The line Joe Biden used to put into nearly every big speech — “I’ve never been more optimistic about America’s future” — is a long way from what he says in private now.The line Joe Biden used to put into nearly every big speech — “I’ve never been more optimistic about America’s future” — is a long way from what he says in private now.

These days, multiple people who’ve spoken to him over the last year say, Biden often punctuates conversations with: “You think we can actually come back from this?”

The 83-year-old Biden continues to feel out a post-presidency that may prove to be one of the shortest in history and is already one of the most complicated.

There are days when Biden is heartbroken, indignant or in disbelief about what is happening as President Donald Trump — the man he defeated in 2020 — returned and moved not just to tear down his accomplishments, but to dig in with petty insults like the autopen photograph he put in Biden’s spot in the “Presidential Walk of Fame” installed at the White House.

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    13 hours ago

    You’ll notice all these comments are basically a criticism for Biden not being the superhero they wish for…

    None speak to anything the admin did or what actually happened during his four years vs the four prior or after…

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        10 hours ago

        LOUD NOISES!

        I LOVE LAMP!

        Plenty of things to criticize but this mindless bullshit misses the forest for the trees…

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          10 hours ago

          Oh I’m sorry, I thought your complaint was that no one was criticizing anything under his control that happened during his time in office. But it seems like you were just jerking off and now want to make an entirely different argument.

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            8 hours ago

            No it’s that the legit issues of his admin don’t seem to be the cause of your problems. Meanwhile this is your hill to die on…