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Yahoo
25-05-2025
- Politics
- Yahoo
MSNBC host questions credibility of Biden cabinet secs who spoke out on president's decline after election
MSNBC host Eugene Daniels asked on Saturday why anyone should trust the former Biden administration cabinet secretaries who spoke to author Alex Thompson about Joe Biden's decline, noting that they didn't speak out while they were in office. "But why should people trust them now, right?" Daniels asked. "Because I don't know who these cabinet secretaries were, but maybe they probably want to work in a different administration. They want to be on K Street. They want to be at some think tank. Why should anyone trust them when they spend all this time — apparently no one got this information — and not telling anybody. Now they have a lot to say." MNSBC's "The Weekend" spoke with Axios reporter Alex Thompson about his new book, "Original Sin: President Biden's Decline, Its Cover-up, and His Disastrous Choice to Run Again," which he co-wrote with CNN host Jake Tapper. MSNBC co-host Elise Jordan said the quotes from cabinet secretaries about the former president were the most powerful, reading one that said, "Over 2023 and 2024, the circle of people with access to the president grew smaller and smaller. Even the majority of Biden's cabinet members weren't in it." Thompson acknowledged it was a fair question and said the secretaries felt that if they spoke out, "it was only going to help Trump." Biden's Presidency Will Be Remembered As The 'Man That Was Too Old,' Says Byron York Jordan, after noting that Thompson included four cabinet secretaries who had concerns about the president, asked Thompson about what it was like getting these cabinet secretaries to speak out. Read On The Fox News App Thompson noted that the interviews didn't occur until after the election, but that he had been trying for several years to get them to talk. "I think a lot of them were scared because they felt that if they spoke out, it wasn't going to get Joe Biden out of the race, and also it was only going to help Donald Trump," Thompson said. The Axios reporter also described a cabinet secretary he spoke to who was shocked by Biden during a 2024 cabinet meeting and described the former president as incoherent. Daniels also asked Thompson to respond to Naomi Biden's, Joe Biden's granddaughter, rebuke of the book. Biden Battling 'Most Aggressive Type' Of Prostate Cancer With Bone Metastasis, Medical Expert Says Click Here For More Coverage Of Media And Culture Biden's granddaughter deemed the book "political fairy smut for the permanent, professional chattering class" in a post on social media. "I think if you read the book, you will see that the Biden family is a completely cohesive and solid, very loyal clan. And I was not surprised to see that. I would say that I stand, and Jake and I both stand completely behind the reporting. Also, I'd say I think Naomi is a pretty good writer," Thompson said. Daniels also acknowledged that he had reached out to several former Biden officials to come on their show to defend the president, and they hadn't accepted, before noting Daniel Koh, a former deputy assistant to Biden, would be joining them to respond to Thompson's remarks. When Daniels asked about what he observed in the White House with the former president, Koh immediately pivoted to Donald Trump's presidency. Jordan asked if he detected any of the behavior described in Tapper and Thompson's book and Koh said, "he's 82 years old." "I was never concerned about his ability to make the right decision or his team around him making the right decision for the country. And I think that was reflected in the legislation that you were able to see him pass," he article source: MSNBC host questions credibility of Biden cabinet secs who spoke out on president's decline after election
Sky News AU
23-04-2025
- Entertainment
- Sky News AU
Ben Affleck drops first major hint about reason for high-profile split from Jennifer Lopez after Hollywood stars finalise their divorce
Ben Affleck may have just dropped a major hint about the reason for his split from Jennifer Lopez after the Hollywood stars settled their divorce. Affleck, 52, spoke to MNSBC's Morning Joe on Tuesday alongside his The Accountant 2 co-star Jon Bernthal about the sequel to the 2016 film. It comes after the Good Will Hunting star and Lopez's divorce was settled in the Los Angeles Superior Court on January 6, months after she filed for the separation last August, marking the end of their two-year marriage. Speaking to MNSBC, Affleck said, "the people you love the most drive you the most crazy sometimes." Although his remark appeared telling given the timing, he was specifically referring to his The Accountant 2 character and his dynamic with his brother Braxon (Bernthal) in the action thriller. Affleck, who portrays money laundering accountant Christian Wolff, said Wolff and Braxton's shared humour is "rooted in that relationship." The actor also addressed photographs that frequently capture him looking glum in public and assured fans he is "happy". In January, a photo of Affleck appearing visibly frustrated as he spoke to police outside his home in Brentwood, California, made global headlines. While it's unclear what the actor had said to police, a source in January told Page Six law enforcement was present because neighbours had private security roaming the area, keeping residents from going into their homes. The source said Affleck was 'talking to the police about that situation,' and could eventually go to his home. His MNSBC interview comes a week after he said was Lopez "spectacular" and "an enormously important, tremendous person of a lot of integrity who I adore and am grateful to" while speaking to Entertainment Tonight. Divorce documents for Affleck and Lopez, nicknamed Bennifer by the media, showed the pair settled their divorce through mediation. Neither party had to pay the other alimony. Lopez removed Affleck from her legal name once the divorce when their divorce was finalised in February. The couple married in Las Vegas in 2022 and held a wedding celebration for family and friends the following month, following a long history. Their initial wedding was postponed in 2003 "due to the excessive media attention" and they split in 2004. Speculation of a Bennifer reunion reached fever pitch in 2021 when the pair were photographed together and later confirmed they had relinked their love that year, 20 years after Affleck first proposed to her. Affleck and Lopez met on the set of their romantic comedy Gigli in 2001, and he was featured in her Jenny From The Block music video in 2002.
