A former senior White House official complained in a comment to the BBC that President Biden was like a “different person” compared to the earlier days of his administration.
“Watching Biden speak, I’m like, oh my God, this is a different person,” senior Biden White House official he said to the socket in the work on the president’s legacy. “Maybe it’s just that when you’re there every day, you don’t see it.”
As the president prepares to leave the White House, Biden expressed regret at dropping out of the race after Vice President Kamala Harris lost to President-elect Donald Trump and said he thought he could beat him.
“As things start to get tedious and you lose the sense of doing big things, it can give way to internal strife and frustration,” the same senior employee told the BBC.
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US President Joe Biden speaks to the media after signing the Social Security Fairness Act into law at the White House in Washington, DC on January 5, 2025. (CHRIS KLEPONIS/AFP via Getty Images)
Democratic strategist Susan Estrich told the BBC that Biden’s legacy is essentially that Trump’s presidency will end his own.
He would like his legacy to be that he saved us from Trump, Estrich said. “But unfortunately for him, his legacy is Trump again. He’s the bridge from Trump one to Trump two.”
The BBC report also noted a comment from another senior Biden official, who lamented that the White House had been more decisive early in the presidency.
“As things become painful and you lose the feeling that you are doing great things, it can give way to internal conflicts and frustrations,” the individual told the BBC.
The White House did not immediately respond to Fox News Digital’s request for comment.
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President-elect Donald Trump speaks during a news conference at Mar-a-Lago, Tuesday, Jan. 7, 2025, in Palm Beach, Fla. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)
BBC journalist Anthony Zurcher said he had asked a lawyer Merrick Garland how history would judge the Biden administration.
“I will leave that to the historians,” he replied, reports the newspaper.
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Biden revealed what he hopes to be remembered for during an interview with USA Today’s Susan page.
“I hope history says that I came in and had a plan to rebuild the economy and re-establish American leadership in the world,” he said. – That was my hope.
“And I hope it’s on record that I did it fairly and honestly, that I said what I thought,” he said.
