Morning Jolt: The President Needs to Stop Complaining

On the menu today: President Biden whines to aides that "everything landed on his desk but locusts," and "if it's not one thing, it's another." It's a shame no one informed him that the job of the president is difficult, and that he would be expected to address multiple problems at once, before he sought the office. The White House is beset by three major problems simultaneously: a president wallowing in self-pity; an in-over-its-head staff that feels the need to keep the president away from cameras; and the few experienced voices of reason, like perhaps Treasury secretary Janet Yellin, getting boxed out by the Twitter Left.

Quit Whining, Mr. President!

Dear White House staffers: It doesn't do you, or your boss, any good to leak to the press how frustrated and beleaguered President Biden feels.

NBC News, May 31:

Faced with a worsening political predicament, President Joe Biden is pressing aides for a more compelling message and a sharper strategy while bristling at how they've tried to stifle the ...

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The President Needs to Stop Complaining

On the menu today: President Biden whines to aides that "everything landed on his desk but locusts," and "if it's not one thing, it's another." It's a shame no one informed him that the job of the president is difficult, and that he would be expected to address multiple problems at once, before he sought the office. The White House is beset by three major problems simultaneously: a president wallowing in self-pity; an in-over-its-head staff that feels the need to keep the president away from cameras; and the few experienced voices of reason, like perhaps Treasury secretary Janet Yellin, getting boxed out by the Twitter Left.

Quit Whining, Mr. President!

Dear White House staffers: It doesn't do you, or your boss, any good to leak to the press how frustrated and beleaguered President Biden feels.

NBC News, May 31:

Faced with a worsening political predicament, President Joe Biden is pressing aides for a more compelling message and a sharper strategy while bristling at how they've tried to stifle the ...   READ MORE

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