A former senior White House staffer lamented in a BBC commentary that President Biden was a “different person” compared to the earlier days of his administration.
“When I watch Biden speak, I say, ‘Oh my God, this is a different person,’” a senior White House staffer said. he told the outlet In an article about the president's legacy. “Maybe it's simply that when you're there every day, you don't see it.”
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“The same senior employee told the BBC: “When things start to get difficult, and you lose that sense of achieving big things, it can give way to infighting and frustration.”
US President Joe Biden speaks to the media after signing the Social Security Fairness Act at the White House in Washington, D.C., January 5, 2025. (Chris Kleponis/AFP via Getty Images)
Democratic strategist Susan Estrich told the BBC that Biden's legacy was essentially that a Trump presidency would end his reign.
“He would like his legacy to be that he saved us from Trump,” Estrich said. “But it's unfortunate for him that his legacy is Trump again. He's the bridge from Trump I to Trump II.”
The BBC report also noted a comment from another senior Biden official who lamented that the White House had been more decisive early in the presidency.
This person told the BBC: “When things get tough and you lose the sense of achieving big things, it can give way to infighting and frustration.”
The White House did not immediately respond to Fox News Digital's request for comment.
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President-elect Donald Trump speaks during a news conference at Mar-a-Lago, Tuesday, January 7, 2025, in Palm Beach, Florida. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)
BBC correspondent Anthony Zurcher said he asked the lawyer Merrick Garland How history will classify the Biden administration.
“I'll leave that to historians,” he replied, according to the outlet.
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Biden revealed how he hopes people will remember him During an interview with USA Today Susan page.
“I hope that history will say that I came and had a plan for how to restore the economy and reestablish America's leadership in the world,” he said. “That was my hope.”
“I hope it will be recorded that I did it honestly and fairly, and that I said what was on my mind,” he said.
