‘I’m Looking for a Job’: Biden Jokes About Life After the White House
The New York Times
With a jovial serenity, the president has more publicly embraced the idea of retirement as he heads into his final months in office.
With just over 22 weeks left in charge of the country, President Biden is looking for work.
Or so he told a room of dozens of online content creators whom he referred to as “the future” and his grandchildren’s preferred news source during a meeting at the Eisenhower Executive Office Building on Wednesday, trying on a new face as a statesman enjoying the twilight of his career.
“You break through in ways that I think are going to change the entire dynamic of the way in which we communicate, and that’s why I invited you to the White House, because I’m looking for a job,” he told the crowd, drawing big laughs.
At least outwardly, in recent days the president has shown a noticeably unencumbered and easygoing demeanor, filling up his calendar with events after a brief lull following his decision to drop his re-election campaign.
On a trip to New Orleans on Tuesday to announce investments in developing new cancer treatments, a deeply personal project, Mr. Biden made clear he was still actively involved in the most serious matters of state, getting briefed on the conflicts in Ukraine and Gaza every five hours.
But he also made time to engage, twice walking over to speak to assembled reporters whom he would often rush by during tenser times, and sticking around after the official visit for dinner at a seafood restaurant along with his wife and around a dozen staff members.
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