Vietnam Presser Among Biden's Worst

[Kathianne]

Very very bad. He couldn't keep notes straight. Didn't seem to know if day or night. He ended when press secretary cued music and signaled him off, Biden gives a small wave to reporters, "I don't know about you, but I'm off to bed."

Hoo boy!

[Gunny]

Very very bad. He couldn't keep notes straight. Didn't seem to know if day or night. He ended when press secretary cued music and signaled him off, Biden gives a small wave to reporters, "I don't know about you, but I'm off to bed."

Hoo boy!Was hoping he could hold out another year so the Dems don't break out one of their nightmares selling Kool Aid to their voters who will lockstep up to the polls.

[Kathianne]

Was hoping he could hold out another year so the Dems don't break out one of their nightmares selling Kool Aid to their voters who will lockstep up to the polls.

I could be wrong, but I don't think it was more than 20 minutes or so, just went from bad to worse.

[Kathianne]

Articles starting:

https://www.cnn.com/2023/09/10/politics/karine-jean-pierre-joe-biden-press-conference/index.html


White House press secretary ends news conference as Biden is still responding to questions from reportersDonald Judd
By Donald Judd, CNN
Updated 11:48 AM EDT, Sun September 10, 2023


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https://www.newsweek.com/president-biden-sparks-concerns-1825870


Joe Biden Says He's Just Following Staff's Orders During Press ConferenceBY NATALIE VENEGAS ON 9/10/23 AT 4:00 PM EDT

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https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-12501605/Bidens-bizarre-Vietnam-press-conference-President-whispers-walks-stage-calls-climate-change-deniers-lying-dog-faced-pony-soldiers-story-John-Wayne-Indians-taking-questions-set-list-reporters.html


Tactless Biden says 'Good Evening, Vietnam!' while in Hanoi - as he mistakes Robin Williams' anti-war movie for a SONG - during ANOTHER bizarre press conference where he rants about 'Indians' and John WaynePresident Joe Biden held a press conference in Hanoi, Vietnam Sunday night
He whispered, walked about the stage and used the phrase: 'lying dog faced pony soldier,' telling a tale about 'Indians' and John Wayne
The president spent two days in India for the G20 Leaders' Summit and will depart Vietnam Monday for Alaska, circumnavigating the globe

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[Gunny]

Articles starting:

https://www.cnn.com/2023/09/10/politics/karine-jean-pierre-joe-biden-press-conference/index.html



https://www.newsweek.com/president-biden-sparks-concerns-1825870



https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-12501605/Bidens-bizarre-Vietnam-press-conference-President-whispers-walks-stage-calls-climate-change-deniers-lying-dog-faced-pony-soldiers-story-John-Wayne-Indians-taking-questions-set-list-reporters.htmlHe's not there. I'm not even sure what I think about him at this point. On one hand, he is and has been a crooked politician and should be punished. On the other hand, us peasants are in homes by the time we get to his point.

Then there is the fact that those facilitating dragging that 2 years old mind in a 80 years old body around just for control and power should have a special place in Hell waiting for them.

[Kathianne]

He's not there. I'm not even sure what I think about him at this point. On one hand, he is and has been a crooked politician and should be punished. On the other hand, us peasants are in homes by the time we get to his point.

Then there is the fact that those facilitating dragging that 2 years old mind in a 80 years old body around just for control and power should have a special place in Hell waiting for them.

I've said since the beginning, Jill hates him. I really detest my ex. I wouldn't allow this to happen to him, because of the kids.

[Kathianne]

The day after:

https://hotair.com/karen-townsend/2023/09/11/please-no-more-trips-overseas-for-joe-biden-n577005


Please. No more trips overseas for Joe BidenKAREN TOWNSEND 8:41 AM on September 11, 2023

Please. No more trips overseas for Joe Biden
AP Photo/Alex Brandon
One obvious downside to having an old and feeble president is that he is failing both mentally and physically right before our eyes. Unfortunately, he is also failing in front of the whole world. Our friends and enemies see his performance on the world stage and it ain’t good. It’s embarrassing. He presents a very weak imagine.


