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Just for comparison: how many press interviews/Q&As has Biden had as president, and how many had Trump done at the the same point in his term?

thepasswordis 4y ago
Trump did about twice as many in his first year: https://www.cnn.com/2022/01/10/politics/biden-fewer-news-conferences-trump/index.html https://www.cnn.com/2022/01/10/politics/biden-fewer-news-con... Bidens refusal to engage with the press has been a constant frustration: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2022/jan/19/joe-biden-media-reporters-press-conference https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2022/jan/19/joe-biden-me... Honestly I can’t even remember the last time he had press availability. Was it right after the Afghanistan disaster? He does give pretty frequent “remarks” where he’ll post some prepared speech that he reads, but that’s usually it. That’s not what I mean. And honestly: I just don’t get where you’re going with this. Bidens mental decline isn’t even a partisan thing at this point is it? Even his own part seems to be indicating they don’t think he could handle another campaign. (We should stop this convo though since it’s just going into politics crap now)
- sangnoir 4y ago
  > Bidens mental decline isn’t even a partisan thing at this point is it? Unfortunately, it very much is a partisan allegation - one I find poorly sourced. > Bidens refusal to engage with the press has been a constant frustration From your source: >> The one measure where Biden has outpaced the men who came before him is in informal question and answer sessions – of which he has done 216 compared with 120 for Trump and just 46 for Obama. That doesn't scream "mental decline" to me: informal Q&A's are less structured and more mentally taxing (broader topics, so coaching & prep don't help as much). In the clips I've encountered, Biden sounds very lucid, and very off-the-cuff.

thepasswordis 4y ago

Trump did about twice as many in his first year: https://www.cnn.com/2022/01/10/politics/biden-fewer-news-conferences-trump/index.html https://www.cnn.com/2022/01/10/politics/biden-fewer-news-con... Bidens refusal to engage with the press has been a constant frustration: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2022/jan/19/joe-biden-media-reporters-press-conference https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2022/jan/19/joe-biden-me... Honestly I can’t even remember the last time he had press availability. Was it right after the Afghanistan disaster? He does give pretty frequent “remarks” where he’ll post some prepared speech that he reads, but that’s usually it. That’s not what I mean. And honestly: I just don’t get where you’re going with this. Bidens mental decline isn’t even a partisan thing at this point is it? Even his own part seems to be indicating they don’t think he could handle another campaign. (We should stop this convo though since it’s just going into politics crap now)

sangnoir 4y ago
> Bidens mental decline isn’t even a partisan thing at this point is it? Unfortunately, it very much is a partisan allegation - one I find poorly sourced. > Bidens refusal to engage with the press has been a constant frustration From your source: >> The one measure where Biden has outpaced the men who came before him is in informal question and answer sessions – of which he has done 216 compared with 120 for Trump and just 46 for Obama. That doesn't scream "mental decline" to me: informal Q&A's are less structured and more mentally taxing (broader topics, so coaching & prep don't help as much). In the clips I've encountered, Biden sounds very lucid, and very off-the-cuff.