Biden hits again at age critics in softball interview with Seth Meyers

President Joe Biden joked that Donald Trump is ‘about as previous as I’m’ and blamed his predecessor for the disaster on the US-Mexico border in an interview with Seth Meyers Monday. 

Biden’s go to to Meyers’ NBC tenth anniversary ‘Late Night’ had already made headlines when the president advised a media member he believed there could be a ceasefire between Israel and Hamas inside every week whereas getting ice cream with the host.

The liberal-leaning host Meyers questioned the president about that but in addition pressed him on considerations about his age, with a majority of voters believing he is too previous to run the nation forward of his doubtless 2024 rematch with Trump. 

After joking that the details about his age is ‘categorized,’ he stated: ‘Take a take a look at the opposite man, he is about as previous as I’m,’ stated Biden, 81, the oldest president in American historical past. He broke a file beforehand set by Trump, who’s 77. 

He additionally blasted Trump and the Republican occasion over the migrant disaster, claiming the previous president is responsible for sabotaging a deal for immigration reform. 

‘We’re gonna go that border invoice, it is overwhelmingly supported by each Republicans and Democrats within the House and Senate however as a result of – and I do not know this for a reality however I used to be advised – Trump is choosing up the cellphone, calling the Speaker of the House saying do not let it go.’

‘Why? Not as a result of he would not assume it is good, as a result of it might profit Biden,’ he claimed, including that he continues his claims that ‘this isn’t your father’s Republican Party.

‘That’s no strategy to run a rustic, that is no strategy to deal.’ 

The $118 billion invoice, which mixes border safety with assist for Ukraine and Israel, faces opposition from Trump and his allies, who think about it weak, and from some Democrats and progressives who assume it might intestine the asylum course of at grave human price. 

If it overcomes the lengthy odds, the laws would radically upend how asylum is dealt with on the border. Asylum, as soon as a coverage afterthought, is now the border’s dominant problem.

In early February, Trump steered the invoice represents a ‘dying want’ for the Republican Party in 2024.

‘This is a Democrat lure. It’s a lure for Republicans that may be so silly, so silly to signal a invoice like this. This invoice cannot be signed,’ Trump stated. 

Biden pleaded that his concepts had been extra vital than age given Trump’s beliefs on points like abortion and different insurance policies which have been ‘stable American positions’ for many years. 

He additionally riffed with first visitor Amy Poehler, who he is beforehand appeared on the present with and visitor starred on her sitcom, ‘Parks and Recreation’ on in 2015.

‘It’s about how previous your concepts are. Look, I imply, it is a man who desires to take us again. He desires to take us again on Roe v. Wade’ he stated.

Biden even joked that Trump ‘cannot keep in mind his spouse’s title’ in an obvious reference to his predecessor’s look on the Conservative Political Action Conference outdoors of Washington final weekend.

Trump praised his spouse Melania and likewise referenced a ‘Mercedes’ – believed to be Mercedes Schlapp, his former aide who helps run the group and was within the viewers, resulting in confusion on social media.

Biden repeated his latest criticisms of Trump for lately suggesting he’d encourage Russian President Vladimir Putin to invade NATO allies that didn’t meet their monetary commitments.

When Meyers stated Biden had a ‘larger job now so he was unavailable’ to look for the present’s tenth anniversary, Poehler replied ‘Oh, I might get him’, earlier than calling out: ‘Hey, Mr President’ to which Biden responded by strolling onstage.

The president additionally criticized Trump for praising those that participated within the Capitol riot on Jan. 6, 2021, and for pledging to pardon those that assaulted cops and tried to overturn the 2020 presidential election.

‘That´s what occurs in Eastern European nations,’ Biden stated. ‘That´s not what occurs in America.’

Biden additionally mentioned the conspiracy idea that he rigged the Super Bowl for Travis Kelce’s Kansas City Chiefs in an effort to get an endorsement from Taylor Swift, in addition to additional questions on the Israel-Hamas battle.

After recording the interview, Biden stopped off for some mint chip ice cream from Van Leeuwen, with Meyers becoming a member of him and getting the honeycomb taste. Earlier, he attended an occasion with donors at a midtown resort, the place he was additionally pressed in regards to the Middle Eastern battle.

Late-night exhibits stay a staple of US tv, although their focus is now on creating social media clips that would go viral with youthful viewers as a lot as on TV viewers at dwelling.

Biden once more ducked the president’s conventional Super Bowl TV interview earlier this month, as an alternative making his debut on TikTok to attempt to goal youthful audiences on a platform that’s formally thought-about a safety threat by Washington.

His crew additionally produces a stream of lighter content material for social media, hoping to attract in voters who keep away from tv information or information web sites.

Biden has given interviews to YouTube stars and podcasters whereas president, in addition to making occasional appearances on pleasant TV exhibits.

A overwhelming majority of American voters – 86 % – say Biden is just too previous for an additional time period in workplace, in accordance with a brand new ballot.

It comes after a damning Justice Department report emerged claiming Biden’s failing reminiscence and ‘diminished schools’ as a purpose to not cost him within the categorized paperwork case.

Meanwhile, 62 % of respondents within the ABC News/Ipsos ballot say that former President Donald Trump, 77, can also be too previous for an additional White House time period.

Fifty-nine % of respondents say that each high 2024 rivals are too previous whereas 27 % assume solely the present president is aged sufficient to be taken out of consideration.

A separate ballot from the Financial Times exhibits Trump with an 11 level lead over Biden in those that belief them to deal with the financial system – 42 % to 31 %.

Concern over Trump and Biden’s ages and health for workplace has elevated since September, when an ABC News/Washington Post ballot discovered 74 % of Americans thought Biden was too previous to serve and 49 % felt the identical about Trump.

Biden is the oldest president in U.S. historical past. He broke Trump’s file by eight years when coming into workplace on the age of 78 in January 2021.

If elected for a second time period, Biden could be 82 on the time of inauguration.

When making an allowance for solely their very own occasion’s preferences, 73 % of Democrats assume Biden is just too previous and solely 35 % of Republicans assume that about Trump.

Ninety-one % of independents say Biden is just too previous and 71 % of this voting block say the identical in regards to the former president.