this was choreographed. the president called on a listle of prescreened reporters and as they ask the questions, biden is busily flipping through his p prompt book searching forro the answers. it he read what was written there and then he repeated it again and again on the few times that he decided to freelance over ukraine for instance, he got into a lot of trouble, which the white house is still cleaning up now.e well, tell me about the way the whole thing looks. i mean, the optics of this long term impact here for the president. what do i always say? look, it sat not what you say. it s the impression and the feeling a president leaves on people that s important in politics. now at one point. the president was asked by james rosen aboutol that political poll where 49% of respondents questioned his cognitive abilities much.tc why do you suppose such large segments of the american electorate have come to harbor such profound concerns about