He is the American Idle.
The 24/7 hustle and bustle of the White House is anything but for President Biden, who has devoted more days to downtime than any of his recent predecessors, according to an analysis of newspaper group reports.
This Labor Day weekend, Biden once again plans to be at his summer home in Rehoboth Beach — after a short trip to Florida to view the wreckage of Hurricane Idalia.
As of last Sunday, Biden had spent all or part of 382 of his 957 days in office — or 40% — on personal overnight trips from the White House, putting him on pace to become America’s most idle commander-in-chief, according to data tallied by the Republican National Committee. and confirmed by The Post using White House reports on Biden’s movements.
“We have millions of illegal immigrants crossing our borders. Violent crime is on the rise. Inflation is destroying hard-working Americans. Our enemies around the world are getting bolder,” Rep. Elise Stefanik (R-NY) told The Post. “Meanwhile, Joe Biden was filmed on the beach with his handlers preventing him from speaking to the media to answer basic questions Americans deserve answers to.
“It’s a shame.”
Biden has admitted to feeling “tired” in recent months, aides said in a new book.AP
President Biden has spent 40% of his presidency on personal trips like this July 30 beach day in Delaware, according to reports. AFP via Getty Images
The running back ratio for Biden easily surpasses the previous American Idle, George HW Bush, who spent 36% of his presidency off duty and away from Washington, according to the calculations.
Biden’s 40% out-of-office ratio far exceeds that of former President Donald Trump, who spent 26% of his presidency on personal trips out of Washington — 381 of his 1,461 days in office.
By contrast, Ronald Reagan and Barack Obama took vacations for just 11% of their two-term presidencies — and the hard-working Jimmy Carter only took 79 days off, accounting for 5% of his single term in office.
Biden waved to reporters as he left his vacation home in Rehoboth Beach, Del. in July.AFP via Getty Images
The president’s “vacation” days include 100 of the 135 weekends since his inauguration spent secluded at one of his two homes in Delaware, at Camp David in Maryland, or at the mansion of a billionaire friend.
As the 80-year-old president’s public stumbles, with 77% of Americans saying he is too old to be re-elected and a new book reporting that he admits to feeling “tired,” some critics point to Biden’s age as the reason for his excessive R&R.
The president’s “vacation” days include 100 of the 135 weekends since his inauguration spent secluded at one of his two homes in Delaware.
“With President Biden, not only is he absent in mind, he’s increasingly absent in body,” said Heritage Foundation Fellow Joel Griffith.
“I just pray for his health and the family as he continues to deteriorate,” said leftist leader Cornel West, running for president as a Green Party candidate.
Trump received criticism from critics for spending all or part of 381 days of his presidency — 26% — on personal trips away from the White House. via Getty Images
George HW Bush spent 36% of his presidency off duty and outside of Washington.WireImage
“At a time when so many families are having to cut back on their vacation time because of inflation, Biden takes nearly 12 days off a month, more than triple the rate Obama took,” Griffith said.
Meanwhile, Biden’s outside activities remain almost completely shielded from public view.
The rotating White House press pool often goes an entire day without catching a glimpse of the president when he’s out of the capital — and his administration refuses to clear visitor records covering his long time away from the White House.
George W. Bush regularly retreats to his ranch in Crawford, Texas.Getty Images
A Wyoming fishing trip in 1978 was one of several presidential Jimmy Carter vacations. Bettmann Archives
In May, the Secret Service flatly rejected The Post’s Freedom of Information Act request for emails identifying Biden’s off-day visitors — data also requested by the House Oversight Committee.
“With the amount of time this president spends away from the White House, visitor records should be made public from all of Joe Biden’s residences,” said committee chairman James Comer (R-Ky.). “The American people deserve the transparency promised by the Biden administration. All they got was obstacles.”
Griffith said, “Out of respect for the American people, he should show us who’s going to be there — especially given the track record. We know that Biden used to illegally store documents in his garage in Delaware, and his son . . . seems to have some very shady business dealings. I think we deserve to know who else is with him.”
Biden took personal time at Camp David as Kabul fell to the Taliban amid a chaotic US troop withdrawal.
Biden’s settlement has coincided with some of the most high-profile setbacks of his presidency. “The fact that this holiday falls during a national emergency only adds to the feeling in some quarters that he should not be running for re-election,” said Democratic political consultant Hank Sheinkopf.
Biden is out of time for the following crisis:
- When Kabul fell to the Taliban on August 15, 2021, amid Biden’s withdrawal in Afghanistan, Biden was holed up at Camp David for a six-day stay. “Joe Biden seems to care more about his long vacation than the thousands of Americans trapped behind the Taliban,” Sen. Tom Cotton (R-Ark.) tweeted.
- Biden’s embarrassing fall from his bicycle during his 2022 sojourn in Rehoboth Beach capped a miserable week for the American economy, as the Dow closed below 30,000 for the first time since January 2021 and the cost of regular unleaded gas surged to more than $5 per gallon.
- On the second day of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine — while President Volodymyr Zelensky rejected US offers to evacuate him, saying “I need bullets, not rides” — Biden holed up in his home in Wilmington, Del.
- This year, Biden was gone for a four-day weekend when Chinese spy balloons first entered US airspace on January 28. A week later, as the craft flew over a sensitive American military site, he spent the night at his home in Wilmington, Del., then was out of pocket at a family funeral when the balloon was shot down on Feb. 4.
The president was absent when a Chinese spy balloon entered US airspace — and again a week later, when the military finally shot it down.
- The toxic train derailment in East Palestine, Ohio happened the same weekend, on February 3rd — a disaster zone that Biden has yet to visit.
- Last month, the president stopped by Rehoboth Beach as the death toll from the still-burning Maui wildfires reached 93 — ignoring the press corps’ screaming questions about the disaster and the appointment of a special counsel to investigate tax and tax allegations made by Hunter Biden’s son. gun crime.
“Of course, no one can predict exactly when a natural disaster will strike,” Griffith said. “But when you’re gone almost half the time, chances are you’ll be out of a job as the catastrophe mounts.”
Some critics cite Biden’s continued absence as evidence that he is not actually in charge.
“It’s not ‘President Biden’, it’s the Biden Puppet,” said GOP candidate Vivek Ramaswamy.
“The management class is using Joe Biden as a front to advance its own agenda,” Ramaswamy said. “For them, Biden’s cognitive impairment isn’t a bug, and his vacation day record isn’t a problem: It’s a feature.”
Asked for comment, White House spokesman Andrew Bates referred The Post to a statement he issued in August 2022 — when Biden first came under fire for his repeated White House absences.
“The presidency is a nonstop job that a chief executive can do from anywhere in the world,” Bates said a year ago. “Being somewhere other than the White House is not the same as being on vacation. And President Biden has always focused on the number that matters most to the American people: reducing costs for families [and] reduce the deficit to fight inflation.”
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