We keep seeing Joe Biden deteriorating right in front of us.
He wasn’t a shining light to start with, even years ago, but he just keeps getting worse.
That became readily apparent in Northern Ireland on Wednesday. Confusion and disaster seem to follow him wherever he goes, and it permeates the operations of all his people as well.
Biden is visiting the country to commemorate the Good Friday Agreement — a peace deal that the U.S. was instrumental in helping to broker. Biden brought along his son, Hunter, who has been under investigation for years regarding Biden family foreign business dealings.
Joe Biden arrives in Dublin, Ireland — accompanied by Hunter Biden pic.twitter.com/xD15aujj0K
— RNC Research (@RNCResearch) April 12, 2023
Is that a vacation and are they reimbursing the government for that? Or is Hunter “doing business” there in Northern Ireland, with a lift from Joe?
He also met with U.K. Prime Minister Rishi Sunak. While he said that he would “listen,” his people naturally pushed all the reporters out of the room, yet again, so they could avoid more gaffes.
"I SAID I'M GOING TO LISTEN": Biden attempts to speak, but gives up as his staffers force the press out of the room pic.twitter.com/IzqgN6XJaR
— RNC Research (@RNCResearch) April 12, 2023
However, they couldn’t stop the gaffes because he had to give some remarks to commemorate the event and talk about the present political situation. It’s one thing when he makes weird comments here. But it takes on another level of embarrassment for the country when he makes such comments while overseas. He did that weird thing that he thinks is funny where he looks up at people positioned above them and says, “Don’t jump.”
BIDEN: "And I want all of you to know, especially the young people in the audience today — and don't jump, ok? Oh! I didn't see all the way up there." pic.twitter.com/ZeYfakOWIV
— RNC Research (@RNCResearch) April 12, 2023
But then he said something that made it appear that he didn’t even know where his office was. He told people that the Oval Office was in the “U.S. Capitol.”
BIDEN: "As you walk into my office in the Oval Office in the United States Capitol…"
— RNC Research (@RNCResearch) April 12, 2023
Some rushed to his defense, saying perhaps he was referring to the “Capital.” But notice he didn’t say it was “in the White House” and it’s just the latest of endless similar confused comments. The problem is that he’s said a boatload of things like this, so unfortunately it’s more likely that he’s confused about where his office is. When they were at the White House in February he said he welcomed Bill Clinton “back to the U.S. Congress, back to the U.S. Capitol.” It’s because he thinks he’s still in the Senate, I think. His brain is mush at this point and whenever he goes off the script, he gets into trouble. Even on the script, he often gets into trouble because he can’t read the teleprompter or goes off into flights of fancy. Unfortunately, the controversy over what he said just highlights how much of a continuing issue his confusion is.
That wasn’t the only problem.
In a concerning breach of security, someone dropped the information about where he was staying, security arrangements, and the phone numbers of the Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI) security personnel in the street near the hotel Biden was staying at.
Embarrassing side story to Biden's visit: a detailed itinerary of the President's NI trip (including details of his accommodation, and the phone numbers of senior PSNI officials involved in security) has been found on a street in Belfast. Story reported on @bbcnolan this morning
— Gavan Reilly (@gavreilly) April 12, 2023
Nolan exclusive: PSNI-Biden secret security document found laying in street pic.twitter.com/gHQcNxFPOd
— The Nolan Show, BBC (@BBCNolan) April 12, 2023
Yikes! That’s more than a little concerning that they seem to take no care about important information like that.
Biden has since left Northern Ireland so it’s no longer relevant to his safety. But, as I said, the incompetence seems to follow him wherever he goes, and that should concern us all.
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