Joe Biden sat by a roaring fireplace in the Oval Office on Friday afternoon and read a prepared speech from a notepad on his lap about the current crisis in Ukraine. Seated next to Mr. Biden was President of the Republic of Finland Sauli Niinistö, who watched as bumbling Joe feigned sincerity.
If Joe was in the 4th grade, reading a speech from prepared notes on his lap while pretending to speak from the heart might be acceptable, but Joe’s not in the 4th grade—he’s in the Oval Office, and we are living in serious times that require a serious leader of the world’s most powerful nation.
“I’m delighted to have a good friend here with us today, the president of Finland, and uh–in the White House in what is a critical moment involving all of Europe. You know, we’ve been in contact for some time now…” and that was the extent of Joe’s ability to speak without prepared notes. Joe immediately moved on to read about their relationship, about the conflict in Ukraine, the security of Europe, and their commitment to important topics like the climate.
When Joe was finished reading his heartfelt comments to President Sauli Niinistö, the President of Finland responded eloquently without using a teleprompter or referring to a pre-written response. When Joe attempted to make a joke about how Barack Obama once said, “We’d be alright if we left everything to the Nordic countries,” the President of Finland shot back, “Well, we usually don’t start wars.” Biden, who had no idea how to respond, abruptly ended the press conference.
Perhaps it’s time for the Democrat Party, that’s trying so hard to convince the world nothing’s wrong with old Joe, to pull the plug on the old guy and send him back to Delaware where he and Nurse Jill can fade quietly away with Hunter and the grandkids.
They could live quite comfortably from the funds they collected in their highly lucrative deals with Ukraine and China while Joe was Barack Obama’s VP and Hunter was an energy and finance expert.
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