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Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin

(137,500 posts)
Fri Jul 4, 2025, 01:48 PM Jul 2025

Joe Biden Casually Drops Bombshell About Who's Still Seeking His Advice

Former President Joe Biden claimed that world leaders and U.S. lawmakers from both sides of the aisle are reaching out to him for advice and to ask him to remain active in politics amid the divisive second term of his successor, President Donald Trump.

Biden is still involved in politics but now remains behind the scenes, he told the Society for Human Resource Management in San Diego on Wednesday after being asked how he’s filling his “newfound time” since leaving office.

“I stayed engaged because I really cared about what I was doing. Many things I worked so damn hard [on], that I thought I had changed the country, are changing so rapidly,” Biden said, a reference to Trump’s ongoing bid to gut most of his policy achievements.

Biden later revealed, “I’m getting calls. I’m not going to go into it, I can’t. From a number of European leaders asking me to get engaged. I’m not, but I’m giving advice. Because things are different. You know, I often ask the question, if America doesn’t lead the world, who can? Not a joke. Not because of power. Who could put it together? And mistakes, today, have significantly greater consequences than they did 50 years ago.”

https://www.yahoo.com/news/joe-biden-casually-drops-bombshell-083256698.html

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Joe Biden Casually Drops Bombshell About Who's Still Seeking His Advice (Original Post) Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Jul 2025 OP
Ty, Joe! SheltieLover Jul 2025 #1
I can imagine.. Pres Biden has Cha Jul 2025 #2
I copy your sentiment, Cha!! blue-wave Jul 2025 #3
Aloha, blue-wave! Cha Jul 2025 #7
Spot On!! blue-wave Jul 2025 #13
If only Biden had an equal level of concern about Merrick Garland. kiri Jul 2025 #20
Did Garland force people NOT to vote for VP Harris? Did Garland tell Canon how to rule, or tell the Supreme lostincalifornia Jul 2025 #21
"Former President Biden "claimed"...... who the fuck are you Yahoo.news to question NoMoreRepugs Jul 2025 #4
FWIW it's not Yahoo, they're just an aggregator. The story is from huffpost. (n/t) thesquanderer Jul 2025 #9
TY. NoMoreRepugs Jul 2025 #12
He's such an under-rated POTUS and the press totally screwed him over LymphocyteLover Jul 2025 #5
Guess Joe Biden should have managed to get himself shot with an extremely light wound.... Jack Valentino Jul 2025 #17
Do I miss Joe and Kamala right now. Sanity and true convictions for the betterment of all Americans and immigrants. Evolve Dammit Jul 2025 #6
Not all countries have gone insane. The sane countries may be able to band together to stabilize economies, research, wiggs Jul 2025 #8
Thank you Joe 🩵 Clouds Passing Jul 2025 #10
Just shows how much respect these other leaders had for Joe. Marie Marie Jul 2025 #11
This is good to hear. Ty electric_blue68 Jul 2025 #14
Wow. Joe dropped that piece of info purposefully. Joinfortmill Jul 2025 #15
Pres. Biden gives me hope, even though he Ilsa Jul 2025 #16
Remember Republicans traveled overseas during Biden's term live love laugh Jul 2025 #18
Wait, what's this? A president who speaks in coherent sentences? And without any playground insults? Mister Ed Jul 2025 #19

kiri

(967 posts)
20. If only Biden had an equal level of concern about Merrick Garland.
Sat Jul 5, 2025, 12:44 PM
Jul 2025

Biden could have asked him to resign/retire after Garland's first disastrous year. All low key and decent. Biden's failure singularly gave us today's mess.

lostincalifornia

(5,538 posts)
21. Did Garland force people NOT to vote for VP Harris? Did Garland tell Canon how to rule, or tell the Supreme
Sat Jul 5, 2025, 01:48 PM
Jul 2025

Court to rule in trump's favor?

The January 6 committee provided several indictment recommendations against trump and others which Special Counsel Jack Smith acted on, and trump's appointed judges, including the SC insured they did not succeed.

The stakes were very clear in the elections of 2016, and 2024.

NoMoreRepugs

(12,234 posts)
4. "Former President Biden "claimed"...... who the fuck are you Yahoo.news to question
Fri Jul 4, 2025, 02:54 PM
Jul 2025

if his claim is valid. Do you do the same for VonSchitzInPants????

Jack Valentino

(5,252 posts)
17. Guess Joe Biden should have managed to get himself shot with an extremely light wound....
Fri Jul 4, 2025, 10:26 PM
Jul 2025

not that a respectable percentage of magats weren't daydreaming about assassinating him,
with much less provocation than those who might have the same daydreams about Trump...


but then again, if it were Biden, too many MSM news people might have been asking

"did Joe Biden have it coming? what did he do to deserve this?
we asked a bunch of magats this question at a rural diner no one ever heard of,
and this is what they told us"


Evolve Dammit

(21,818 posts)
6. Do I miss Joe and Kamala right now. Sanity and true convictions for the betterment of all Americans and immigrants.
Fri Jul 4, 2025, 03:14 PM
Jul 2025

wiggs

(8,857 posts)
8. Not all countries have gone insane. The sane countries may be able to band together to stabilize economies, research,
Fri Jul 4, 2025, 03:36 PM
Jul 2025

education, foreign policy, global decision-making. I believe the EU is the second largest economy in the world...not a small player.

Therein lies a bit of hope.

Marie Marie

(11,528 posts)
11. Just shows how much respect these other leaders had for Joe.
Fri Jul 4, 2025, 04:27 PM
Jul 2025

And he earned that respect. They see Trump for the clown that he is and he earned that opinion of him.

Ilsa

(64,579 posts)
16. Pres. Biden gives me hope, even though he
Fri Jul 4, 2025, 10:25 PM
Jul 2025

no longer has authority. I feel a little better now.

live love laugh

(16,487 posts)
18. Remember Republicans traveled overseas during Biden's term
Fri Jul 4, 2025, 11:46 PM
Jul 2025

meeting with foreign diplomats and Trump had a swinging door of ass kissers at Maralago.

It’s great and MORE Democrats should follow suit.

Mister Ed

(6,993 posts)
19. Wait, what's this? A president who speaks in coherent sentences? And without any playground insults?
Sat Jul 5, 2025, 07:58 AM
Jul 2025

Must be in a state of cognitive decline.

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