Anyone that’s done a fair amount of public speaking in their life understands how important it is to know one’s limits. That is to say that not everything works for everybody, but everyone usually has something they can lean into once they get past the nerves. For some, it could be a dry sense of humor. For others, it may their pacing that draws people in.
Then there are those who clearly have no sense of their abilities and simply speak in an unregulated stream of consciousness. That’s Joe Biden, and his lack of talent was on full display again on Monday as he delivered a riff on someone named “Big Mama” while addressing the nation’s supply chain issues.
Biden: "There was a guy who ran steel … and uh, his handle was big 10 … he called and said 'big 10 wanting to come in,' I forget exactly how he said it, and the only woman truck driver I ever knew I met that day. She said this is big mama. No room. Swear to God. True story." pic.twitter.com/Vth2n2F2eC
— Washington Free Beacon (@FreeBeacon) April 4, 2022
Never has the following gif been more relevant.
Some day, perhaps a hundred years from now, researchers are going to watch that clip and ponder how it was possible that this man was President of the United States. Unfortunately, that’s the reality Americans are currently living in, though. That some actively chose it makes things all the more depressing. And look, I could spend a few more hundred words discussing the president’s clear mental decline, but you get it. We all get it. He’s not all there and he’s not fine.
With that said, Biden then repeated a lie he’s told before, which is that he used to drive an 18-wheeler.
Biden repeats false claim he used to be a truck driver pic.twitter.com/8V95O265IW
— Tom Elliott (@tomselliott) April 4, 2022
To be clear, Biden has never had a real job outside of a very brief stint as a public defender. Two years after law school, he won his first election to public office. He has not ever driven, nor will he ever drive an 18-wheeler. The fact that he continues to repeat such an easily disproven falsehood leads me to the obvious conclusion that he simply doesn’t remember he’s already told it. That’s probably more concerning than his dishonesty.
After his speech, the president once again got confused, a common occurrence when he finishes a public event. He turns in multiple directions and asks “What do we do now?” as Pete Buttigieg and others smile awkwardly. Eventually, others exit the stage but Biden turns the wrong way again before attempting to play it off by motioning for the woman to his right to follow him.
A VERY CONFUSED JOE BIDEN: "What do we do now?" pic.twitter.com/Mkz89wHss1
— RNC Research (@RNCResearch) April 4, 2022
With all the particulars out of the way, I want to return to my original thought about public speaking. As I said, anyone who speaks in public has to have some idea of their limitations so they can successfully work within them. Biden doesn’t even understand the concept. He’s like the auto-play function on social media ads. One second you are minding your own business, reading the news. The next, you are being yelled at about male grooming devices.
Biden also enjoys zero sense of timing in his speaking. With inflation exploding at 7.9 percent last month and sure to be worse when the next report comes out on Friday, Americans are not looking for “good ole grandpa Joe” to deliver bumbling laughers. That’s especially true when he’s is supposed to be addressing an issue as serious and debilitating as the current supply chain crisis. I’m not saying to never make a joke in any circumstance, but I am saying to not be completely tone-deaf.
Of course, that would require Biden to know where he is and what he’s doing at any given moment in time. Is anyone really confident he’s got those answers on hand?
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