Behind closed doors, President Joe Biden has a temper that causes him to yell at staff and shout obscenities, a new report revealed on Monday.
In fact, his mood is so bad that some employees try to avoid meeting him alone or bring a colleague to defuse the situation. Axios reported.
Beneath his public persona of Joe from Scranton, who likes ice cream and uses vernacular, is a president with a potty mouth and a short fuse.
Biden will use four-letter words during his tantrums, including, “Goddamn, how the hell don’t you know this?!”, “Don’t f***ing bullsh** me!” and ‘Get out of here!’
He has previously shown flashes of his temper in public, including his visit to Saudi Arabia in July 2022, where he snapped at a DailyMail.com reporter for asking about his first meeting with Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman outside the royal palace. palace in Jeddah.
President Joe Biden has a temper behind closed doors, a new report found Monday
It’s a “silly question,” the president said, adding his signature phrase, “God love you.”
The president also snapped back at reporters who asked about his son Hunter’s business dealings in Ukraine and China and whether he played a part in them.
‘No’, he exclaims to such questions.
Not even fellow leaders are safe from Biden’s bite.
The president lost his temper with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky during a phone call in June 2022. NBC news reported.
Biden had relayed to Zelensky the latest round of aid the US sent as the Ukrainian president began listing more items he needed.
Biden snapped, telling Zelensky that the American people were generous, that his administration was working hard to help and suggested that Zelensky could show a little more gratitude.
Biden’s quick temper doesn’t bother all his associates, some of whom think he should show more of it in public to counter the perception that at 80 he is too old and uninvolved to be president.
And staff at all levels may be subject to Biden’s wrath.
“No one is safe,” a government official told Axios.
However, some aides claim it is a sign that Biden respects and is comfortable enough with his staff to yell at them.
Aid workers told the news outlet that if the president isn’t yelling at you, it could be a sign that he doesn’t respect you.
President Biden has yelled at staff when he feels unprepared for meetings — above, the president meets members of Congress in the Oval Office
Biden has even lost patience with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky
Former White House press secretary Jen Psaki said, “I said to [Biden] several times: “I’ll know we have a really good, trusting relationship the first time you yell at me.”
Her thoughts on the president’s temper were revealed in author Chris Whipple’s book, “The Fight of His Life: Inside Joe Biden’s White House.”
There is no question that the Biden pace is real. It may not be as volcanic as Bill Clinton’s, but it’s definitely there,” Whipple said of Biden.
And Biden’s temper would also be softer than his predecessor, Donald Trump.
Former Trump aide Cassidy Hutchinson told the committee Jan. 6 last year that the former president would get so angry that he would throw his lunch against the wall.
She described Trump’s response to then-Attorney General Bill Barr who said there was no evidence of voter fraud in the 2020 election: “The attendant was in the dining room changing the dining room tablecloth. He motioned for me to come in, then pointed to the front of the room near the mantelpiece and TV.’
“Where I first saw ketchup dripping down the wall,” she continued. “And there’s a shattered china plate on the floor.”
Biden’s anger would be softer.
One area where he shows it is in staff briefings, where the president is famous for grilling aides to the bone, asking question after question on a topic to both learn all the details and improve aides’ knowledge of the subject. to test.
“He has a mantra of sorts, ‘You can never give me too much detail,'” National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan told The New York Times in a piece on the president’s work habits.
Biden gets frustrated — and shows it — when aides offer vague topics of conversation or string their answers to them as well many policy details.
He’s obsessed with details, though some associates say it’s just his way of thinking things over before making a final decision and selling that decision to the American people.
‘I said to [Biden] multiple times: “I know we have a really good, trusting relationship when you yell at me the first time,” said former White House press secretary Jen Psaki
“If there’s something that’s not in the assignment, he’ll find it,” Ted Kaufman, Biden’s longtime aide who served in his Senate seat, told me. Axios. “It’s not to embarrass people, but because he wants to make the right decision. Most of the people who have worked for him like that he challenges them and leads them to a better decision.’
And despite the reports of a short temper, aides remain loyal to the commander-in-chief.
Several Biden aides are described by Joe and Jill Biden as members of the family. The president is also known for his compassion – he calls aides when they are having a hard time – and tells staff to put family events ahead of work.
These qualities ensure that employees continue to work for him for years to come.