Biden, Whipple says, initially considered Harris “a work in progress” as vice-president, the office he held for eight years under Barack Obama. ![]() According to Politico, Harris left some questions blank, while Whipple’s book reports her dissatisfaction with her role and dissent within her team. Whipple interviewed White House staff on “deep background”, allowing quote approval, and conducted written interviews with Biden and Kamala Harris, the vice-president. Regarding comments released as reports said Volodymyr Zelenskiy, the president of Ukraine, was on his way to Washington to speak, Politico said Whipple cited Biden’s response to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine as well as domestic successes as proof for his contention that the president had turned things around. “What makes this such a great story is that Joe Biden and his team really turned it all around, I think.” But it’s also been a tale of two presidencies – the first year and the second year. His legislative record is comparable to and he’s been underestimated every step of the way. Whipple told Politico: “I think Biden’s presidency is the most consequential of my lifetime. He told Politico writing it was “tough, because … this is the most battened-down, disciplined, leak-proof White House in modern times”.īut Whipple’s previous books include The Gatekeepers, about White House chiefs of staff, and access to the Biden White House included interviews with Ron Klain, the current holder of that post. Whipple’s book will be published in January. According to Bob Woodward and Robert Costa, authors of the book Peril, on discovering the note in the Resolute Desk in the Oval Office, Biden “put it in his pocket and did not share it with his advisers”. Trump refuses to admit Biden beat him fairly, faces extensive legal jeopardy for his election subversion attempts, and recently called for the constitution to be “ terminated” so he could return to power.īiden has said Trump’s letter was “very generous” but he has not shared its contents. an honorable, gracious and decent man who believed in the United States, our constitution, our institutions and our shared future”. George HW Bush’s note for Bill Clinton is generally held up as an ideal of civility between presidents from different parties.Īfter Bush died, Clinton wrote in the Washington Post that the letter revealed “the heart of who he was. Presidents traditionally leave letters for their successors. According to excerpts published by Politico on Tuesday, The Fight of His Life: Inside Joe Biden’s White House, by Chris Whipple, captures Biden saying of Trump’s note: “That was very gracious and generous … Shockingly gracious.”
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