Biden, Who Has Spent 40% of His "Presidency" On Vacation, Rounds Out The Year With, You Guessed It, Another Vacation

He's also skipping the customary end-of-year presidential press conference.

No surprise on that -- he's skipped that tradition three years in a row.

In order to go on another well-deserved vacation.

President Joe Biden is rounding out 2023 on vacation while the administration snubs a traditional end of the year press conference.

Biden and First Lady Jill Biden arrived at St. Croix in the Caribbean on Wednesday where they will stay through the New Year. The trip cements the White House's earlier decision to skip the tradition of an end of the year press conference with reporters.

In the last press briefing of 2023 on Dec. 21, White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre was asked why the president doesn't want to "defend his record" to the American people before heading out on a holiday vacation. Biden traveled to Camp David on Dec. 23 where he remained until Dec. 26.

"I think anytime the president travels and is in front of the American people, he does that," Jean-Pierre said. "He did that in Wisconsin, where he talked about Bidenomics. He talked about small businesses and how that's a pillar of Bidenomics and investing in America. So, you heard him do that directly to the American people."

While in Wisconsin to tout his economic policies, more commonly known as Bidenomics, Biden took a few questions from reporters after exiting Air Force One. The president responded to questions about hostage efforts in the Israel-Hamas war, Venezuela and the Colorado Supreme Court's December ruling to disqualify Former President Donald Trump from the state's ballot.

Jean-Pierre added the White House "makes an effort" to do a press conference as often as they can whether it be in D.C. or while traveling.

"He made time yesterday to talk to the press yesterday. He did," Jean-Pierre said after being asked why the White House didn't make time for a press conference. "He talked to them. We made time to make sure that he gave a statement about what was happening in Venezuela, the hostage exchange, the swap that you all saw that was very successful. He made time to do that. He stood in front of the press pool, in front of him, and made that statement and took some questions."

The White House press secretary also used Biden's December press conference with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy to justify the decision to skip the end of the year press conference. Both Biden and Zelenskyy only took two questions each during their press conference.

The press secretary said the White House will make sure it does as many press conferences as possible in 2024.

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Biden and his administration instead have heavily leaned on the use of social media and non-traditional media opportunities, The Washington Post reported.

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Biden has done non-traditional interviews, too, the White House noted to The Washington Post, adding the president has spoken to the Weather Channel and Comedy Central. Most recently, Biden sat down with Conan O'Brien to record for the comedians' podcast.
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The strategy, some speculate, is in an effort to limit concerns about the 81-year-old president's age by putting Biden in more controlled situations, according to The Washington Post.

This is a speculation? Seems like a fact. Traditionally, presidents have taken every opportunity possible to get their message to the public.

There is a reason why Biden does not.

posted by Disinformation Expert Ace at 01:32 PM

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