Biden shrinks from view ahead of Trump’s return to Washington
Across nearly two weeks abroad since the election, Biden spoke just seven words to the media traveling with him. White House spokesperson Andrew Bates defended Biden, saying the president “is making every day of this term count” and is “leading by example for the sake of American democracy, honoring his campaign promise to respect the will of the voters and provide an orderly transition.” Bates noted that Biden, in an exchange with reporters last month, “criticized President-elect Trump’s agenda – including across-the-board tariffs that will force American families to pay higher prices for everyday necessities.” Biden during that brief back-and-forth called such tariffs “counterproductive,” but expressed hope that Trump would reconsider. “It feels like Trump is president already.” Many party officials and staffers no longer track Biden’s daily activities or are even aware that he’s spent much of the last month out of the country. “I think both him and President Obama have looked at the transition period as not trying to make noise or trying to undermine the incoming administration.” Some Democrats also believe that however politically diminished the president may be, there’s still an important public role for Biden to play in his last few weeks in office. Ezra Levin, the co-founder of Indivisible, said Biden’s views on the future of the Democratic Party were “pretty irrelevant” to the preparations he and other Democratic organizations are making for the next two years.
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