President Joe Biden struggled during what his administration dubbed as his “big boy” press conference on Thursday afternoon as he sought to calm down his party following his disastrous debate performance against former President Donald Trump.

Biden, who showed up more than an hour late to the event, used the official White House event to campaign against Trump and made numerous false claims about his own record and about Trump during his opening remarks before moving to call on reporters.

After facing accusations that his administration has carefully staged every public event he has had over the last two years in an effort to hide his cognitive decline, he opened the question and answer session by declaring that he had a list of pre-screened reporters that he was going to call on.

Biden: “With that, I’ll take your questions. I’ve been given a list of people to call on here.” pic.twitter.com/nWZsZF9My1

— Curtis Houck (@CurtisHouck) July 11, 2024

After mixing up Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky and Russian President Vladimir Putin during a NATO event just a couple of hours earlier, he made a similar mistake during his press conference, mixing up Vice President Kamala Harris and Trump.

“I wouldn’t have picked Vice President Trump to be vice president did I think she’s not qualified to be president,” Biden rambled.

As Biden made the mistake, it was visibly obvious that members of his own cabinet were uncomfortable by the mistake.

Here’s Secretaries Blinken, Austin and National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan when President Biden said, “Vice President Trump.” pic.twitter.com/chvT7eRqvY

— Jeremy Art (@cspanJeremy) July 12, 2024

Biden seethed at a reporter who asked him about global leaders believing that Biden is not mentally fit for office and whether him continuing to stay in office was damaging the country.

“Did you see any damage of our standing in my leading this conference?” Biden snapped at the reporter. “Have you seen a more successful conference? What do you think?”

Biden freaks out at a reporter for asking him about referring to Zelensky as “President Putin.”

NOT A GOOD LOOK, CROOKED JOE! pic.twitter.com/qrexZ6WGlI

— RNC Research (@RNCResearch) July 11, 2024

Biden said that all the reports that have emerged where he has told other Democrats that he needs to go to bed earlier and needs to do less work were “not true.”

He then effectively said the very thing that he denied when he said that he needed to “pace” himself more, meaning not do as much work.

He also said that he was “catching hell” from first lady Jill Biden for keeping a busy schedule.

Biden laughs in a reporter's face for asking why he said he needs to stop scheduling events after 8p because he's too tired — then claims he needs to "pace" himself.

FACT: Biden has spent more time on vacation than any president in modern history. pic.twitter.com/Ai2wmo6u4r

— RNC Research (@RNCResearch) July 11, 2024

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