Jeffrey Goldberg, the editor-in-chief of The Atlantic whose Signal war group chat scoop ultimately led to Michael Waltz’s ousting as national security adviser this week, has named a particular habit of President Donald Trump that he found “truly odd” during their recent interview.
Goldberg recalled Trump “repeatedly” referring derogatorily to his successor and predecessor, former President Joe Biden.
“The first thing he [Trump] said was, ‘I bet Joe Biden would never do this,’” Goldberg told MSNBC’s “Morning Joe” show.
“And then about six or eight times during the interview, he refers to Joe Biden,” Goldberg remembered. “Joe Biden doesn’t do this. Joe Biden is dumb. Joe Biden is sleepy.”
“Whatever, it’s like, it’s truly odd,” said Goldberg. “Like, he’s [Biden] gone. It’s like, ‘You’re the president.’ It’s just this crutch and you see it in all his speeches. But that was noticeable.”
Host Joe Scarborough pointed out, though, how Trump, despite his yearslong antagonizing of the press, has granted much more access to the media than Biden. Goldberg agreed, saying it was an “important point” and that Biden “didn’t see us in that context and that’s too bad.”
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