http://twitchy.com/dougp/2023/10/18/a-disheveled-biden-wandered-around-af1-talking-to-reporters-his-staff-looks-alarmed-n2388707
Here's something we don't see too often: On the way back to the U.S. from Israel, President Biden apparently decided to go back and talk to reporters.
We're just guessing his staff didn't sign off on it.
@amuse (@amuse) ~ Shock: Disheveled President Biden seen wandering Air Force One stops to mumble to reporters.
Video ~ http://twitter.com/i/status/1714751497781526886
Andy Lancaster (@andylancaster) ~ The people watching Biden answer questions live on Air Force One look terrified.
Catherine Wilkinson (@CathPRESCOTTAZ) ~ Watch every other person’s face in this clip. Amazing.
In particular, watch Secretary of State Antony Blinken in the background just to the left. He didn't look too thrilled that Biden was talking to reporters without notes.
Instead of trying to talk to reporters it looks like Biden might wanted to take a nap all the way back to the states:
Townhall.com (@townhallcom) ~ Joe Biden addresses reporters in very broken sentences:
"Virtually every ...
mass shooting ...
every ...
circumstance where ...
large number of people have been victimized and lost, I spoke to them ...
I learned a long time ago, but you all learned in your life as well ...
when someone's going through something that is beyond their comprehension...if they see someone who they think understands ...
You know I always get criticized sometimes by my staff because when I go to these events I stay for 3 or 4 hours and answer all their questions."
Video ~ http://twitter.com/i/status/1714743009902825915
White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre tried to end things:
Daily Caller (@DailyCaller) ~ 🚨BREAKING🚨
Biden Speaks Aboard Air Force One About Getting People Out of Gaza - As KJP and Staff Desperately Attempt to Get Biden Away From Reporters
REPORTER: "What about getting people out?"
KJP: "We gotta - we gotta."
BIDEN: "We're gonna get people out but I'm not gonna go into any detail with you now."
KJP: "Alright. We GOTTA wrap up guys. We GOTTA wrap up!"
Video ~ http://twitter.com/i/status/1714744343964062007
One thing's nearly for certain: The odds are low that Biden's staff will let him do that again.
"Uh, President Pudding Pop ... the ice cream is in the front of the plane, NOT in the back with the press! That's a good boy ... move on towards the front ... that's a good boy."
JacknDaisy (@DaisyJackn) ~ Here's where we are, folks! Can't you just feel the tension around Biden as he speaks? Nervous af what he will say.
The look on Blinken's face said it all:
Yandel Schaffer (@VoxYehudi) ~ Blinken is petrified at the gaffs Biden could be barfing out.
Yikes!
The essential American soul is hard, isolate, stoic, and a killer. It has never yet melted. ~ D.H. Lawrence