Biden's approval sinks to the lowest of his presidency at 37%

Biden’s approval sinks to the LOWEST of his presidency at 37% amid a report White House aides ‘struggle to the 80-year-old do events in the morning or evening’ because of his age

DAILY MAIL

President Joe Biden’s approval rating has slipped to the lowest of his presidency as questions about his health continue with a new report claiming aides struggle to get the 80-year-old to do evening or morning events.

Biden’s favorability was 37% in a new Gallup poll out this week, the lowest rating Gallup has measured for him to date. He started his presidency at 57% approval rating and had been averaging in the low 40s.  

And some close Biden advisers told Axios that the president ‘has diminished his energy, significantly limiting his schedule.’ They note it’s hard to schedule public or private events in the morning, in the evening or on weekends. Most of the president’s events happen between 10 am and 4 pm. 

All this comes after Biden announced this week he’ll seek a second term in the White House. 

White House deputy press secretary Andrew Bates questioned the premise of the story and sent to DailyMail.com a response he sent to Axios, which was not included in their report: ‘Are these the same ‘advisers and close allies’ who you wrote on April 3 ‘don’t expect him to announce a run for re-election any time soon?’ 

Axios did a breakdown of Biden’s schedule so far in 2023 and found: 

• Only four public events before 10 a.m. 
• Just a dozen public events after 6 p.m. — mostly dinners and receptions with foreign leaders or fundraisers. 
• 12 full weekends with no public events. 

White House Deputy Chief of Staff Jen O’Malley Dillon simply called the Axios report ‘False.’

White House staff are protective of the president, as is their job. Questions about how far they take that arose this week after Biden was pictured at a press conference on Wednesday with ‘cheat sheets’ – one card outlining a question expected to be asked at his press conference and the other giving the president detailed instructions about an earlier briefing.

Democratic Rep. Ro Khanna said Biden’s staff can go too far. He urged them to let Biden lose and to let him speak off the cuff more. Most of the president’s events are tightly scripted and staff often pull him to the next one quickly in order to limit any presidential spontaneity.

‘I think his staff overprotects him,’ Khanna said on Fox News on Friday morning. ‘Put him out there in a press conference. Who cares is someone makes a gaffe? Everyone does in conversations. Let’s see the authentic president Biden. He is an empathetic person and the more he is out there, the better.’

For Friday, the first event on Biden’s public schedule is his national security briefing at 11:15 am. At 2:30 pm he’ll welcome the Air Force Falcons to the White House for the Commander’s Trophy. And at 6:45 pm he’ll address a Democratic Party fundraiser.

A White House official tells DailyMail.com that the ‘timing of our specific events is often so to hit broadcast news in the best window.’