President Joe Biden's family's 'damaging' response to Donald Trump debate fiasco as they seek to 'settle old scores' and seize control
By Nic White For Dailymail.Com
Published: 10:36 EDT, 6 July 2024 | Updated: 16:23 EDT, 6 July 2024
A simmering rift between Joe Biden's family and staff has finally boiled over after his disastrous debate performance last week.
The president blamed a cold and a generally 'bad night' for looking frail, confused, and struggling to finish sentences during the showdown with Donald Trump.
Biden defiantly declared he would contest the November 5 election and win, despite a push by some top Democrats to convince him to stand aside.
Fallout from the debate gave Biden's family, including his disgraced son Hunter, ammunition to settle old scores with his staff and be more involved.
They blame his staff for failing to adequately prepare him for the debate and more broadly for not putting him in a position to show his strengths.
'I believe the family has witnessed blunder after blunder by key staff personnel and the debate is likely the straw that broke the camel's back,' one of 13 sources close to the president told NBC.
'Post-debate, the supposed loyal staff, instead of taking responsibility, pointed the finger back at the president and said: 'His fault.' I can think of no other singular action that would agitate the Biden family more.'
Aides in turn believe the president's family is blinded to the political realities by emotion and likened their 'unhelpful' meddling to a Shakespearean drama.
'The debate fiasco has opened up a lane for the family to surpass staff and start helping out their father and brother who they love dearly,' another insider said.
Biden's closest family visited the White House over the past week to console him after the debate and plot the next steps.
They included his sister Valerie Owens, and son Hunter and his wife Melissa Cohen Biden, along with various grandchildren who came for July 4th celebrations.
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