President Joe Biden has been invisisble and tight up to now…
THAT was then…..
Joseph R. Biden HAS decided to come in from the cold….
Donald Trump has been sitting IN a cold court room, eh?
Bout Time…..
On Both……
Joseph R. Biden Jr. unrestrained?
In the weeks since his rowdy State of the Union speech, riding a modest bump in the polls, President Biden has shown a looser, more comfortable version of himself — cranking out memorable wisecracks, heartfelt moments and cringe-worthy gaffes in equal measure.
He has needled his Republican rival, former President Donald J. Trump, with increasing frequency, presented his softer side on talk radio and repeatedly spun tall tales about driving an 18-wheeler truck, being arrested at a civil rights rally and having an uncle who might have been eaten by cannibals. In one memorable episode this week, Mr. Biden read aloud his teleprompter instructions, asking a crowd to imagine what he could do with “four more years … pause.”
The annual White House Correspondents’ Association dinner on Saturday night could be another opportunity for Mr. Biden to be in the moment, in what might be the perfect setting for him to continue roasting Mr. Trump, his once and future presidential rival.
It will be the last such dinner before the 2024 election, giving the president and members of the press a brief respite from the campaign trail as they participate in a Washington ritual designed to celebrate a free press.
That doesn’t mean that there won’t be politics. Mr. Biden will almost assuredly make jokes at Mr. Trump’s expense and poke fun at the Washington press corps. Like seemingly every president before him, he has been irritated by unfavorable coverage of his administration, and has made no secret of that at previous dinners.
But Mr. Biden could also take a victory lap for a spate of good news in recent days. On Wednesday, the president earned yet another crucial union endorsement, this one from North America’s Building Trades Unions, in large part for his signature bipartisan infrastructure package. That same day, he signed another consequential piece of legislation — a $95.3 billion package of aid for Ukraine, Israel and Taiwan that came after months of false starts and brutal congressional infighting.
On Thursday, Mr. Biden promoted a $6.1 billion grant to a chip manufacturer that he said would bolster the nation’s supply of semiconductors, contributing to what he has labeled “the great American comeback story.”
And on Friday, Mr. Biden made a surprise visit to “The Howard Stern Show,” hosted by America’s best-known shock jock. The president spoke at length about deeply personal events, showing an emotionally vulnerable side to Mr. Stern’s large audience of middle-class Americans. And, in a notable shift, he said he would debate Mr. Trump.
The former president, in contrast, has had a bruising two weeks, kept from campaigning in key battleground states by his felony criminal trial in New York. Though the trial is adjourned until Tuesday, Mr. Trump has appeared exhausted by the proceedings, complaining in brief daily remarks to the press that he has to sit in court “day after day after day.”…
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