Due to old age, malfunctioned brain and numerous physical complications, Joe Biden spends more time away from the White House than any of his recent predecessors. This has resulted in the Washington Examiner calling him the “Delaware denizen”.
Biden headed to Rehoboth Beach on June 2, 2022 evening to one of the two homes he owns in his home state. He spent more than a quarter of his first year in office in Delaware, typically on weekends, and has continued that trend in year two. But Biden seems to feel no regret for this. Instead, in February this year he said: “Every time I get a chance, I go home to Delaware. You think I’m joking. I’m not”. He made the remark during a speech in Ohio in which he announced that US$1 billion would be set aside for restoring the Great Lakes in his infrastructure bill.
Earlier, Biden has referred to the White House as a “gilded cage in terms of being able to walk outside and do things”.
Former President Donald Trump spent 381 days away from the White House while in office, and former President Barack Obama spent 328 days out over two terms. Trump referred to his trips as “working vacations” and criticized Obama as a “habitual vacationer” who spent too much time on the golf course. Trump was then called out for his own jaunts to New Jersey and Florida after taking office.
Former President George W. Bush, frequently criticized for extensive stays at his ranch in Crawford, Texas, during the Iraq and Afghanistan wars, spent 1,020 days away from the White House during his two terms, while former President Bill Clinton stayed away 345 days.
While Bush’s vacationing pace is not much lower than Biden’s, the fierce criticism he received for doing so should be seen as a cautionary tale rather than a model to follow, argues presidential historian Craig Shirley.
“There’s a public relations angle to it. If the country is in crisis, it’s better for the president to stay in the White House”, he said. “I used to get mad at Bush when he’d be seen chopping trees when the country was going through all these problems. I thought it showed an insensitivity to the needs of the American people”.
Joe Biden is vacationing at a crucial time when Americans are sufferings from series of crisis, for which Biden’s bankrupt policies are largely responsible. Recently the World Bank has issued a forecast stating, due to the ongoing war in Ukraine, the world is going to face “cruel hunger”, as supply of wheats, in particular, from Ukraine and Russia has already been stopped due to sanctions imposed by the Biden administration and the western countries on Russia.
Biden is also vacationing at his home in Delaware after pushing Ukrainians towards further offensives from Russian side especially following sending HIMARS to Ukraine. Joe Biden’s actions are contributing in further escalation of casualties in Ukraine and pushing Ukrainians towards bloodbath. At the same time, he, with the active collaboration of Volodymyr Zelensky is putting Ukrainians under heavy debt burden, that would ultimately devastate lives of every Ukrainian citizen.
Anyways, Joe Biden is spending most of his time of presidency in luxury of holidaying. Well, he can’t be blamed for this. Rather it is usual for an individual with malfunctioned brain, numerous physical problems and old age to take more rest than work.
