Joe Biden sat down for another pre-taped interview with a friendly face, this time speaking to Lester Holt of NBC News. As RedState reported, some of the clips were released earlier on Monday, showing the president giving a less-than-optimal response to the attempted assassination of Donald Trump.
With the rest of the interview now out, several more problems were exposed. For one, despite a gunman nearly blowing a former president’s head off, Biden is completely unaware of who his director of the Secret Service is.
HOLT: Is it acceptable that you still have not heard, at least publicly, from the Secret Service director?
BIDEN: Oh, I’ve heard from him. I’ve…(inaudible)
HOLT: Have you heard from her publicly?
BIDEN: Publicly, I’ve sat down in the situation room downstairs, the Secret Service, the FBI, the National Security agencies, the Homeland Security, all the major elements.
Putting aside that a meeting in the situation room is not “public,” which was the entire premise of Holt’s question and something he reiterated twice, Joe Biden’s Secret Service director is a woman. The president calling her “him” should not be brushed off as a simple mistake. Rather, it’s par for the course for a guy who has routinely forgotten who various officials are serving under him, including his cabinet members. The fact that Biden does not know who heads his own Secret Service should worry everyone.
The question is obvious: If the president is this aloof, who is really running the White House? One would be forgiven for assuming Jill Biden, given reports that she and her top adviser were behind the appointment of Kimberly Cheatle to lead the Secret Service.
When Joe was charging RENT to his Secret Service detail living at his house during his VP tenure, the BIG GUYS never had to visit to make rent payments.