US President Biden announced his withdrawal from the election, which was followed by western media reports about his real health. The report reveals various measures taken by the White House in the past three and a half years to cover up the 81-year-old president’s health problems, including carefully choosing a walking environment, wearing non-slip shoes, often being accompanied by staff, shortening the work schedule to increase rest time and so on. Despite this, Biden still frequently appears to stumble, vague words, confused thinking and fall.
In March 2021, when Biden took office for only two months, the continuous wrestling incident on the steps of the presidential plane shocked the whole world. Then in 2023, he left Warsaw after visiting Ukraine and fell when he went to Alabama. In order to reduce the risk, since last summer, Biden chose the small staircase with only 14 steps to board the plane, instead of the unconventional 26-step staircase.
For Biden’s unexpected situation, the White House Press Office can always provide various reasons to explain, such as calling the video showing Biden’s long motionless as a "maliciously edited fake". Biden once asked about the whereabouts of a late congressman in public, but the White House did not explicitly respond whether it was a teleprompter failure or a memory problem, only emphasizing that the congressman was the object of the president’s concern. At the same time, it is difficult for the White House to explain the fact that Parkinson’s disease experts have repeatedly visited the White House but denied Biden’s illness, and Biden’s evasive attitude after making inappropriate remarks to his ally Japan.
Biden’s schedule is arranged from 10 am to 4 pm, which is a relatively stable period of time. According to reports, he asked not to arrange activities after 8 pm to ensure adequate sleep. This arrangement not only affected domestic activities, but also forced international leaders to adjust the meeting time with him. For example, at the G7 summit, Biden was absent from the meeting with the German Chancellor and was replaced by the Secretary of State. Similar situations also occurred in other international conferences.
Biden’s increasing dependence on memo cards, even including simple instructions such as "sit in the seat", shows his difficulty in impromptu question and answer. The campaign team will pre-screen questions to ensure that Biden can answer the cards smoothly. Trump once ridiculed this, pointing out that Biden’s press conference and Q&A rely on preset content.
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