A beautiful picture of Vice President Trump and President Putin. pic.twitter.com/UV70HHRIfI
— Laura Loomer (@LauraLoomer) July 11, 2024
Biden and Trump tied despite debate, as 67% call for president to drop out: POLL
Two-thirds of Americans in a new ABC News/Washington Post/Ipsos poll – including a majority of Joe Biden’s own supporters – say he should step aside as his party’s presumptive nominee for president given his debate performance two weeks ago. That’s even as Biden continues to run evenly with Donald Trump, with no meaningful post-debate change in vote preferences.
Americans divide 46-47% between Biden and Trump if the election were today, almost identical to a 44-46% ABC/Ipsos poll result in April. Among registered voters (though there’s plenty of time to register) it’s an absolute tie, 46-46%.
https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/story?id=111825221
President Biden drew gasps Thursday evening when he introduced Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky as “President Putin” — confusing him with the Russian tyrant whose forces have invaded Ukraine for the past two-and-a-half years.
“And now I want to hand it over to the president of Ukraine, who has as much courage as he has determination,” Biden said. “Ladies and gentlemen, President [Vladimir] Putin. “
Many in the auditorium appeared to wince as the words left the president’s lips. One audience member shouted, “Zelensky!” in an attempt to correct the 81-year-old Biden.
World leaders onstage appeared unsure of whether to clap to welcome Zelensky or wait for Biden to correct himself.
President Joe Biden on Thursday mistakenly referred to Vice President Kamala Harris as “Vice President Trump” in the opening question of his highly-anticipated solo press conference in Washington.
“Look, I wouldn’t have picked Vice President Trump to be vice president [if] I think she’s not qualified to be president,” Biden said, confusing his second-in-command with his November election opponent, former President Donald Trump.
The president misspoke and appeared to lose his train of thought several times as he fielded reporters’ questions.
In another blunder, Biden wrongly referred to his chief of staff as “my commander in chief” before catching his mistake.
https://www.cnbc.com/2024/07/11/joe-biden-press-conference-updates.html
Angry and stunned Democrats blame Biden’s closest advisers for shielding public from full extent of president’s decline
At a star-studded fundraiser for President Joe Biden in Los Angeles last month, George Clooney wasn’t the only one who came away concerned about the president.
Even before Biden made remarks that night, whispers of concern rippled through the audience at the Peacock Theater about the president who had just arrived from a long flight from Italy. Some of the biggest donors at the $30 million fundraising event, who had waited in line to take pictures with Biden, expressed unease at how the president looked and carried himself.
“He was less cogent than usual,” said one attendee, who was surprised that during a smaller meeting with donors before the main event, Biden barely spoke. Instead, this person said, he left virtually all of the talking to former President Barack Obama, which struck some guests as unusual for a loquacious politician like Biden.
Biden’s appearance in California struck attendees as starkly different from a fundraising gala he attended in March at Radio City Music Hall in New York, one Democrat guest told CNN, when Biden appeared on stage with Obama and former President Bill Clinton.
“There is a marked difference in the president from the spring to the summer,” a senior Democrat told CNN. “He’s just not the same.”
https://www.cnn.com/2024/07/11/politics/joe-biden-age-decline-democrats-angry/index.html