Within hours in the middle of the night, Mr. Biden consulted his top advisers, called the president of Poland and the NATO secretary general, and gathered fellow world leaders to deal with the crisis.
You’re confusing me.” He also drew a blank when asked the last country he had visited and the name of a favorite movie.
The complicated reality of America’s oldest president was encapsulated on Thursday as Congress approved a bipartisan deal he brokered to avoid a national default.
Even Speaker Kevin McCarthy testified that Mr. Biden had been “very professional, very smart, very tough” during their talks.
Yet just before the voting got underway, Mr. Biden tripped over a sandbag at the Air Force Academy commencement, plunging to the ground.
Persons:
Biden, “, Joe Bidens, Sharp, Kevin McCarthy, Mr, cringed, pounced
Organizations:
NATO, Mr, Air Force Academy
Locations:
Asia, Poland, Russia, Ukraine, NATO, New York, Philadelphia