In public, President Biden likes to whisper to make a point. In private, he's prone to yelling.Behind closed doors, Biden has such a quick-trigger temper that some aides try to avoid meeting alone with him. Some take a colleague, almost as a shield against a solo blast.
The president's admonitions include: "God dammit, how the f**k don't you know this?!,"
"Don't f**king bullsh*t me!" and "Get the f**k out of here!" — according to current and former Biden aides who have witnessed and been on the receiving end of such outbursts.
The private eruptions paint a more complicated picture of Biden as a manager and president than his carefully cultivated image as a kindly uncle who loves Aviator sunglasses and ice cream.
Some Biden aides think the president would be better off occasionally displaying his temper in public as a way to assuage voter concerns that the 80-year-old president is disengaged and too old for the office.
Senior and lower-level aides alike can be in Biden's line of fire. "No one is safe," said one administration official.
Biden aides still talk about how angry he got at Jeff Zients, then the administration's "COVID czar," in late 2021 when there was a shortage of testing kits as the Omicron variant spread. (The rage was temporary. Zients is now Biden's chief of staff.)A spokesperson for Zients told Axios: "I'm not going to speak to what internal convos may or may not have happened between Jeff and the president."
@LivelyV0lunteerRepublican2 days2D
To be fair, this isn't an age or cognitive thing, it's him being famously intellectually insecure and also kind of a dick.
This was also what the inside accounts would come back with earlier, like Foer's book — him being out of it wasn't the main office dynamic, it was him being a tough/cranky boss which was more reassuring on the age q at least
@ZealousVot3rVo1ceSocialist2 days2D
Who cares? He runs a very effective government. Barking up the wrong tree as usual.
@MellowPepperAmerican Solidarity2 days2D
He runs a very effective government? In the first place, he doesn’t run anything and in the second place, our current government is very ineffective.
He is Micheal Scott. Always has been, but this kind of leak means the intel community is going after him now.
@9Q7LSHX2 days2D
Eh, it just looks like tabloid-style personal attacks and such. Of the millions of things you can validly criticise Biden for, this is probably one of the least significant.
@D3m0cr4cyTunaPeace and Freedom2 days2D
Connaughton told Axios that Biden "hides his sharper edge to promote his folksy Uncle Joe image — which is why, when flashes of anger break through, it seems so out of public character."
@DrearyGeckoRepublican2 days2D
"Okay, senator, time to do some fundraising calls," the aide said. Biden responded by looking at him and snapping: "Get the f**k out of the car."
LOL
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