It’s dangerous for the leader of the free world to look weak and demented. Once again we were reminded of how inept Biden is in videos coming out of the G20 meeting hosted by India, his first stop. Jill Biden stayed home due to testing positive for COVID-19 and conveniently was at the beach house in Delaware to wait out her quarantine.


Russian President Vladimir Putin and Chinese President Xi Jinping skipped the summit in New Delhi. Even in Putin’s absence, Biden failed spectacularly to unite the nations in condemnation of Russia’s war in Ukraine. The statement this year was noticeably weaker than the one coming out of last year’s summit. So, that was a big win for Mad Vlad and his pal Xi. Ukraine was not happy with this year’s results.


Group of 20 nations declined to explicitly chide Russia for the invasion, saying instead that countries “must refrain from the threat or use of force to seek territorial acquisition” and lamented “the human suffering and negative added impacts of the war.”


Although Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy attended last year’s G20 summit in Bali, Indonesia, he was not present at the New Delhi gathering.


India, which is not aligned in the war, did not invite Ukraine, despite a request from U.S. officials who argued that Ukrainian officials should have the ability at the forum to rebut Russia’s narrative about the war.


Ukraine’s foreign affairs ministry voiced disappointment on social media with the G20 statement, sharing a mockup of changes it would have liked to have seen that would have pinpointed Russia as the aggressor nation.


“We are grateful to the partners who tried to include strong wording in the text. However, in terms of Russia’s aggression against Ukraine, G20 has nothing to be proud of,” ministry spokesman Oleg Nikolenko said in a statement on X, the platform formerly known as Twitter.


While clueless Biden didn’t think the weak statement was a problem and stated that the war in Ukraine was not a “wedge issue” for most of the G20, chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, Rep. Michael McCaul (R-TX), said that the statement was “a major departure from last year and a real slap in the face to Zelensky as they’re conducting the counteroffensive.” Joe Biden is no longer able to distinguish when countries are insulting the United States or our friends. They now do so with impunity.


Biden forged ahead with strengthening relations with Saudi Arabia, the country he once called a ‘Pariah.’




Oof.




Okay, then.


Biden has to go hat in hand to beg for oil from countries like Saudi Arabia. His top spokesperson, John Kelly, acknowledged that Biden will again take from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve, already at a 40 year low, thanks to Biden’s disastrous energy policies.




I’m sure everything is fine.


Biden went on to Vietnam after he left India. He wants to strength ties with Vietnam in hopes of lessening their growing relationship with China. His press conference from Hanoi was a huge fail.






Shades of Senator John Fetterman with that last one. “Good Morning, Vietnam” is a movie , not a song, Joe.


And, what’s an appearance from Biden without him wandering off?






What a mess. Even with his note cards in front of him, he is unable to hold a train of thought and focus on the task at hand.


It was alarming to hear Biden say, “I don’t want to contain China.” Is Hunter doing deals again in China for Biden, Inc.? Rest assured that China does not see themselves as a partner with the United States on any issue. They know they are a major competitor and they play to win. Look at what China did to the rest of the world with the pandemic.


Biden’s press conference got so bad that his staff cut him off and ended it.




Who exactly is running the country? It isn’t Joe Biden.


I know that the president has to travel abroad to do his job. However, with this president, it is to our detriment. This trip has brought home the fact that the 2024 presidential election is so important that Republicans have to win. We cannot have another four-year term with Joe Biden. I’m not at all sure he will survive a second term. And, dear Lord, no, we can’t have President Kamala. Talk about a threat to democracy. Joe Biden needs to curtail any future trips overseas. It’s just too dangerous.

[Kathianne]

I actually tuned in to catch some of his presser, then realized it was making sense, so waited for youtube. Well what was there had been edited, but caught C-Span.

