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President Joe Biden appeared to become agitated repeatedly during an interview this week with NBC Nightly News anchor Lester Holt, further adding to concerns that he’s not physically or mentally up to another four years in office.
Biden scolded Holt on a number of occasions during the Monday interview, even exclaiming at one point, “What’s with you guys? Come on, man!” — while defending his vitriolic characterizations of his GOP opponent, former President Donald Trump, even though he called on the country to “lower the temperature” following the Saturday assassination attempt at a rally in Butler, Pa.
Biden, 81, also lashed out when Holt addressed the president’s abysmal debate performance on June 27, and appeared irritated when the anchor asked Biden about Trump’s declared running mate, Sen. J.D. Vance (R-Ohio).
“Are you seeing what [viewers] saw, which was moments of frankly, that appeared to be — you appeared to be confused?” Holt asked the president.
“Lester, look, why don’t you guys ever talk about the 18, the 28 lies [Trump] told? Where are you on this? Why didn’t the press ever talk about that? Twenty-eight times it’s confirmed he lied in that debate,” Biden said.
“Seriously, you won’t answer the question, but why didn’t the press talk about all the lies he told? I haven’t heard anything about that.”
Biden was less than honest, to say the least, in many of his responses, too, including the whopper he told when he said no American troops have been killed under his watch. In fact, 13 troops were killed during the final days of Biden’s disastrous pullout from Afghanistan by a suicide bomber, while three more U.S. Army soldiers were killed by a drone strike in Jordan in January.
After Holt protested, “We have reported many of the issues,” Biden fired back.
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“No, you haven’t! No, you haven’t! God love you,” fumed Biden.
HOLT: “If you were to have, continue to run and be officially nominated, what happens if you have another episode like we saw during the debate?”
BIDEN: “What happenuvanuh?”
HOLT: “Yeah, what happens if you have another performance on that par, on that level?”
BIDEN: “I don’t… pic.twitter.com/2YHmWBfokq
— Vince Coglianese (@VinceCoglianese) July 16, 2024
Later during the interview, Biden noted that Vance said some negative things about Trump during the latter’s 2016 campaign.
“Well, he said something about you,” Holt replied.
“He said some things about me, but see what he said about Trump. What’s up with you guys? Come on, man,” Biden complained.
Lester Holt: “You called your opponent an existential threat & said to put Trump in a bullseye”
Biden: “I didn’t say crosshairs”
— End Wokeness (@EndWokeness) July 15, 2024
During the interview, Holt challenged the president when he criticized Trump despite using a rare Oval Office address on Sunday night to call on Americans to “lower the temperature” following the assassination attempt on Trump.
“This doesn’t sound like you’re turning down the heat, though,” Holt said.
“Well, no, no, no, no,” Bidenr responded before launching into yet another diatribe against the Republican presidential nominee.
🚨 BREAKING: NBC Unexpectedly CONFRONTS Biden on His Explosive Rhetoric Against Trump
This goes on for a full three minutes.
LESTER HOLT: “You called your opponent an existential threat. On a call a week ago, you said it’s time to put Trump in the bullseye.”
Watch how Biden… pic.twitter.com/CvlY0kCGmY
— The Vigilant Fox 🦊 (@VigilantFox) July 16, 2024
“Look, what I’m turning down — we have to stop the whole notion that there are certain things that are contrary to our democracy that we’re for. The idea of saying that you, that I didn’t win the election when every court in the land … including the conservative Supreme Court said we won, the idea of having a loyalty pledge from all of the folks,” he said, before trailing off.
Biden appeared flustered once more when Holt asked him if he would agree to an additional debate with Trump to demonstrate his mental sharpness, beyond the already scheduled second and final debate on Sept. 10.
“Is there a sense of wanting to get back on the horse?” Holt asked.
“I’m on the horse, where have you been?” Biden said, rebuking the NBC anchor. “I’ve done 22 major events … I’m on the horse, what I’m doing is going out and demonstrating to the American people that I’m in command of all my faculties.”
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Biden completely loses it when Lester Holt mildly presses him on holding another debate. This is not a good sign. pic.twitter.com/YxS4zaNwDb
— Ian Miles Cheong (@stillgray) July 16, 2024
Holt then asked if Biden discussed his political future with former President Barack Obama, to which he responded, “I may have, I don’t think so.”
“The idea that I’m the old guy? I am. I’m old. But I’m only three years older than Trump, number one. And number two, my mental acuity has been pretty damn good,” Biden claimed, despite scores of viral video clips since before his election that would seem to prove otherwise.
Biden ended the interview with another mini-lecture: “Sometime come and talk to me about what we should be talking about. Okay? The issues.”
“Always happy to talk,” Hold responded.
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