US President Joe Biden would show “unequivocal signs of growing physical and mental fatigue”. So writes the Wall Street Journal, reporting the testimonies of 45 officials who are in contact or have had dealings with the occupant of the White House behind closed doors and interviewed by the American newspaper “over the course of several months”. Many of them describe “a president who fluctuates in terms of presence and energy.”
The sources cited by the newspaper mention, for example, the closed-door negotiations for the refinancing of military aid to Ukraine which took place last February: according to five officials who attended the meeting, the president «at times spoke so softly that some struggled to hear him ». President Biden “relied on written notes for obvious statements, paused frequently, and closed his eyes for such long periods that many in the room wondered if he had switched off.”
Although President Biden has denied the allegations in the past, according to the newspaper, he describes a series of circumstances in which he appeared so confused that he ignored publicly available details or information and “made incomprehensible statements based on written notes.”
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