President Biden has granted his first interview as president to a national newspaper – USA Today on January 5, with just two weeks to go before his term ends. Naturally, reporter Susan Page was as gentle as a family member. [Down to the alert-Biden photo.] It was syrupy-soft, or soft as a baby butt.
This is how the newspaper story began:
WASHINGTON ― President Joe Biden, both reflective and defensive as he discussed his legacy, told USA TODAY he believes he could have won his reelection bid − but isn’t sure he would have had the vigor to complete four more years in the Oval Office.
“So far, so good,” he said. “But who knows what I’m going to be when I’m 86 years old?”
So far, so good???? Page gently waited nine paragraphs to return to that issue: “Concerns about the age and acuity of America’s oldest president flared with his faltering…
