joe-biden\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Joe Biden\">Joe Biden<\/a> was reportedly shielded from his Cabinet for much of his final two years in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/white-house\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"White House\">White House<\/a>, with <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >secretaries claiming anonymously<\/a> in a new book they were &ldquo;kept at bay.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Anonymous Cabinet secretaries told Jake Tapper and Alex Thompson about their concerns regarding Biden for the journalists&rsquo; upcoming book, <em>Original Sin: President Biden&rsquo;s Decline, Its Cover-Up, and His Disastrous Choice to Run Again<\/em>. <span style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;\">CNN <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2025\/05\/14\/politics\/biden-book-cabinet-emergency\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">reported<\/a> the la<\/span>test claims about concerns with Biden&rsquo;s mental acuity.<\/p>\n<div class=\"recommended-stories\">\n<h2>Recommended Stories<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/3411472\/who-fooled-biden-decline-cover-up-not-voters\/\">Who was fooled by the Biden decline cover-up? 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The same person said they were concerned that top White House officials were &ldquo;leading&rdquo; Biden to decisions, rather than the then-president making them on his own.<\/p>\n<p>Many officials said they were instructed to brief White House staff rather than the president, and the staff would then report back to Biden.<\/p>\n<p>Another unnamed Cabinet secretary said Biden&rsquo;s top aides had &ldquo;shielded him in every meeting,&rdquo; noting that from October 2023, they were kept at a distance from the president and &ldquo;didn&rsquo;t have access to him&rdquo; for months.<\/p>\n<p>The anonymous secretary was &ldquo;shocked by how the president was acting&rdquo; and noted &ldquo;he seemed &lsquo;disoriented&rsquo; and &lsquo;out of it,&rsquo; his mouth agape,&rdquo; the authors wrote in the book.<\/p>\n<p>None of the Cabinet members publicized their concerns during Biden&rsquo;s term.<\/p>\n<p>A Biden spokesperson told CNN that they &ldquo;continue to await anything that shows where Joe Biden had to make a presidential decision or where national security was threatened or where he was unable to do his job.&rdquo; The spokesperson said that &ldquo;the evidence points to the opposite &mdash; he was a very <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/the-placeholder-president\/\" title=\"The Placeholder ...\">effective president<\/a>.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/3411472\/who-fooled-biden-decline-cover-up-not-voters\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"WHO WAS FOOLED BY THE BIDEN DECLINE COVER-UP? NOT THE VOTERS\">WHO WAS FOOLED BY THE BIDEN DECLINE COVER-UP? NOT THE VOTERS<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The book, slated for release next week, also <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/3409115\/biden-advisers-debated-wheelchair-if-he-won\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"revealed\">revealed<\/a> that Biden&rsquo;s advisers had debated whether the then-president would use a wheelchair if he won reelection, noting his physical deterioration.<\/p>\n<p>The authors claim that the hundreds of interviews conducted to write the book were done after the 2024 election ended. President Donald Trump defeated then-Vice President Kamala Harris in the presidential election after she replaced Biden as the Democratic nominee following his decision to drop out in July.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> <script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><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_2120619\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"2120619\"}});<\/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>Biden was reportedly isolated from his Cabinet during his last two years, according to a new book by Tapper and Thompson<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2638,"featured_media":2434946,"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\/2025\/05\/joe-biden-president-speaking-jan-2025.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[3620,4955,5894,5856,23497],"class_list":["post-2434945","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-biden","tag-cabinet","tag-politics","tag-tapper","tag-thompson"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/joe-biden-president-speaking-jan-2025.webp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2434945","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\/2638"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2434945"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2434945\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2434949,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2434945\/revisions\/2434949"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2434946"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2434945"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2434945"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2434945"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}