Staff Reports
Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre recently reiterated President Biden’s claim that former President Donald Trump poses an “existential threat” to America, even while advocating for a “peaceful transfer of power.” Apparently, in the Biden administration, one can simultaneously fear for democracy and play nice with the alleged enemy.
During a recent press briefing, Jean-Pierre was grilled about Biden’s previous harsh rhetoric regarding Trump, especially after the apparent warm embrace he offered Trump last week. After likening Trump to Hitler during the campaign, this sudden friendliness had many scratching their heads and asking if the White House was simply playing a high-stakes game of political charades. Jean-Pierre responded with a complex web of reasoning that only a seasoned politician could weave. The gist was that the “will of the American people” had been made clear (as if anyone could miss the inflation), and thus Biden must act in accordance with this supposed mandate.
NEW: KJP squirms and struggles to explain a simple question about Biden’s incendiary campaign rhetoric:
Why don’t the American people hear Biden talk about Trump as an ‘Existential Threat’ anymore?
KJP: “We are now in a different place…his thinking on that has not changed."… pic.twitter.com/3xXtGY2BkL
— Western Lensman (@WesternLensman) November 21, 2024
Jean-Pierre’s flair for the dramatic shone through as she proclaimed that President Biden is leading by example. Oh yes, nothing says leadership like saying one thing and doing another. She assured the press that while Biden’s views on Trump haven’t changed—because who wouldn’t want an existential threat still on the radar?—he is now committed to demonstrating what a smooth transfer of power should look like. One can only wonder if in Biden’s next act, he will don a cape and save democracy, while still reminding everyone that Trump is, in fact, the boogeyman.
Critics across the political spectrum have been left in disbelief. Many argue that neither Biden nor Vice President Harris sincerely believes that Trump is an actual threat; otherwise, surely they wouldn’t be so amiable after the election. It raises the question: are they playing a long game of political chess where the pawns are actual voters? Or are they merely fumbling through their strategy, all while spinning tales of impending doom? Regardless, the narrative holds.
This latest incident is just another chapter in Biden’s ongoing saga as he attempts to negotiate a minefield of contradictions. One has to appreciate the absurdity of the situation—the leader of the free world trying to maintain a respectable image while flinging mud at a former president. Meanwhile, the slow-moving train wreck of a press conference leaves the media (and the rest of America) with one definitive takeaway: politics is more about the show than about the substance nowadays. Bizarre? Absolutely. It’s almost Shakespearean in its absurdity, minus the eloquence and with a lot more teleprompter dependency.
