National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan responded to a journalist who asked about reports that President Biden was angry about worsening poll numbers: “When did you stop bashing your spouse’s questions?” Have you quit?” he said.
Fox News’ White House correspondent Peter Doocy spoke during the White House’s daily press briefing about a report published by NBC News with the headline, “Behind the scenes, Biden grows angry and anxious about re-election effort.” I confronted Mr. Sullivan about this.
The report cited an unnamed lawmaker as saying that during a closed-door meeting at the White House in January, the president’s allies talked about public opinion in Biden’s battleground states of Michigan and Georgia. It alleges that when Biden was told about the poor results of the survey, he “started screaming and cursing.” Response to the Israel-Hamas war.
“There are reports that President Biden started yelling and swearing when he was told that his handling of the war between Israel and Hamas was starting to affect his poll numbers. So when President Biden did that, what about Prime Minister Netanyahu? Does that mean he starts screaming and cursing?” Or about Hamas, or about his poll numbers? ” Doocy asked Sullivan on Monday.
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White House National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan speaks during a press conference at the White House in Washington, Monday, March 18, 2024. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)
“The question is, ‘When did you stop hitting your spouse?’ Because I don’t think he ever did that,” Sullivan responded.
“Excuse me?” Doocy interjected before Sullivan could continue.
“Well, you’re using that as the premise of your question, but it’s when he does something like that. No. So, from my perspective, that particular report is incorrect,” Sullivan said.
President Biden and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu met on Monday, March 18, in their first dialogue in more than a month, amid widening rifts between allies over the food crisis and acts of war in the Gaza Strip. (AP photo)
Earlier, Doocy asked Sullivan why Biden waited 32 days between calls with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
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“First of all, our teams are in daily contact at all levels. President Biden is updated every day, twice a day, sometimes nine times a day, on what’s going on. And he is saving his call to the prime minister for when the prime minister takes office, “I believe there is a clear and important strategic moment that needs to come forward,” Sullivan said.
National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan answers questions from reporters during a press conference at the White House on Monday, March 18, 2024 in Washington. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)
“Point 2. Of course, the prime minister knows how to get in touch with President Biden. If the prime minister felt he needed the president for any reason, he would have picked up the phone and called him. And of course, in the last 32 days. “President Biden has never declined a call from Prime Minister Netanyahu,” he added.
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Sullivan said the gap is “evident in the normal interactions between the leaders of both countries as they run their governments, manage their foreign policy, work with their teams, and are at key turning points in their dialogue.” Ta. I don’t want to do more than that.”
