It was enough for his spontaneous reaction to ignite social networks, the media and the Republican camp. Behavior all the more criticized as Joe Biden plays the appeasement card to better stand out from his bloody predecessor, Donald Trump. In front of Fox News cameras, Peter Doocy clarified that the American leader had called him to tell him that there was nothing personal in his reaction and apologize. Which the journalist accepted.
Drifts and debuffs?
This skid is a new sign of the nervousness of the 79-year-old Democrat, faced with an anemic popularity rating and struggling to revive his presidency, reports AFP. Inflation, at an unprecedented level in 40 years, is particularly affecting Americans less than ten months before the midterm elections, which promise to be particularly complicated for the Democrats.
Last week, after a very long press conference during which he had promised to go into more contact with the Americans, Joe Biden had already expressed his annoyance by murmuring “what a silly question“, to a question launched by another Fox News journalist. Joe Biden’s repeated missteps have, since the presidential campaign, regularly raised doubts about his mental shape. The majority of his voters, however, seem to forgive him for his blunders, judging it authentic, and accusing the media of magnifying the polemics.