Biden hunkers down in White House with no public events on schedule again

President Biden was briefly seen Monday walking from Marine One to the Oval Office, ignoring reporters' questions, and the 81-year-old president has not been seen publicly since.

A lack of public appearances has become the new normal for the president since he dropped out of the 2024 race, allowing Vice President Kamala Harris to take the lead on the ticket. This comes as the administration is anticipating a possible attack by Iran on Israel.

When Fox News correspondent David Spunt asked why the American people have not heard directly from the president this week, White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre said, "We just put out two readouts today."

"Can we expect to see him this week? Because I know you guys have been putting out the schedule. You know, we've been getting it the night before," Spunt asked Jean-Pierre during Tuesday's press briefing.

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"So we are in a different time," Jean-Pierre responded. "As I've said many times before, and you will get to see the president, that I can say. Look, it is certainly the president's priority, to make sure that we do everything that we can, to protect our national security, right?"

The press secretary said Biden's focus was to "de-escalate tensions," adding that the two "readouts" released by the White House indicated that Biden spoke with the leaders of Jordan, Qatar and Egypt.

"From that readout that we just put out, I was asked about the cease-fire deal and what the president – that last line – that was pointed out to me. That is something that the president has been focused on – getting that done. I don't have anything beyond what we put out, but we're monitoring the situation