President Joe Biden’s fitness to lead will be put under scrutiny on Tuesday when he welcomes world leaders to Washington DC for the NATO summit.
The White House has been desperate to debunk suggestions that allies are concerned about the 81-year-old’s mental and physical health after his performance during the car crash debate with Donald Trump.
He will hold three days of meetings to silence Democrats and critics who are demanding that he withdraw from the presidential race.
A misstep or blunder by Biden could be the final nail in the commander in chief’s coffin.
Kamala Harris, meanwhile, will campaign to defend Joe, even though there is a good chance she will replace him on the Democratic ticket if he is ousted.
Follow all the updates from journalists in Washington DC and around the country on DailyMail.com’s US politics blog.
Jon Stewart slams Joe Biden and Democrats, cites ‘blatant bullshit’ excuses about jet lag and cold for his bungling TV debate performance
“For a campaign based on honesty and decency, the spin being put on the debate seems like utter nonsense, and the redemption tour hasn’t gone much better,” Stewart began.
“We are told that the threat posed by Trump is so great and the stakes so high that simply raising these perfectly legitimate concerns about the president’s ability to do the most energetic job in the world for the next four years is akin to fascism.”
Stewart said concerns about a new Trump administration “are not the only threats facing our democracy.” He also said another threat is that Biden’s campaign will not be able to address voters’ concerns about the president.
The presenter described an “arthritic status quo” that “undermines trust and faith in the system of government borders.”
Karine Jean-Pierre admits Biden saw neurologist three times, refuses to say why Parkinson’s expert visited White House during chaotic press conference
The White House announced Monday in a moody news conference that President Joe Biden was not receiving treatment for Parkinson’s disease, accusing officials of concealing his medical records.
Spokesperson Karine Jean-Pierre sometimes struggled to be heard amid all the questions about the 81-year-old president’s health.
But that only led to a commotion among the usually docile front row of reporters, who bombarded her with demands for a proper explanation.
“Ed, please have a little respect,” Jean-Pierre told CBS News senior correspondent Ed O’Keefe, who wanted to know why she was unwilling to discuss details of Dr. Kevin Cannard’s visits when they were already public and had been revealed by visitor logs.
Joe Biden’s personal physician breaks protocol to reveal why top neurologist and Parkinson’s specialist visited the White House eight times in eight months amid concerns about the 81-year-old president’s health
Biden’s personal physician, Kevin O’Connor, broke protocol on Monday by releasing a letter explaining why Dr. Kevin Cannard visited the White House eight times in eight months.
Cannard is a movement disorders specialist at Walter Reed Medical Center in Maryland.
On Monday, O’Connor released a letter with the consent of both Biden and Cannard, and confirmed that Cannard was the neurologist who has examined the president at each of his three medical exams since taking office.
AOC breaks silence on whether she’ll support Biden as Democrats crumble after fraught debates
After Biden’s disastrous performance during the June 27 debate against former President Donald Trump, questions have been raised about the 81-year-old president’s physical and mental health, including whether he should withdraw from the race.
So far, only a small group of Democratic lawmakers have called on the president to withdraw from the race, while many more have backed Biden.
The Squad leader confirmed Monday that she supports the president’s leadership.
‘I spoke with [Biden] expanded,’ AOC revealed. ‘The case is closed. Joe Biden is our nominee.’
Share or comment on this article: Biden faces huge test of his mental and physical fitness as he welcomes world leaders to NATO summit
