I never really bought the whole “Barry and Joe are BFFs” narrative about former President Obama and his vice president, Biden. After all, Barack urged his VP not to run for president in 2016 and never seemed all that enthused campaigning for him in 2020 and 2024. He also reportedly once said (profanity alert), “Don’t underestimate Joe’s ability to f*** things up.” In more recent times, Obama has been accused of being the mastermind—along with California Dem Rep. Nancy Pelosi and New York Sen. Chuck Schumer—of torching Biden’s reelection campaign and forcing him to drop out.
They sound like real good buds.
As our sister site PJ Media reported, a new book is making fresh charges that Obama was less than impressed at Biden’s first term as president, and was extremely concerned about his ability to win a second term:
A forthcoming book about the 2024 election has exposed what many conservatives suspected all along: Obama never really believed Biden was fit for a second term, and he wasn’t shy about letting everyone know it. When the two met for lunch at the White House in 2023, Obama walked away “slightly incredulous” that Biden was even attempting another run, according to a report from The Guardian, which received an advance copy of the book.
【Coming Tomorrow!】
「2024: How Trump Retook the White House and the Democrats Lost America」
Author：Dawsey, Josh, Pager, Tyler, Arnsdorf, Isaac
Publisher：Penguin Press
Publication date：July 08, 2025https://t.co/Vv8Rem4Wwb— History Books (@HistoryBoooks) July 6, 2025
The book alleges that Obama didn’t just keep his concerns to himself or share them only with his wife Michelle. No, he went straight to Biden’s staff to undermine his successor:
When the pair met for lunch in December, Obama argued that dividing the campaign leadership between Wilmington and Washington was not suitable for the fast decision-making required by a modern presidential election.
“After the lunch,” the authors write, “Obama did not leave the White House right away. He stopped to visit with Biden’s senior staff, many of whom used to work for him, and shared his account of what he and Biden had discussed. Obama was more blunt with the staff. ‘Your campaign is a mess,’ he told them.”
Barack Obama’s treatment of Joe Biden in this clip tells you everything you need to know about who is actually in charge pic.twitter.com/LFCM6i71DE
— Kyle Becker (@kylenabecker) June 9, 2024
RedState has reported on previous excerpts from the book that revealed behind-the-scenes action during the 2024 campaign:
New Book Details Trump Assassination Attempt—Refused Stretcher Despite Blood Flowing Like a You Know What
New Book Reveals Who Hunter Wanted to Pay His Legal Bills and His ‘Inappropriate’ Appearance in Meetings
Biden’s staff apparently didn’t take too kindly to what they saw as Obama’s arrogance, the book claims:
But Obama was resented by some in the Biden inner circle. Earlier in 2023, he had filmed videos to help the president with online fundraising. “In one clip, Obama reminded Democrats he had ‘won a couple of these’ elections, causing some of Biden’s aides to roll their eyes,” the book reports.
“There was a lot of overlap among aides to Obama and Biden, but to Biden loyalists, Obama was a prick. They thought he and his inner circle had constantly disrespected and mistreated Biden, despite his loyal service as vice president.”
Obama may not have been much of a friend, but you have to admit, he was right—an obviously mentally compromised Joe Biden was in no position to act as the leader of the free world for four more years. Thankfully, the American people saw that clearly and didn’t give him the chance.
But the Obama-Biden “team” always seemed awkward to me: the smooth-talking, effete president and his faux-macho, intellectually inferior VP.
It should not be forgotten, however, that the destruction Biden brought onto our country for four miserable years—and the resulting Republican resurgence—is in the end due to Obama himself. If Barack had let the then-twice-failed presidential candidate drift off into history books back in 2008 and not picked him out of the ashes to be his running mate, we might have barely heard from Joe Biden since then.
Thanks, Barack.
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