What happens when you have an elderly, frail, over the hill president? For one thing, he takes a lot of time off. The Daily Wire has an interesting item on how Joe Biden spent the day yesterday.
It starts with a reporter noting that Biden had virtually nothing on his published schedule for the day, and asking Jen Psaki what he is up to. Psaki tap-danced in response, obviously having no idea of any productive work Biden might be accomplishing:
Jen Psaki struggles to explain why Biden’s schedule is so empty today. pic.twitter.com/Xh00o8jD8G
— RNC Research (@RNCResearch) January 25, 2022
And how did Biden actually spend the day? Shopping and buying ice cream:
.@POTUS visits a boutique store on Capitol Hill called Honey Made. pic.twitter.com/cYq3xTiqr7
— Jeff Mason (@jeffmason1) January 25, 2022
“The President made a quick pitstop at the ice cream shop this afternoon after a visit to neighboring boutique Honey Made, where he admired necklaces on the wall for ‘my wife,’ examined a coaster with a German shepherd on it, and picked up a Kamala Harris mug,” The Washingtonian reported. “Early pool reports are vague, however, on what Biden ordered at Jeni’s other than it was a cone with two scoops—’light colored flavor on bottom, darker ice cream on top.’ POTUS waved the cone at pool reporters before heading off in his motorcade.”
Ice cream. pic.twitter.com/P84JGtxtbk
— Jeff Mason (@jeffmason1) January 25, 2022
After a strenuous afternoon of shopping and eating ice cream, Biden called it quits at 3:06:
Today, Biden went shopping, got ice cream… then called a lid at 3:06pm. pic.twitter.com/yup5i8T31u
— Jake Schneider (@jacobkschneider) January 25, 2022
Of course, everyone needs a little time off. But Biden is not, ostensibly, on vacation, and yesterday was a Tuesday, not a weekend. I suspect that Biden simply doesn’t have it in him to work anything like a 40-hour week.
STEVE adds: The figure I heard yesterday is that Biden has spent 31 weekends at his Delaware beach house (and usually from mid-day Friday to mid-day Monday), and only three or four at Camp David, the traditional presidential getaway that is better equipped for conducting normal presidential business, which is 24/7, or needs to be at times.
You might start to wonder whether sending him to more familiar surroundings is part of treatment for someone with advancing dementia.
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