{"id":23223,"date":"2025-05-04T11:52:18","date_gmt":"2025-05-04T11:52:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/biden-aides-decided-against-a-cognitive-test-in-early-2024-book-says\/"},"modified":"2025-05-04T11:52:18","modified_gmt":"2025-05-04T11:52:18","slug":"biden-aides-decided-against-a-cognitive-test-in-early-2024-book-says","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/biden-aides-decided-against-a-cognitive-test-in-early-2024-book-says\/","title":{"rendered":"Biden Aides Decided Against a Cognitive Test in Early 2024, Book Says"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- ItShrt World News -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"1882483372\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div data-testid=\"companionColumn-0\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Months before President Joseph R. Biden Jr. was <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2024\/07\/21\/us\/politics\/biden-drops-out.html\" title=\"\">forced to abandon his re-election campaign<\/a>, his top White House aides debated having him undergo a cognitive test to prove his fitness for a second term but ultimately decided against the move, according to a forthcoming book.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">The account illustrates the degree to which Mr. Biden\u2019s top aides harbored deep fears about how voters viewed his age and mental acuity. The book, \u201c2024: How Trump Retook the White House and the Democrats Lost America,\u201d by Tyler Pager of The New York Times, Josh Dawsey of The Wall Street Journal and Isaac Arnsdorf of The Washington Post, is set to be released in July.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Mr. Biden\u2019s aides were confident that he would pass a cognitive test, according to the book, but they worried that the mere fact of his taking one would raise new questions about his mental abilities. At the same time, Mr. Biden\u2019s longtime doctor, Kevin O\u2019Connor, had told aides he would not take the 81-year-old president\u2019s political standing into consideration when treating him.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">The discussion took place in February 2024, a few weeks before Mr. Biden\u2019s <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2024\/02\/28\/us\/politics\/biden-health-physical.html\" title=\"\">final White House physical exam<\/a> and a period preceding some of his <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2024\/06\/27\/us\/politics\/biden-debate-democrats.html\" title=\"\">most damaging public episodes<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<div data-testid=\"companionColumn-1\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">A representative for Mr. Biden declined to comment.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">The same month that Biden aides considered the cognitive test, Robert K. Hur, the special counsel who investigated Mr. Biden\u2019s handling of classified documents, <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2024\/02\/08\/us\/biden-documents-investigation-report-takeaways.html\" title=\"\">released a report concluding<\/a> that the president was \u201ca sympathetic, well-meaning, elderly man with a poor memory.\u201d Mr. Biden <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2024\/02\/09\/us\/politics\/biden-memory-age-democrats.html\" title=\"\">held a late-night news conference<\/a> to deliver an angry response in which he referred to the president of Egypt as the president of Mexico and declared, \u201cMy memory is fine.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">By then it was becoming obvious that former President Donald J. Trump would be the Republican nominee. Mr. Trump, three years younger than Mr. Biden, had <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2020\/07\/22\/us\/politics\/trump-cognitive-test-results.html\" title=\"\">bragged during his first term about having passed a cognitive test<\/a>, though details were sketchy. His repetition of a five-word sequence he had been asked to memorize \u2014 \u201cperson, woman, man, camera, TV\u201d \u2014 became a running joke in Washington political circles in 2020.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Throughout Mr. Biden\u2019s presidency and especially during his re-election bid, his aides and advisers often argued that the news media was unfair in how it covered his age, fueling voters\u2019 negative perception of his vigor. Few influential figures in the White House or on his campaign would entertain the idea that he was struggling to perform his presidential duties.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">\u201cOn the topic of his age, I thought the best answer was going to be performance,\u201d Mike Donilon, a senior adviser to Mr. Biden who <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2024\/06\/22\/us\/politics\/klain-kaufman-biden-campaign-election.html\" title=\"\">had worked for him<\/a> since the 1980s, told The Harvard Political Review <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/theharvardpoliticalreview.com\/michael-donilon-interview\/#google_vignette\" title=\"\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">in March<\/a>. \u201cEvery day, I kept seeing him do the job. I still think he\u2019s the best person to be president today.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">But outside Mr. Biden\u2019s tight inner circle, many Democratic politicians and strategists began to worry quietly as his re-election bid took shape. By June 2022, Democrats were talking among themselves about his potential to drag down the 2024 ticket, with many suggesting he should not run again.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<div data-testid=\"companionColumn-2\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">A <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2022\/06\/11\/us\/politics\/biden-2024-election-democrats.html\" title=\"\">New York Times article<\/a> that month included an interview with David Axelrod, the former adviser to President Barack Obama who has become one of the party\u2019s elder statesmen.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Mr. Axelrod said that Mr. Biden \u201clooks his age\u201d \u2014 then 79 \u2014 and that he was feeding a narrative that he was no longer up to the job of being president.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">\u201cThe stark reality is the president would be closer to 90 than 80 at the end of a second term, and that would be a major issue,\u201d Mr. Axelrod said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">That comment prompted an angry call to Mr. Axelrod from Ron Klain, then Mr. Biden\u2019s chief of staff, according to the book. Mr. Klain wanted to know why Mr. Axelrod was fueling doubts about a Democratic president who was on track to begin a re-election campaign.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">\u201cThere\u2019s no Obama out there, Axe,\u201d Mr. Klain told him, the book recounts. \u201cWho\u2019s going to do it if he doesn\u2019t do it?\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- ItShrt World News -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"1882483372\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2025\/05\/04\/us\/politics\/joe-biden-cognitive-test-age.html\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Months before President Joseph R. 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