Staff has found the best way to deal with it - ignore it.
https://www.businessinsider.com/white-house-staffers-mute-turn-off-tv-biden-speech-report-2021-9"White House staffers mute or turn off the TV when Biden is speaking with reporters out of fear that he'll make a gaffe or veer off message, report says
- Some White House staffers mute or turn off their TVs when Biden talks to reporters, Politico said.
- Staffers do so out of fear Biden will veer off course or commit a verbal gaffe, the report added.
- "I know people who habitually don't watch it live for that reason," one White House official said.
"I know people who habitually don't watch it live for that reason," one White House official told Politico's West Wing Playbook newsletter.
Biden,
a self-proclaimed "gaffe machine," has
tripped over his words and
put his foot in his mouth many times over his
lengthy political career, including as Barack Obama's
running mate and as the Democratic
presidential nominee in 2020.
Biden had perhaps his roughest month yet in August as the US military withdrew from Afghanistan, the Delta variant drove a surge in COVID-19 cases, natural disasters like hurricanes and wildfires ravaged the country, and
a disappointing jobs report was released.
Some White House staffers are urging Biden to take fewer questions after speeches and public appearances, Politico reported.
These are the same people who probably prepare his note cards for him.