“A significant majority of Americans,” NPR reports, “say they believe President Biden’s mental fitness is a real concern they have about his ability to be president.” In his rare unscripted public appearances, he loses track of names, dates, thoughts, facts, sentences, start times and end times. So why did the White House coordinate the “Old Yeller” story now? Because the president is clearly foundering. No, the only people truly shocked are the vast majority of Americans voters, who’ve been sold a carefully curated image of a grandfatherly consoler, whose own life tragedies impart a deep sense of empathy, and whose commitment to geniality signal “a return to normalcy.” Sadly, Biden’s cruel edge is no surprise to the president’s seventh grandchild, who the Bidens barred from using the family surname, and whose existence White House strategists instruct aides to ignore.

But don’t worry, unlike pop, I won’t make you give me half your salary.” Hunter, aggrieved at being compelled to hand over much of his earnings to support his father, once texted his sister Naomi: “I hope you all can do what I did and pay for everything for this entire family for 30 years. When a female aide tried to end the confrontation, the candidate put his hand in her face and dismissed her: “Hush! Hush!”īiden’s nasty side is no surprise to his embattled son, Hunter. “You’re full of s**t,” he told a Detroit steel worker who questioned his gun-control agenda in 2020. It’s also no surprise to those few who dared catch him off guard with a challenge on the campaign trail.

That the self-appointed consoler-in-chief has a deeply mean edge is no surprise in Washington DC, where his temper has been well known for decades. But why would the White House place a story like this now? Even the harshest insider quotes suggest that the president’s ill-temper and liberal use of expletives when berating his staff arises from the apparent frustrations of his genius.

That’s according to Axios, running the headline “Old Yeller: Biden’s Private Fury.” It’s a masterclass in press-handling.

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