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@AlexThomp
Jul 11 • 5 tweets • 3 min read • Read on X
Re: the growing criticism of biden, the Clooney op-ed etc, Morning Joe says:

“The Biden campaign and many Democratic officials do believe that Barack Obama is quietly working behind the scenes to orchestrate this”
Despite repeated WH denials of any Obama-Biden tension and the public bromance displays, Biden friend Joe Scarborough says:

"Joe Biden is deeply resentful of his treatment under not only the Obama staff but also the way he was pushed aside for Hillary Clinton"
These are two WH denials to me just in the past few months:

"The Biden and Obama families are like family to one other, and whomever made these claims about that relationship isn't familiar with it."
"As President Biden has said, President Obama is family to him"



axios.com/2024/03/18/bid…
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A lot of the current resentment and tension is coming from the Biden side, not the Obama one.

2015 hangover, legacy competition, etc.
Here's my story on this from March.

President Biden doesn't speak frequently with Barack Obama — but behind closed doors, he talks about him a lot.

Biden often measures himself against the man he served as vice president, current and former aides say.
axios.com/2024/03/18/bid…

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Jul 7
Scoop: A look at the template that the WH sends to staffers organizing events for POTUS.

"I staffed a simple fundraiser at a private residence, but they treated it like it was a NATO summit with his movements," a person who staffed a Biden event said.
axios.com/2024/07/07/bid…
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Since the debate, some Dems who've attended and helped set up Biden events have wondered whether his team's focus on minute details were to obscure POTUS's limitations — rather than just a reflection of a meticulous staff.
Reality check: Organizing POTUS events is intensive and detail-focused for every president.

VP Harris' spokesperson Kirsten Allen told Axios: "These documents are standard logistical briefing materials and photos for any principal, including the VP."
Read 7 tweets
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Jun 29
New: Inside the White House, there are sometimes two Biden’s.

America saw the other one Thursday night.

My look inside the WH and why Thursday left some Biden aides shaken and worried whether Biden can do another four-year term.

axios.com/2024/06/29/two…
From 10am to 4pm, Biden is dependably engaged — and many of his public events in front of cameras are held within those hours.

Outside of that time range or while traveling abroad, the other Biden is more likely to emerge and have verbal miscues and become fatigued, aides say.
WH’s response: there "is one Joe Biden, who works his heart out fighting for families like the one he grew up in in Scranton, and who, because of his determination, experience and decency, keeps achieving unprecedented results for them."
Read 6 tweets
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Jun 28
New: internal finger pointing begins starting w/ Biden’s debate prep team.
"He was over-prepared and relying on minutiae when all that mattered was vigor and energy," one person in Biden's orbit told Axios. "They prepared him for the wrong debate”

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"It's sad but it also makes me so mad to think of all the smart people lying and trying to make this work," a former Biden White House official told Axios.

“Disaster” a former admin official said.

“DEFCON 1,” said David Plouffe.

W/ @HansNichols
@HansNichols Biden wanted to debate, his team proposed the timing of it, and set the ground rules.

Those close to Biden were split on whether they should accept Trump's challenge but Biden — who at times doesn't realize how old he can come across — wanted to face-off against Trump.
Read 5 tweets
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Jun 19
New: Dems, including some Biden aides, are increasingly dubious about the theory for victory focusing on Jan. 6/democracy.

"Even for those close to the center, there is a hesitance to raise skepticism or doubt…for fear of being viewed as disloyal”
axios.com/2024/06/19/bid…
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A Dem strategist in touch with the campaign told Axios: "It is unclear to many of us watching from the outside whether the president and his core team realize how dire the situation is right now, and whether they even have a plan to fix it. That is scary."
Mike Donilon, Biden's top political aide, has reassured ppl that voters will "do the right thing" by rejecting Trump, per a Biden aide who has heard him say it.

"Joe Biden is a great president, and great presidents get re-elected," is another common Donilon refrain. Image
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Jun 1
Exclusive: Hunter Biden has quietly been in a messy civil case for unpaid alimony to his ex-wife Kathleen Buhle, per court docs.

In 2021, the court determined he owed Buhle $1.7+ million
By April 2023, her team said he owed her $2.9 million
axios.com/2024/06/01/hun…
Buhle is likely to testify in Hunter Biden's two trials about his addiction and finances

Hunter's myriad legal problems and debts have led his allies to reconsider starting a legal fund for him, despite concerns by Biden aides about the political optics of it.
The divorce agreement called for Hunter to pay Buhle $37k/mo plus 50% of anything he made over $875k annually, per docs filed in D.C. Superior Court and retrieved by Axios.

Hunter didn't pay the additional spousal support he owed in 2017 & 2018, when he earned $2.4m and $2.1m
Read 6 tweets
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May 13
New: Psaki wrote in her new book Biden didn’t check his watch during ceremony for the Abbey Gate soldiers

It was “misinformation,” she wrote, contradicting news photos & the Gold Star families

Psaki initially didnt comment but says it will be corrected
axios.com/2024/05/13/psa…
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Psaki’s full statement to Axios this AM:

“the detail in a few lines of the book about the exact number of times he looked at his watch will be removed in future reprints and the ebook.” Image
In her book, Psaki writes that "the president looked at his watch only after the ceremony had ended. Moments later, he and the First Lady headed toward their car."

But the AP photographer snapped two of him looking at his watch 10 minutes apart, as fact checks noted at the time Image
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