Biden frustrated with aides for walking back his statements, worries he looks weak: Report
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President Joe Biden is reportedly frustrated with his staff in the White House and their efforts to "rush to explain" something the president has said.
"The so-called clean-up campaign, he has told advisers, undermines him and smothers the authenticity that fueled his rise. Worse, it feeds a Republican talking point that he’s not fully in command," NBC News reported Monday.
The White House has walked back several of the president's statements, including when Biden said that Russian President Vladimir Putin "cannot remain in power."
The president was angry that his comments were being interpreted as unpredictable, according to the NBC report. White House spokesperson Andrew Bates pushed back on the NBC report.
"The breathlessness of paragraphs 1 & 2 versus the denial being relegated to graph 28 tells you what you need to know about this story. And as we've said before, no clarifications of the President's remarks are ever issued without his direct approval," he said in a statement.
Other Democrats are frustrated as well, according to NBC. Rep. Stephanie Murphy, D-Fla., said that the White House has not been able to introduce an "intellectually honest" inflation plan.
Biden also feels that he isn't getting credit where credit is due from the media or Americans with regard to the economy, NBC reported.
The president explained that doesn't think the Republican Party is shouldering enough blame for lack of action in Congress.
"The president has also told aides he doesn’t think enough Democrats go on television to defend him," the report said, adding that the fact that his poll numbers were lower than former President Donald Trump was a huge "sore spot."
Biden has gotten a lot of complaints from members of his own party, according to NBC, with one top Democratic donor telling the outlet that "all he's hearing ins ‘why can’t you get anything done?'"
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President Joe Biden is reportedly frustrated with his staff in the White House and their efforts to "rush to explain" something the president has said.
"The so-called clean-up campaign, he has told advisers, undermines him and smothers the authenticity that fueled his rise. Worse, it feeds a Republican talking point that he’s not fully in command," NBC News reported Monday.
The White House has walked back several of the president's statements, including when Biden said that Russian President Vladimir Putin "cannot remain in power."
The president was angry that his comments were being interpreted as unpredictable, according to the NBC report. White House spokesperson Andrew Bates pushed back on the NBC report.
"The breathlessness of paragraphs 1 & 2 versus the denial being relegated to graph 28 tells you what you need to know about this story. And as we've said before, no clarifications of the President's remarks are ever issued without his direct approval," he said in a statement.
Other Democrats are frustrated as well, according to NBC. Rep. Stephanie Murphy, D-Fla., said that the White House has not been able to introduce an "intellectually honest" inflation plan.
Biden also feels that he isn't getting credit where credit is due from the media or Americans with regard to the economy, NBC reported.
The president explained that doesn't think the Republican Party is shouldering enough blame for lack of action in Congress.
"The president has also told aides he doesn’t think enough Democrats go on television to defend him," the report said, adding that the fact that his poll numbers were lower than former President Donald Trump was a huge "sore spot."
Biden has gotten a lot of complaints from members of his own party, according to NBC, with one top Democratic donor telling the outlet that "all he's hearing ins ‘why can’t you get anything done?'"
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