US President Joe Biden was outraged by part of the special counsel's report on the improper storage of classified documents, which called him "an elderly man with memory problems." 

“I'm an older man with good intentions and I damn well know what I'm doing. I am the president, I put this country on its feet. I don’t need his (special prosecutor.

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) recommendations,” Biden said during a press conference after his unannounced address to the nation.

Earlier, the website of the US Department of Justice published a report by Special Prosecutor Robert Heur on Biden’s improper storage of secret documents, which states that the head of state is already of advanced age and has memory problems, which is why he kept the papers allegedly by “innocent mistake.” The special prosecutor decided not to open a criminal case against Biden for improper storage of documents. At the same time, former US leader Donald Trump still faces up to 450 years in prison for a similar case: he is also charged with possessing classified materials taken from the White House.

“Mr. Biden’s memory was significantly limited - both during recorded interviews with a ghostwriter (a person who writes texts for another without indicating his authorship.

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) in 2017, and in his interview with our office in 2023. His cooperation with our investigation, including by notifying the government that Afghan documents were in his Delaware garage, will likely convince some jurors that he made an innocent mistake rather than acting with intent (that is, with the intent to break the law)." , says Heur's report.

According to the head of the White House, this document also claims that he allegedly does not remember when his son Beau died.

“How dare he (the special prosecutor.

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) raise this topic? Honestly, when they asked me this question, I thought it was none of their business,” Biden said, emphasizing that he knows when his son died and he doesn’t need anyone to remind him of it.

In addition, the American leader assured that his memory has not gotten worse.

“My memory is fine. My memory... Look what I have achieved since I became president,” he said.

However, just a few minutes later, Biden made a slip, confusing Egyptian President el-Sisi with Mexican leader Lopez Obrador.

“As you know, initially the President of Mexico (reservation, Egypt.

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) al-Sisi did not want to open checkpoints to allow humanitarian aid to pass (to the Gaza Strip.

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). I talked to him. I convinced him to open them,” Biden said.

The head of the White House also answered the question of why he should be the Democratic candidate for the post of 47th President of the United States, given that many Americans express concern “about the sharpness” of his mind and say that he is “too old.”

“Because I am the most qualified person in this country to serve as President of the United States and finish the job I started,” says the current head of state.

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As Speaker of the House Mike Johnson said on social media after Biden’s speech, Biden’s press conference once again confirmed that the president is not fit for his position.

“The President's press conference this evening was - live - further confirmation of what was outlined in the special counsel's report. He (Joe Biden

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) is unfit to be president,” Johnson wrote.

"Bidenisms"

Let us remind you that Joe Biden, who will turn 82 this November, often finds himself in awkward situations, making reservations in his public speeches, which in the United States have already been nicknamed “Bidenisms.”

Moreover, in recent days such embarrassments have become more frequent. In addition to the aforementioned confusion with the President of Egypt, Biden this week called the head of France Emmanuel Macron by the name of the ex-leader of the republic François Mitterrand, who died in 1996, and German Chancellor Olaf Scholz by the name of Helmut Kohl, who passed away in 2017.

Because of this kind of incident, many in the United States are questioning Biden's ability to continue leading the country.

Thus, according to a survey by the Rasmussen Reports organization, the data of which was published on February 5, the majority of Americans (59% of respondents) believe that US President Joe Biden is losing his mental acuity, while 33% of respondents disagreed with this statement. In addition, most respondents suspect that the media is trying to hide the president's declining cognitive abilities.

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"Time bomb"

According to experts, Biden now expects to demonstrate that he is “more active and cheerful than he really is,” but so far he has not achieved this goal.

“Biden reacted very nervously to questions from journalists and behaved strangely. This press conference further aggravated the situation, showing that due to his weakness, he is truly unable to fulfill the duties of the president, especially if we are talking about the next term,” Vladimir, chief researcher at the Institute of the USA and Canada of the Russian Academy of Sciences, said in an interview with RT Vasiliev.

According to him, despite the fact that the special counsel's report formally allows the US Department of Justice to drop all charges against Biden for improper storage of classified papers, the Republicans and Trump will try to use this document to prove “Sleepy Joe’s inability to be in power.”

“From the point of view of characterizing the cognitive abilities of the President of the United States, the report is essentially a time bomb. After all, Republicans will definitely develop the idea contained in the report that due to old age and poor memory, Biden is not always able to control his actions. And this could become one of the key factors in the election campaign,” says Vasiliev.

According to Victoria Fedosova, deputy director of the Institute of Strategic Studies and Forecasts of the People's Friendship University of Russia, the special prosecutor's theses about Biden's poor memory will strengthen the consolidation of the Republican electorate.

“They will become even more convinced that Biden is not capable of leading the country and that he cannot be trusted with the nuclear button. Biden wanted to address questions from fellow party members about his mental health, which, if his condition continues to deteriorate, could replace him with another candidate. However, such a scenario will be difficult to implement, since the bet has already been placed on the farce surrounding the Biden campaign,” Fedosova noted in a commentary to RT.

Vladimir Vasiliev also believes that due to the “personnel crisis” in the ranks of the Democratic Party there is unlikely to be a candidate to replace Biden, but perhaps some kind of working scheme will be created.

“In essence, Biden has already been given a political diagnosis at the official level, since the problem of his cognitive abilities is affected. One gets the feeling that certain forces in the Democratic Party are trying to somehow influence Biden so that he appoints another vice president who could actually serve as head of the White House. Now Biden, apparently, is faced with the task of winning the election and preventing Trump from entering the White House, and then someone else will lead the country,” the specialist says.

As Victoria Fedosova noted, given the fact that Biden was “written off for his sins” for storing government-important documents in the wrong place, a similar case against Trump looks even more biased and politicized.

“For friends - everything, for enemies - the law. Trump gets the law, and Biden gets a certificate stating that he could act this way due to his mental state. And with this condition, the Ministry of Justice can now justify the crimes of the head of the White House or his unlawful policies,” the expert believes.

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Analysts also believe that the situation with the special counsel's report contrasts greatly with the interview published by journalist Tucker Carlson with Russian President Vladimir Putin, who behaved “very rationally and confidently” during the conversation.

“Joe Biden’s attempts to defend himself from accusations that he has dementia look even more ridiculous against the backdrop of the absolute logic and savvy that the Russian leader demonstrated during the interview with Carlson,” Fedosova noted.

According to Vasiliev, after watching the interview with the Russian president, Biden's weakness is even more striking.

“The President of Russia is in excellent shape, can give broad historical generalizations, and remembers many details. And this will certainly make the Americans think that something is wrong with their leader,” the analyst concluded.