DAVID MARCUS: Mr. President, wipe that grin off your face. America wants answers trends now
The way President Joe Biden blithely smirks and laughs in the faces of America's reporters you might that he doesn't respect them. But no, that can't be the case.
His is the White House that spoke - on day one of the administration - of a, 'deep respect for the role of a free and independent press in our democracy.'
Well Joe, I think you'd call that malarkey.
On Tuesday, as Biden sat in the Oval Office next to the Dutch Prime Minister reporters peppered him with questions about his classified document scandal, and as always, the smirker-in-chief pressed his lips together, shrugged to his foreign visitor and chuckled as if these journalists were just pesky children.
This is a habit for him – insulting the American media in front of foreign leaders.
'I wouldn't bother answering,' he was caught on hot mic telling the president of the Philippines in September.
When British Prime Minister Boris Johnson visited the White House last year, he took questions. Biden just sat there, as he does, arms folded, hands clasped or on his chin.
'They're among the only press in the world that does this. Seriously. Seriously,' he jovially told guests in October.
No, they're not… seriously.
Biden wants America to see journalists a joke. They're no threat to him – he'll just have his staff escort them from the room.
The way President Joe Biden blithely smirks and laughs in the faces of America's reporters you might that he doesn't respect them. But no, that can't be the case.
On Tuesday, as Biden sat in the Oval Office next to the Dutch Prime Minister (above, left) the smirker-in-chief pressed his lips together, shrugged to his foreign visitor and chuckled as if these journalists were just pesky children.
Cynically, he's on to something. Unfortunately, and not totally undeservedly, the media in America is about as trusted as a used car salesman with a face tattoo.
But Biden's act is just a thin veil. The truth is the reporters get to him because he can't take the heat. He's scared to open his mouth.
When he tried ad-libbing an answer about his mishandling of America's secrets by storing them in his garage, he made it worse.
'By the way, my Corvette's in a locked garage, OK? So it's not like they're sitting out on the street,' he said.
You can imagine his staff slapping their palms over their faces. And there's something else - Biden's skin is about as thick as cigarette rolling paper.
Remember this is the guy who desperately grasped at Obama's shoulder, begging for attention, when everyone else crowded around the former president. He used to frequently snap at the press and more often than not refers to them with a disdainful, 'you people…'
A year ago, on another hot mic, Biden was caught calling Fox News' Peter Doocy, 'a stupid son of a bitch,' and he has called NBC News' Kelly O'Donnell a 'pain in the neck.'
In October, pressed about his lack of campaign trail appearances and the implication that down ballot candidates didn't want to appear with him he whined, 'That's not true, there have been 15 of them, count, kid, count,' at a female reporter.
When asked what limits he would place on abortion, instead of giving a coherent answer he just stammered,
