Biden staffers are ‘scared s***less of him’ and ‘worry about setting him off’

Members of Joe Biden’s staff are said to be “scared s***less” of him, leading advisors to carefully curate their briefings to ensure they don’t “set him off”, according to a senior official.

Biden’s close-knit group of advisors and spin doctors have worked tirelessly to portray a positive public image for the oldest president in US history.

In his first two years in office, he gave the fewest interviews since Ronald Reagan’s presidency – with critics suggesting that he’s faced fewer moments of public accountability for his comments and actions.

All of that unravelled during Thursday’s debate where the 81-year-old stumbled his way through the first televised debate of the 2024 election against his more coherent Republican rival Donald Trump.

Following his disastrous performance, family members, including First Lady Jill Biden and son Hunter Biden, blamed Biden’s campaign team during a meeting at Camp David on Sunday.

But, behind closed doors, the president is said to be a long way from the softly-spoken, timid man who appeared on stage.

Instead, an anonymous senior administration official told Politico that Biden often unleashes his wrath upon staff, so much so that aides that pull together the president’s formal briefings are known to tiptoe around topics that could spark red-hot fury from him during meetings.

“It’s like, ‘You can’t include that, that will set him off,’ or ‘Put that in, he likes that,’” they said.

“Because he is not a pleasant person to be around when he’s being briefed. It’s very difficult, and people are scared s***less of him,” the official continued.

Sources also told the outlet that Biden almost exclusively seeks advice from a handful of senior aides, with his inner circle growing increasingly