But who is running the show right now?
And why is no one . . . alarmed?
The worry is not that Biden will say something overly candid, or say something he didn’t mean to say, but that he will communicate through his appearance that he is not really there. ...
Biden instead was cocooned within mounting layers of bureaucracy, spoken for more than he was speaking or spoken to. ...
the traveling protective pool — the rotating group of reporters, run by the White House Correspondents’ Association ...
In April . . . My
heart stopped as I extended my hand to greet the president. I tried to
make eye contact, but it was like his eyes, though open, were not on.
His face had a waxy quality.
-- Olivia Nuzzi, "The Conspiracy of Silence to Protect Joe Biden", New York, July 4, 2024
https://nymag.com/intelligencer/article/conspiracy-of-silence-to-protect-joe-biden.html
https://archive.ph/z0ULo#selection-1637.80-1637.190
