Washington Post editorial board admits Biden's 'inner circle worked to conceal his decline’

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The Washington Post editorial board admitted President Biden’s "inner circle worked to conceal his decline" on Tuesday in a piece celebrating Biden stepping down under intense party pressure last month.

Critics of President Biden had long suggested he wasn’t mentally fit to serve another term, but he sought re-election until Democratic leaders effectively forced him to step aside following a disastrous debate performance against former President Trump. Throughout the entire process, Biden and White House officials have insisted he was still sharp.

In a piece that largely fawned over Biden, the editorial board declared his "willingness to surrender power deserves special recognition" and added a tidbit that White House critics have long suspected.

Four paragraphs into the piece, the Post editorial board conceded: "The 81-year-old had shown signs of slipping for a long time, but his inner circle worked to conceal his decline."

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"He and the country would have been better off if Mr. Biden had kept his implied promise from the 2020 campaign to be a ‘transitional’ figure, perhaps by bowing out after the Democrats’ surprisingly good showing in the 2022 midterm elections," the editorial board added.

The Post even linked to the infamous Wall Street Journal report about