The WH was hoping this was going to help for the campaign, bad choice:

https://hotair.com/jazz-shaw/2023/09/11/kjp-ends-presser-while-biden-is-still-talking-n577068


KJP ends presser while Biden is still talkingJAZZ SHAW 9:21 AM on September 11, 2023

KJP ends presser while Biden is still talking
AP Photo/Susan Walsh
The White House tried to make a big deal out of Joe Biden’s trip to Asia for the G20, with a few other stops added in. It was clearly an opportunity to try to point out that Sleepy Joe isn’t really sleepy at all and is Getting Things Done. In a follow-on stop in Hanoi, Vietnam, Biden was even sent out to give a speech at a press conference, and in a rare exception to his typical routine, he even agreed to answer five questions. It was immediately obvious that the reporters who would be allowed to ask questions had been selected in advance and they were screened to ensure nobody would ask anything “awkward.” Biden’s team had to have been nervous because all of this was taking place late in the evening, particularly as compared to the Eastern time zone. And they had good reason to be nervous. After the five staged questions had been answered, Biden suddenly decided to go off script and take another question and make more comments. That was a bridge too far for his handlers. In a rather shocking display that I don’t recall seeing during any other administration, Karine Jean-Pierre rushed forward, cut the President off in mid-sentence and Biden was guided away from the crowd. It was a remarkable enough event that even CNN felt compelled to cover it.


White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre on Sunday abruptly ended a news conference with President Joe Biden in Hanoi, Vietnam, at one point taking a microphone and announcing the event had concluded even as the president was still answering questions from reporters in the room.


As the president was responding to shouted questions from the press, Jean-Pierre took to the microphone to announce, “Thank you everybody – this ends the press conference.” Biden remained on stage briefly following her announcement, responding to one additional question, though his full answer was inaudible.


Biden had, at that point, taken the five questions from reporters in the room that he said he would.


Even the prearranged questions didn’t go very smoothly. Biden was asked to address why he uses the phrase “lying dog-faced pony soldier” and he rambled on for several minutes in a seemingly incoherent fashion. Then, after referring to the southern hemisphere as “the third world,” KJP literally had them cut off his microphone and move him offstage. One reporter gamely yelled out a question asking “Are you worried about your son being indicted?” But Biden either didn’t hear it or chose not to respond.


Biden did make one other remark as the team gave up on the effort. He told the crowd, “I’m going to bed.” If this was intended as an opportunity to demonstrate that Biden is still full of vim, vigor, and energy in the face of his collapsing poll numbers, it didn’t appear to go off very smoothly. Sleepy Joe did manage to remain awake through a number of scheduled events, so we should give him credit for that much at least. But he clearly didn’t inspire confidence in his cognitive strength with this performance.


With all of that said, I will return to the fact this was a virtually unprecedented sequence of events when it comes to the Oval Office. The man is the leader of the free world. Nobody is supposed to be cutting him off when he’s still speaking or rushing him away into the darkness. The only time that might happen would be if a shooter entered the room or some other imminently dangerous situation arose. And even then it would be the Secret Service doing it, not the Press Secretary.


This is simply unheard of. You would never see this happening with another president. But perhaps we have collectively become too numb to the oddities on display during this presidency. The press used to lose their minds every time Donald Trump played a round of golf, but Joe Biden has literally spent almost half of his presidency on vacation and almost nobody even bothers to mention it. On the rare occasions when he delivers public remarks, he slips into some other mode of thought and sounds effectively incoherent at times. But we’re all supposed to ignore that as part of “loveable Joe’s humorous gaffes.” It all seems to have become part of “the new normal.” And someone believes he can keep doing this for more than five more years?


You can watch the abrupt end of the presser in the video below. As I said, if you saw this happen with any other president you’d suspect it was a deep-fake video.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AaaJuOa69dA