President Biden said goodbye attacks on the press during a public event at the White House Sunday evening.
Fox NewsLucas Tomlinson reported that after signing the Social Security Fairness Act, Biden answered a few questions from the crowd, prompting the president to attack President-elect Donald Trump.
“Do you still believe he is a threat to democracy?” a reporter asked.
“I think what he did was a real threat to democracy,” Biden responded.
U.S. President Joe Biden speaks to the media after signing the Social Security Fairness Act at the White House in Washington, DC, January 5, 2025. (CHRIS KLEPONIS/AFP via Getty Images)
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After responding to the accusation that Trump plans to end birthright citizenship, Biden shifted the topic to attacking the reporters.
“I may be the oldest president, but I know more world leaders than any of you have ever met in your whole damn life!” Biden said.
Some X users quickly quashed the comment.
“They’re great guys,” joked journalist Salena Zito.
Conservative communicator Steve Guest commented: “What a bitter person.”
“This is Washington’s credentialism in a nutshell. Politicians become ‘qualified’ simply by existing. It doesn’t matter that Biden is an abject failure and the worst foreign policy figure in American history. See, he knows a lot of people, and that’s all that matters,” wrote RedState writer Bonchie.
CNN’s conservative commentator Scott Jennings quipped, “The most civilized, decent and devout Catholic president we’ve ever had.”
Biden has lashed out at the press throughout his term in office, sometimes making aggressive comments toward the reporters themselves.
In November, Biden mocked a reporter He asked him if he could broker a hostage deal between Hamas and Israel before leaving office.
“President Biden, do you think we can reach a hostage deal by the end of your term?” asked an Israeli Channel 13 correspondent.
Biden responded, saying, “Do you think you can avoid getting hit in the head by a camera behind you?”
Biden has a history of insulting the press at public events. (CHRIS KLEPONIS/AFP via Getty Images)
In 2022, he even went so far as to call Fox News’ Peter Doocy a “stupid son of a b—-after asking a question about whether inflation would be seen as a political imperative ahead of the midterm elections. Doocy said Biden later called on him to “clear the air” and claimed the comments were “nothing personal.”
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