The gist of the conversation was that even insiders like Smith's acquaintance can't break through the Biden inner circle enough to know what decisions the president is in on.
If that's not alarming enough, there's one area of policy that reportedly does involve the president, which should scare the living daylights out of us.
Recommended: Behold the Left's Post-Debate Circular Firing Squad. "This pattern had already been a topic of discussion and curiosity among the high-powered aides who work in and around the White House, Smith adds." The rituals of paper flow are technical, but they say they're surprised by the lack of briefings to the president, and of readouts from consultations with the president and worry about the possibility of decisions 'being made without him.
Naturally, the administration is blowing the same smoke it has for months: that the president is in charge and takes part in every decision that arrives on his desk.
Top White House economist Jared Bernstein said Biden "makes decisions on everything from student debt relief to 301 tariffs to housing policy" and Climate Adviser Ali Zaidi said Biden is "sweating every relevant detail.
Spokesman Andrew Bates said in an email: "This single source's claim is directly contradicted by a large body of reporting about the policy process, which has continually stressed President Biden's direct involvement in every major decision.
It's naïve to believe that any president stays involved in the minutiae of every decision; it takes an equal level of gullibility to believe the White House spin.
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