President Biden delivered some parting attacks to the press during a public event at the White House on Sunday night.
Fox Information’s Lucas Tomlinson reported that after signing the Social Security Fairness Act, Biden answered some questions from the crowd that led the president to take aim at President-elect Donald Trump.
“Do you still believe he is a threat to democracy?” asked a journalist.
“I think what he did was a genuine threat to democracy,” Biden responded.
US President Joe Biden speaks to the media after signing the Social Security Fairness Act at the White House in Washington, DC, on January 5, 2025. (CHRIS KLEPONIS/AFP via Getty Photographs)
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After responding to the accusation that Trump plans to end birthright citizenship, Biden changed the subject to attack journalists.
“I may be the oldest president, but I know more world leaders than any of you have ever met in your entire damn life!” Biden said.
Some X users were quick to criticize the comment.
“Okay, guys,” journalist Salena Zito joked.
Conservative communicator Steve Visitor commented: “What a bitter person.”
“This is, in a nutshell, Washington credentialism. Politicians are ‘qualified’ simply by existing. Never mind that Biden is an abject failure and the worst foreign policy figure in American history. You see, he knows a lot of people, and that’s all that matters,” wrote RedState writer Bonchie.
CNN conservative commentator Scott Jennings joked: “The most civilized, decent, devoutly Catholic president we’ve ever had.”
Biden has lashed out at the press throughout his term, sometimes making aggressive comments at journalists themselves.
In November, Biden mocked a journalist who asked him if he could negotiate a hostage deal between Hamas and Israel before leaving office.
“President Biden, do you think we will be able to reach a hostage deal at the end of your term?” asked a correspondent for Israeli Channel 13.
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Biden responded by saying, “Do you think you can stop a camera behind you from hitting you in the head?”
Biden has a history of insulting the press during public events. (CHRIS KLEPONIS/AFP via Getty Photographs)
In 2022, he went so far as to refer to Fox Information’s Peter Doocy as a “stupid son of a b—-” after asking a question about whether inflation would be considered a political liability ahead of the midterm elections. Doocy said Biden later called him to “clear things up,” claiming the comments were “nothing personal.”
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