The cheap-fake presidency
From almost the outset of Joe Biden’s 2020 campaign, everyone — from his family to close aides to the White House comms shop — has engaged in careful stagecraft and clever editing to hide him away from the public. It’s all coming out now, though, thanks to Biden’s catastrophic debate performance that laid bare whatever condition he is suffering from for the entire country to see.Every carefully orchestrated step the White House took to shield Biden is now coming under a microscope. Whether it’s the president’s tire-tread tennis shoes, or using the small stairs on Air Force One — these tactics are just the beginning. Last February, the White House pulled out of a live Super Bowl interview, claiming it would not serve Biden to speak to that audience.
