A former senior White Home staffer lamented in a remark to the BBC that President Biden was like a “different person” in comparison with the sooner days of his administration.
“Watching Biden speak, I’m like, oh my God, this is a different person,” a senior staffer within the Biden White Home advised the outlet in a chunk in regards to the president’s legacy. “Maybe it’s simply that when you’re there every day, you don’t see it.”
Because the president prepares to exit the White Home, Biden has expressed regrets about dropping out of the race within the wake of Vice President Kamala Harris’ loss to President-elect Donald Trump, and mentioned he thinks he may have crushed him.
“As things started to become a grind and you lose that sense of getting big things done, it can give way to infighting and frustration,” the identical senior staffer advised the BBC.
US President Joe Biden speaks to the media after signing the Social Safety Equity Act on the White Home in Washington, D.C., January 5, 2025. (CHRIS KLEPONIS/AFP through Getty Photos)
Democratic strategist Susan Estrich advised the BBC that Biden’s legacy was primarily that Trump’s presidency would book-end his personal.
“He’d like his legacy to be that he rescued us from Trump,” Estrich mentioned. “But sadly, for him, his legacy is Trump again. He is the bridge from Trump One to Trump Two.”
The BBC report additionally famous a remark from one other senior Biden official, who lamented that the White Home was extra decisive early on within the presidency.
“As things started to become a grind and you lose that sense of getting big things done, it can give way to infighting and frustration,” the person advised the BBC.
The White Home didn’t instantly reply to Fox Information Digital’s request for remark.
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President-elect Donald Trump speaks throughout a information convention at Mar-a-Lago, Tuesday, Jan. 7, 2025, in Palm Seaside, Fla. (AP Photograph/Evan Vucci)
BBC reporter Anthony Zurcher mentioned he requested Legal professional Merrick Garland how historical past would grade the Biden administration.
“I’ll leave that to the historians,” he replied, based on the outlet.
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Biden revealed how he hopes to be remembered throughout an interview with USA Immediately’s Susan web page.
“I hope that history says that I came in and I had a plan how to restore the economy and reestablish America’s leadership in the world,” he mentioned. “That was my hope.”
“And I hope it records that I did it with honesty and integrity, that I said what was on my mind,” he mentioned.
