Biden News Conference Megathread:

Lol

"I've been to 20 events since the debate. What's trump doing? Riding around in his golf cart. Filling out a scorecard before he hits the ball."

Vice president Trump. Lol

This is the guy that stands between whatever this status quo is and the Trump brand of fascists. We're cooked.

I really want to see Biden as the last man standing... let the conference run 3 hours.

"C'mon, man! Ask me your questions! Ohhhh are you all getting 'too tired'? Do you need to go home for naps?"

I don't think he's really doing anything to appease critics. He's not doing bad, he's just not doing well either. I'm sure the "Vice President Trump" bit will make its way around pretty quick.

He did alright. Alright isn't enough. He needed a homerun to unfuck this, and he hit a single. I think from here on out, Biden is a detriment to the party ticket. If he stays in, our fight becomes much harder.

Throwing out some options:

If he says "jack" you gotta take a shot of whiskey.

If he says "bud" or "bub" you gotta do a hot knife or bong rip.

If he says "malarkey", you need to crack a beer and start drinking; you can't stop till he says "listen here".

If he pauses for longer than 5 seconds, you have to hold your breath; you can't breath again until he finishes a complete sentence.

If he yells at a reporter, throw your shoe at the screen.

If he has to get pulled off stage, throw your screen (device, whatever), out of the nearest window.

If he complains or whines, pour a glass of wine and start drinking. Don't stop until he says "C'mon".

Jesus, Joe. That last statement you gave the Republicans the sound bite for the ages:

"Listen to him."

Fucking dumbass. Dumb dumb dumb dumb.

...did he just confuse Kamela for Trump?

Well, that started very bad, got a bit better in the middle, and then fell apart at the end. What I'm worried about is that he did just well enough to convince himself not to drop out. I doubt anyone feels much better after that though.

This is like, actually the worst answer he's given in the conference. Like, dude, you are polling in the 30s. Don't bring up the polling if you are trying to make your case. Whatever you do pretend the polling doesn't exist.

Biden: No ones saying that.

Bruh. Everyones saying that. Fuck he fumbled ENTIRELY on the final question. That went from minor win/ good to.. fucking disaster in that last minute.

Together with VP Trump we'll defeat former republican president Kamala!

The problem is what is the criteria of success? Not even a good cogent group of answers will be enough for some people.

Oh dear...

So there's a premade list of who gets to ask a question?

Also. Joe's all jacked up on mountain dew and just fucking said trump is his vice president....

If only his speech were one-tenth as good as his deeds.

His inability to communicate obscures his accomplishments.

Well that was fun. Every body stand up and stay standing for at least 5 minutes.

Walk around the house, go to the yard, whatever; get your heart pumping blood.

It will be time to return to our regular doom posting shortly, but in the mean time, look out for yourselves kings and queens: Its your health that matters.

The #1 thing I was looking for is Biden's face when someone is talking to him.

During the debate and the interview with Stephanopoulos, he had this vacant, slack jawed look like he didn't know where he was or what was going on.

So far, he has completely avoided that. He looks active and engaged.

I dunno why people are so die hard for Biden to stay in the race. Most of those people will vote for whoever runs against Trump. I don't care who they put up, I am voting for them, but if we put up someone who is clear, coherent and younger, I suspect it will attract a better turn out.

Didn’t know I came for the sign language interpreter’s facial expressions!

This must be so weird for NATO officials in the room. The future of NATO hinges in him... and it really has nothing to do with the message he conveys, but how he says it.

Is it better for NATO if he flubs it, and gets another candidate in? Worse? shrug

Is anyone on the apnews link without adblock?

I'm trying to give them revenue, but...

"Listen to him"

Why? Why the fuck would you say that, man?

I gave Biden a pass for the "Doing the goodest job" flub during the ABC News interview, because how do you answer that question on the spot without sounding like a nihilist? Obviously, he should have said that trust in the system is important and that checks and balances will still be a thing even if he doesn't win, but he opted for the feel-good sentiment of "At least we tried our best!".

But for this? The question was "Trump is already tweeting about you mixing up Vice President Harris with his name and citing it as evidence that you are not fit for office. How do you respond to that?" and he says listen to him. WTF man. Biden is his own worst enemy right now. He could have walked off stage and said nothing.

Media is seething rn. They wanted Biden to break down and start sobbing on stage. He basically told them they were stupid for running a major story about a minor flub this afternoon.

They are mad that Biden turned their accusations into a boring press conference about NATO and his accomplishments.

I feel like this is going to be a nothing burger, but lets discuss the history of presidential news conferences:

https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/statistics/data/presidential-news-conferences

So I think the above statitstic is a bit misleading because it doesn't single out solo conferences.

https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/analyses/bidens-solo-news-conferences-perspective

He's kinda lost the plot this answer...he's just rambling about Putin now.

His response to the geopolitical question is very well articulated.

We need more people to interrupt him. We need to see him stay focused and easily return to the topic at hand. Shows he has a clear mind .

First Time I hear about Hamas using Ballistic missiles. Boy they leveled up pretty quickly. maybe Biden should outsource missile manufacturing to them, US will be cutting billion of dollars in R&D.

This hold music is atrocious

This is Biden's first press conference this year.

Adding context: This will be his first formal solo news conference since November 2023. Biden also holds the fewest news conferences since Ronald Reagan.https://apnews.com/live/election-biden-trump-campaign-updates-07-11-2024

The ghost of Feinstein is in the crowd.

"I'm ready to deal with him now, and three years from now". More of this. Show confidence. Show you have a backbone.

Here's Secretaries Blinken, Austin and National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan when President Biden said, "Vice President Trump."

https://x.com/cspanJeremy/status/1811554379952009632

Did he just get heckled or did he get distracted?

Maybe someone is wrestling Biden into stepping down backstage. Or he had a stroke.

He has flubbed a few words, but has a clear train of thought so far in the speech.

I'm a few minutes behind but this sounds like he's teeing up Kamala.

YES this Joe is the Joe we NEED: ANGRY, CLEAR AND OUTRAGED.

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CNN pundits saying this is going to happen for every public appearance until Biden drops out. The scrutiny.

This is just sad.

Good. GOOD. He is speaking much clearer now, and that is a good start.

This like a follow up to Pelosis question.

He loses the plot and ends with "Anyway.."

Well, started real bad, but it's starting to stabilize...

The guy asking the first question flubbed some words. And had his facts wrong about the UAW. Maybe he's crazy and shouldn't be a journalist?

I want to see a top story on this on every website: Reuters-guy-gate

His doctor should inject him with meth like JFK did

Is this from memory/notes or teleprompter?

Biden looked ok he made joke got mad about gun violence took shots at trump still needs to do more but this is a decent first step to show he can actually win

Abc news has a decent stream while waiting:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z8UTqxU3Cdo&pp=ygURYmlkZW4gY29uZmVyZW5jZSA%3D

Everyone on pins and needles. He's doing good so far...

This "big boy" press conference where he read from a teleprompter and the people were chosen ahead of time to ask questions.

Oh there we go! The drugs kicked in. He's loud again.

Bets he doesn't show?

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There is no good answer he can give to a question like this.

This man is not going to last another 4 years. This is just elder abuse at this point.

Hopefully this is the nail in the coffin so we can start running Kamala or whoever.

He's slowing down and is putting the room to sleep.

Pump him up again Jill! More drugs! Haha

Here we go... He's on.

Oh noooo, you can't be snippy and angry otherwise it looks like an angry old man.

Is this boosting anyone's confidence on Biden staying in the race?