Former President Joe Biden, a sprightly 82-year-old silver fox with a penchant for ice cream and accidental mic drops, just sat down for his first TV interview since leaving the White House. Where, you ask? The View, aka the political Thunderdome with coffee mugs.
And guess what Grandpa Joe did? He owned up to Trump’s comeback tour.
“Yep, that one’s on me,” Joe said, casually tossing the keys to the 2024 election loss like he was returning a rental car with a dent in the bumper. “I was the guy in charge, and he won. Sooo… y’know. My bad.”
Biden then spilled a bit of that old man truth tea, claiming that Trump basically sabotaged bipartisan border deals like a reality show villain yelling “Not on my episode, baby!”
He also admitted that the Democrats didn’t quite flex enough. While Trump was out there doing political CrossFit on Fox News, Team Blue was apparently trying to whisper their wins through a closed window.
“We weren’t that good at advertising,” Joe said, which is the most polite way of saying, “We forgot to put up a billboard while building a whole freeway.”
He lamented that no one was shouting “BIDEN BUILT THIS” like he was Bob the Builder in a navy suit. “These things take time,” he added, which is classic politician speak for: You’ll appreciate this in, like, 18 months, probably? Maybe? Hopefully?
And then came the real zinger: Biden said he expected Trump to be “smart.” Yes. Smart. That sentence came out like it got lost halfway down the stairs, and then Biden yanked it back before it could finish with a straight face. You almost heard the inner voice screaming, “Abort mission!”
Of course, Joe didn’t duck the biggest elephant in the room (and no, not a Republican congressman): his Titanic-sized debate flop. “Yeah, that night sucked,” he basically admitted, probably while mentally deleting every memory of that stage like it was an old TikTok draft. He knew right after it ended that the vibes were off, and the American people apparently agreed by hitting the giant red “Trump 2024” button.
And just to sprinkle a little insult onto the injury — in case you missed it — the new Trump administration is already back on its student loan villain arc. Yep, they’re collecting on defaulted loans again, like a shady ex showing up to claim half your AirPods and the dog.
Joe Biden: taking the L like a gentleman, explaining it like your grandpa at Thanksgiving, and reminding America that sometimes, even when you build the bridge, the next guy walks over it in a red hat and says he made it.
Former Pres. Biden responds to his performance at the June 2024 debate night against then-candidate Donald Trump, saying, "I had a bad, bad night."
"We were not going to let 90 minutes of a debate define his presidency and all those years of service," former first lady Jill… pic.twitter.com/2zdNKxnSQN
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