Alabama's Morning News with JT
Jon Decker on the Biden speech
you know yesterday when I spoke with John Decker, I kind of made a little quip at the beginning of the conversation. I said, I said, you know, well, if the press conference happens and John, you were very emphatic that the press conference was going to happen and it did happen. But I'd like to point out it was two hours late. Well, that's right. We got word yesterday morning that the press conference, which was originally scheduled for 5.30, was actually going to take place at 6.30. And that was the reason for that had to do with all of the meetings associated with the NATO summit. It got moved back a further hour. So finally got underway at 7.30 Eastern times 6.30 for you. But almost a full hour. That's in fact what I anticipated would take place during the course of this solo press conference by President Biden. And he was able to stand up there and answer questions, but he did have a few little gaps that we've already covered several times this morning, including the one that happened before, the big one that happened before the press conference even started where he mixed up President Putin and President Zelensky, which he kind of played off. But it didn't really quell a lot of people's fears that he still might be kind of losing his grasp on things. Well, there was, I was in that room when that occurred, that gap occurred as I was also in the press conference. But as it relates to when President Biden referred to President Zelensky as President Putin, there were gaps in the room coming from those world leaders that were gathered for that event. And as you point out, President Biden recovered quickly, thanks in part to President Zelensky made a joke out of it. But in any case, when there is so much scrutiny on the president as it relates to issues that he's been having, it doesn't help matters to have those types of gaps that you just mentioned. John, in situations yesterday, like the press conference, it seemed like President Biden, he wasn't, he didn't look out towards the audience and then say, let's see, who should I call on? He had a list, didn't he, of who he was going to go to? He did, he had a list. And that is typical, you know, that president for formal press conferences, presidents do have lists. President Trump had lists, I can tell you that, having covered him for the four years that he was in office. So that's not surprising. You know, I think that what we saw there was, I think, about 10 different reporters chosen by the president during the course of that hour long press conference. And I thought the questions that were posed to the president were good questions. They were relevant. They cut to the heart of the matter concerning whether or not President Biden has the wherewithal to be president, not only now, but also for years from now, if he wins reelection. It seems, I'm not a neurologist, but it seems like if it, when it comes to details, in fact, he does have those details. When he was able to talk about Israel, he had very specific details on the situation. It's more of a situation when he needs to grasp a name just out of the blue, that he, his brain, it's like he locks onto the wrong name, like in the case of confusing President, former President Trump, with his current vice president. You know, he knows that Kamala Harris is his vice president, and he just mixed the names up. That seems to be the kind of gap that a lot of people focus on. But at the same time, there are some policy issues that people are concerned about because America still is in some trouble. Well, that's what this election is all about. It's a choice between Donald Trump and Joe Biden as things stand today. We don't know if indeed Democrats will try to force President Biden out of the race. He made it clear yesterday during that press conference that he's not going anywhere, that he believes he's the best candidate to take on Donald Trump in November. But we also saw during the course of that debate, actually in the aftermath of the debate, three additional House Democrats coming out and urging President Biden to bow out of the presidential race. So if he was trying to stop the bleeding, it wasn't effective. I think that the press conference, if you grade it, you know, it was a passing grade, but you want to get more than a passing grade, especially if you're under fire and you're trying to close the gap with former President Donald Trump. I'll give him a B minus. How about that? Well, that's passing. So we're on the same page there. You know, I think that, you know, he needed a home run yesterday, John, and he got a single still respectable, but you need a home run and there's going to be more scrutiny on President Biden over the course of the next few weeks, the next few months leading up to November the 5th. He's traveling today to Michigan, a battleground state, more scrutiny there. And that's the thing that makes Democrats very nervous. You know, they're just waiting for the other shoe to drop with every event, every major event that he has. There's another big event that will take place on Monday. He's doing an interview with Lester Holt, the anchor of NBC News. So we'll be following that as well. And every single time, it's just a matter of when it's going to happen. What kind of meme is he going to make? And then what kind of jokes will come from that? And what will be on Saturday Night Live? John Decker, thank you so much for joining us. For more than 50 years, National University has been a military friendly, yellow ribbon school that understands the importance of honor and commitment. With four and eight-week classes available, year-round enrollment, and more than 190 programs to choose from, we help veterans just like you define the next chapter of their careers. Learn more at nu.edu. That's nu.edu. [BLANK_AUDIO]