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President Biden suggested Friday that next month’s election may not be peaceful as he appeared in the White House briefing room for the first time since taking office — and after years of surprise interviews and news conferences at his press conference. A lame explosion in availability continued.
“I am confident that it will be free and fair. I don’t know whether it will be peaceful or not,” the retired 81-year-old president said during his surprise 15-minute appearance in response to a question from National Public Radio’s Tamara Keith.
“The things that (former President Donald) Trump have said, and the things he said the last time he didn’t like the results of the election, were very dangerous,” Biden said.
“You noticed? I noticed that the Republican vice presidential candidate (Ohio Senator J.D. Vance) did not say he would accept the outcome of the election and he didn’t accept the outcome of the last election. So I’m concerned that he What are you going to do?”
Biden’s appearance was so unexpected that many seats in the briefing room were empty and most of the handful of reporters chosen to ask questions defaulted to the conflict in the Middle East.
Trump, 78, responded to Biden’s comments at an event in Georgia on Friday afternoon that focused on recovery efforts from Hurricane Helene.
“I can only hope that it will be free and fair, and I think it will be in this state and I hope it will be in every state. And I think we’re going to do very well,” Trump said — without addressing whether the resolution of the election would be peaceful.
outgoing president, who gave his first newspaper interview In the past month alone, he has dramatically increased his press engagements for the LGBT-focused Washington Blade as he prepares to move out of the White House on January 20 — after fellow Democrats forced him to do so. End your campaign for a second term on July 21 Extreme concern about his mental acuity.
In a rare trifecta, Biden answered several questions from reporters as he departed the White House on Thursday for a day-long trip to Florida and Georgia, fielded questions again while on the ground there, and yet again when he left after dark. Returned to the executive mansion.
Those chats explain why the president’s unfiltered engagements were so few.
A leader suffering from misconceptions sent crude oil prices soaring by saying on Thursday morning Israel can bomb Iran’s oil plants!and surprised the audience by briefly expressing confusion in his evening gaggle “What a storm!” His questioner was inquiring about the damage caused by Hurricane Helene after touring it.
In the briefing room, he faltered again when referring to “Hurricane Helena”.
As he left the briefing room Friday afternoon, a reporter shouted out whether he was considering re-entering the presidential race.
“I am back!” Biden said to broad laughter.
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