Joe Biden probably had more action today then he normally has to deal with — having to give a speech at the UN General Assembly and then later meeting with U.K. Prime Minister Boris Johnson to talk about the pandemic and trade issues.
The UN speech must have done him in because he was into la la land by the time he got to Boris.
Biden told Johnson a ridiculous story about his travel on Amtrak that has already been debunked as not being possible.
Biden retells a frequently debunked story about how he was congratulated for traveling 2 million miles on Amtrak while he was VP pic.twitter.com/EPnSSgx0Gp
— Tom Elliott (@tomselliott) September 21, 2021
As I previously reported, the conductor he is referencing retired in 1993 and died in 2014. Biden didn’t actually hit over 1,000,000 miles on Air Force Two until 2015. So there’s no way this story could have happened. This isn’t just his typical lying puffery, this was weird straight up delusional nonsense. He’s just a pathological liar unhinged from reality. He also upped his number of miles on Amtrak which he said in May was 1,515,000 when he had the encounter with the conductor. Now suddenly, he told Johnson it was 2 million miles that the conductor told him.
But it really turned into bedlam when Biden’s staff flipped out trying to stop him from answering questions from the media.
Boris Johnson took three questions, according to CBS’s Ed O’Keefe. But then Biden’s staff started screaming right in the middle of Boris talking as they tried to stop reporters from asking Biden questions.
IN THE OVAL OFFICE… @POTUS Biden and British PM @BorisJohnson meet to discuss pandemic, trade and other issues. Johnson took 3 questions. White House aides shouted down U.S. attempts to ask questions. I asked Biden about southern border and we couldn’t decipher what he said. pic.twitter.com/A86kgdfsuc
— Ed O'Keefe (@edokeefe) September 21, 2021
As Johnson finished his own answer to the 3rd question about his reluctance, senior White House aides began shouting, seemingly cutting off the PM. We were then escorted from the Oval Office.
— Ed O’Keefe (@edokeefe) September 21, 2021
As we were leaving, I asked the president for his reaction to the situation on the southern border. Due to shouting by White House aides, the noise of everyone leaving, and the president wearing his mask, we could not make out his answer.
— Ed O’Keefe (@edokeefe) September 21, 2021
It was wild, I don’t think I’ve seen anything like it. And they were screaming very loudly, trying to get all the reporters out of the room.
MOMENTS AGO: Staff orders news media to leave The White House as UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson speaks mid-sentence pic.twitter.com/MXg2m0o1hq
— Breaking911 (@Breaking911) September 21, 2021
Now perhaps it was because Biden started going into that nodding thing that almost looked like he was falling asleep. Or again, it’s just a sign of what we reported on before — erecting that “wall” to prevent him from getting any questions that he can mess up and avoid his regular gaffes.
But the staff created their own issue, causing a chaotic scene, on top of being rude to the prime minister.
O’Keefe was later able to figure out what Biden said in response to the border question.
UPDATE: We have played back the tape and part of the president’s answer is decipherable. I asked for his response to the situation on the southern border and he says in part, “Violence is not justified.”
He is wearing a mask and there is shouting so nothing else is decipherable
— Ed O’Keefe (@edokeefe) September 21, 2021
If that’s Biden getting on board the fake Border Patrol whipping Haitians story, then he’s pushing something that’s already been debunked and it’s something done under his administration. What he needs to justify and resolve is the huge crisis he’s let fester at the border. That’s real and that’s all on him.
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