Insiders claim that President Joe Biden has been privately ‘seething’ over his disastrous polling numbers to his staff and is ‘angry and anxious’ about his 2024 re-election efforts.
The story comes after Biden did not get the typical polling bump after his State of the Union address last week – and his approval now sits at a new low of 37.4 percent.
However, reports of the president’s rage date back to January, when aides had told him his polling numbers had dipped in the key swing states of Michigan and Georgia due to his handling of Israel’s war on Hamas, though he still believed he’d done the right thing.
‘He began to shout and swear,’ NBC reports, citing a story that interviewed 20 lawmakers, present and past administration officials and Biden allies.
‘President Biden makes national security decisions based on the country’s national security needs alone — no other factor,’ White House Spokesman Andrew Bates said in response.
Insiders claim that President Joe Biden has been privately ‘seething’ over his disastrous polling numbers to his staff and is ‘angry and anxious’ about his 2024 re-election efforts
Post-State of the Union polling shows that President Joe Biden did not get a boost in the hypothetical general election matchup with Donald Trump after his ‘fiery’ speech
However, allies claim Biden’s frustrations are intensifying, as he’s questioning travel choices and the seeming inability to communicate his agenda to the American people.
His weak approval rating is well below the last three presidents who failed to win a second term: George H.W. Bush (39 percent), Jimmy Carter (43 percent) and his November opponent, Donald Trump (48 percent).
Biden, 81, is allegedly unhappy with those who are described as wanting to ‘minimize the chances of a flub’ and says he’s cocooned and wants to take his case to the public and antagonize Trump.
The president’s temper toward staff has been detailed in the past, often yelling at staff and shouting obscenities.
‘He’s probably a little mad at himself for not being more forceful with the staff,’ one Biden White House insider claimed, adding that he often gets conflicting advice on how to handle the perception that he’s too old to do the job.
Many questioned by NBC agreed that Biden needed to just be clearer about what he’s done for the country in his first term, citing clean energy projects, high-tech manufacture and infrastructure.
‘There’s a real story to tell,’ said Biden supporter and ex-Louisiana Senator Mary Landrieu.
‘It’s a winning message and it’s about jobs, prosperity and evolution. If that message can be communicated, I think the American people will respond.’
The story comes after Biden did not get the typical polling bump after his State of the Union address last week – and his approval now sits at a new low of 37.4 percent
His weak approval rating is well below the last three presidents who failed to win a second term: George H.W. Bush (39 percent), Jimmy Carter (43 percent) and his November opponent, Donald Trump (48 percent)
However, some Democrats like Washington State Congressman Adam Smith are losing patience.
‘Biden stood up in front of the whole world and said, ‘I’m ready. I’m the guy who can take down Donald Trump,’ he said.
‘So, he goddamn well better do it. We don’t have time for him to be worried about whether or not people are saying things right or the poll numbers are where they should be. I want focused energy and not defensive anger.’
However, campaign chairwoman Jen O’Malley Dillon remains confident that once Trump is the clear opponent, Biden can beat him again.
‘We know that he lost in 2020,’ she said. ‘In order to win, he’s got to expand his base of voters to find new people to be with him. And that is not something he’s shown that he’s really focused on.’
Biden and former President Donald Trump both reached the number of delegates needed for their respective parties for the nomination in 2024 in Tuesday’s primary elections.
This means there will be a rematch between the two geriatrics in November despite the majority of Americans saying they don’t want that.
A Yahoo News/YouGov survey conducted the few days after Biden’s speech to a joint session of Congress on Thursday shows the current president’s chances against Trump actually diminished following his fiery remarks.
‘Biden stood up in front of the whole world and said, ‘I’m ready. I’m the guy who can take down Donald Trump,’ Congressman Adam Smith said. ‘So, he goddamn well better do it’
Campaign chairwoman Jen O’Malley Dillon remains confident that once Trump is the clear opponent, Biden can beat him again
Biden, 81, was passionate throughout his State of the Union and took several hit at his ‘predecessor’ and Republicans in the chamber. But his age was still on display as he coughed, mumbled and stumbled over some parts of his speech
Before the speech, Trump was up 45 percent to 44 percent against Biden in the poll taken in late January. While the latest taken March 8-11 is still within the polling margin of error and equates to a statistical tie, Trump is now at 46 percent to Biden’s 44 percent in a hypothetical general election matchup.
The same poll shows Biden’s approval rating dipped from 40 percent to 39 percent pre and post speech. His disapproval went from 56 percent to 55 percent.
But a FiveThirtyEight average shows the number of Americans who approve of Biden’s job as president has dipped to a new all-time low of 37.4 percent.
A post-State of the Union Harris X poll puts Biden’s approval at a flat 37 percent and disapproval at 58 percent. But among those in that survey who did watch the State of the Union, 13 percent more approved of Biden’s job as president compared to those who did not tune-in.
In previous years, State of the Union addresses were a way for presidents to try and appeal to everyone – and oftentimes there was a polling bump associated with the remarks.
For example, Trump’s approval jumped a few percent after his 2019 address in February of that year.
Before his State of the Union his approval was sitting around 37 percent, according to Gallup polling. But after the remarks the same polling showed the then-president jumped to 44 percent.
Another poll taken after Biden’s remarks to a joint session of Congress shows the president’s approval rating at a new low of 37 percent
Overall, Biden’s last address of his first term wasn’t exactly the reset the White House was hoping for amid low approval and increased criticism over the president’s age and fitness for office.
Fifty-one percent of those who watched the State of the Union say Biden seemed 81, according to the YouGov poll. Another 24 percent say he seemed ‘older’ than they expected. Only 17 percent say he came off ‘not as old.’
Most polling over the last year shows Americans don’t want Biden and Trump, 77, as the two options in the 2024 presidential election.
But after Tuesday’s primary elections in Georgia, Mississippi and Washington state, that’s exactly the general election ballot Americans will be presented with come November.