‘This is the ‘when did you stop beating your spouse’ question’: National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan fires back at reporter for asking why Biden ‘shouted and swore’ at staffers when he found out he was losing to Trump

National security adviser Jake Sullivan fired back Monday when a reporter asked him why President Joe Biden was “yelling and cursing” at staffers over slow polls.

Peter Doocy of Fox News Channel drew attention to an NBC News report that was released on Sunday saying Biden “began shouting and cursing” when he found out his poll numbers in Georgia and Michigan had dropped over his handling of the war in Gaza.

During Monday’s briefing, Doocy asked Sullivan whether Biden’s uproar was about “Netanyahu or about Hamas or about his polling.”

“This is the ‘when did you stop hitting your partner’ question,” Sullivan responded. “Because I don’t think he ever did.”

Despite Doocy’s objections, Sullivan continued, “You’re using that as the premise of your question, which is ‘if he does that,’ I’ve never seen him do that, yell or swear in response to that, so from my perspective that particular report is inaccurate .’

NBC’s sources said that at a private meeting at the White House in January, allies informed the president that his numbers had fallen in the two key theaters of war.

A member of Congress told the network’s reporters about Biden’s four-letter outburst.

Biden believed he made the right choice by standing with Israel after the brutal Oct. 7 terror attack by Hamas, even though the political left has been angered by Israel’s response, which has killed thousands of Palestinian civilians.

“President Biden makes national security decisions based solely on the country’s national security needs — and no other factor,” White House spokesman Andrew Bates told the network when presented with the reporting.

But Biden has had to contend with large swaths of the Democratic primary — including more than 100,000 in Michigan and one in five in Minnesota — who chose “uncommitted” instead of him, a protest vote over his handling of the situation in Gaza .

NBC’s reporting also sheds light on how Biden and his staff are trying to juggle his other commitments as he battles former President Donald Trump for a second time.

Polls show that Americans have serious doubts about Biden’s age, 81, and therefore his suitability for office.

President Joe Biden reportedly started “yelling and cursing” when he discovered his poll numbers had dropped in Georgia and Michigan, according to an NBC report released Sunday

The network reported that advisors have given him conflicting advice on how to counter this.

Some advisers told Biden he should walk faster to show strength, but White House staff were so concerned he might stumble again that he started using the shorter steps to board Air Force One — causing him to was robbed of the photo op of waving to the crowd below. from the top of the long staircase.

“He’s probably a little mad at himself for not being more forceful with the staff,” a person familiar with the discussions told NBC about Biden’s now frequent use of the short kick.

Biden, the network said, is privately wondering whether he should trust his political sense about what his aides have said.

“The man has been successful in Congress for decades, becoming vice president and president,” said a source who previously worked in government. “If you try to change the person, you make a mistake. Let the president go out and do his thing.”