Ron Klain, former chief of staff to President Biden, candidly expressed concerns about Biden's mental state during critical moments, particularly regarding his debate performance against Donald Trump. In the forthcoming book by Craig Whipple, Klain reveals that Biden appeared disoriented, unaware of campaign dynamics, and fixated on international approval rather than domestic issues. Observations from a pivotal post-debate meeting at Camp David highlighted Biden's exhaustion and disconnection from American political realities, leading Klain to question whether Biden prioritized foreign leadership over domestic governance.
According to Klain, it turned out that Biden didn't know what Trump had been saying and couldn't grasp what the back and forth was; left preparation and fell asleep by the pool.
At a post-debate meeting at Camp David, Klain thought to himself that he'd never seen Biden so exhausted and out of it, even musing that he seemed unaware of what was happening in his own campaign.
He just became very enraptured with being the head of NATO,' he said. That wouldn't help him on Capitol Hill because, as Klain noted, domestic political leaders don't really care what [Emmanuel] Macron and [Olaf] Scholz think.
Klain wondered half-seriously if Biden thought he was president of NATO instead of the US.
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