During a meeting with representatives from the wind business at the White House, Joe Biden unintentionally released a cheat sheet with basic instructions on where to sit and what to do.
The set of instructions that stated to “take YOUR seat,” “YOU offer brief comments,” and “YOU depart” was accidentally shown to photographers by the President.
The 79-year-old was also told to address certain attendees, engage them in conversation, and conclude by thanking them.
After being seen with prepared responses for the media during a discussion on Ukraine earlier this year, it appears that Biden has been caught utilizing a cheat sheet before.
The mishap on Thursday was the most recent in a string of slip-ups that also featured him losing his balance and falling over in front of others while also shouting inappropriate things.
Despite the White House dismissing concerns about the President’s health, they have led to serious worries about his welfare and mental capacity as he approaches 80.
Biden displayed the eight-point code of conduct to photographers while meeting with CEOs from the wind business in the Roosevelt Room of the White House.
The note’s author definitely wanted it to be read solely by the president because they used bold, uppercase letters to address Biden rather than using the title “The President” in the note.
Biden was instructed to “visit the Roosevelt Room and say hello to attendees” in the thorough instructions, which were labeled “Offshore Wind Drop-By Sequence of Events.”
The sheet of paper commanded him to sit down: ‘YOU take YOUR seat’, it directed. Once the reporters had entered the room, the note instructed the president to speak: “YOU provide brief comments (2 minutes).”
Biden was instructed to speak to some of the meeting attendees after the reporters had left. After thanking the participants, you “ask Liz Shuler, President, AFL-CIO, a question” before “departing.”
Without additional trouble, the meeting concluded, but as soon as it was over, astute photographers noticed what the President had said.
Throughout his administration, Biden has continued to use these notes, which are occasionally given to him in front of large crowds.
In July of last year, a staff member gave him a note that read, “Sir, there is something on your chin.” The president was made aware that something had been on his face for around the first 10 minutes of their virtual encounter.
He spoke despite having a bright dot below his mouth. He subsequently received a note, which caused him to blot his chin and inspect his hand.
Once more, Biden held the note out for the benefit of the media and photographers. Only because Biden took notes on the same notecard during the meeting was the note visible.
When Biden spoke to the media on the Ukraine war earlier this year, he was made fun of for utilizing a printed “cheat sheet” with responses to anticipated questions.
If you weren’t supporting regime change, what did you mean, according to the notes? Please elaborate. A different one asked, “Does this now seem to be threatening to shatter solidarity with your NATO allies?”
On the printed card, Biden already had his response written down: “No. Never has NATO been more cohesive. He frequently uses cue cards, and before taking office, he was frequently seen using them while out on the campaign trail.
He frequently removed the daily totals of Covid cases from his pocket, which he frequently referred to. At a Town Hall before the election, when answering a question regarding taxes, he also utilized them to provide specific specifics.
Biden said, referring to the card, “I carry this with me.” During his first press conference as president, he made use of multiple cheat sheets, one of which had the photographs and names of the reporters he intended to interview.
Biden also took notes while meeting with Putin in 2021, viewing Hurricane Ida’s destruction in Louisiana, and speaking with media at the G20 summit in Rome.
Meanwhile, earlier this month, after he fell off a bicycle at Rehoboth Beach, Delaware, concerns about his well-being were raised once more.
After tripping and losing his bike, he informed the media, “I’m good.” According to Biden, his collapse was the result of difficulty removing his shoes from the motorcycles’ pedals.
He had stopped to say hello to a group of folks who had gathered near the bike track in Gordon’s Pond State Park and were shouting “Happy Father’s Day” at the president.
When he attempted to get off the bike, his shoes became caught, forcing him to fall over sideways and cause a frenzied rush of Secret Service and press to assist him.
He has made countless additional mistakes over his career, including falling on the stairs leading to Air Force One and losing his train of thought during speeches.
Following his meeting with wind industry leaders today, Biden announced a formal agreement with 11 East Coast governors to advance the expanding offshore wind sector, a crucial component of his climate change strategy.
Governors, representatives from the wind sector, and labor leaders met with Biden, Interior Secretary Deb Haaland, and other key administration officials on Thursday at the White House.
The discussion centered on methods for growing crucial offshore sector areas, such as production facilities, ports, and workforce development.
“We are stepping forward together.” A better America is about to be built,” Biden declared. It’s not all about the future, you know. Right now, roughly.
Governors from Connecticut, Delaware, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, and Rhode Island are included in the alliance, representing both parties.
Virginia, whose Republican governor Glenn Youngkin tried to remove the state from a regional carbon-limiting plan aimed to tackle climate change, is absent from the compact.
Youngkin favors the offshore wind sector, according to spokeswoman Macaulay Porter, and his administration has participated in calls with the White House on the subject.
In reference to a state policy that supports a worker’s right to not be required to join a labor union, Porter said, “The commonwealth is already a leader in offshore wind, and the Youngkin administration is focused on… this emerging sector in a way that is consistent with promoting jobs for Virginia and its right-to-work philosophy.”
Youngkin is “totally dedicated to Virginia’s present offshore wind project,” according to Porter, and he will continue to support any project in the future “that fulfills Virginia’s economic needs and protects consumers from high energy bills.”
The White House stated that it will “give Americans with cleaner and cheaper energy, generate good-paying jobs and invest billions in new American energy supply chains,” including building wind turbines, building ships, and providing maintenance services.
By 2030, Biden wants to install 30 gigawatts of offshore wind energy, which would power 10 million homes, sustain 77,000 employment, and attract $12 billion in annual private investment.
The Democratic president’s plan to eliminate carbon emissions from the country’s electrical grid by 2035 includes offshore wind as a significant component.
Vineyard Wind in Massachusetts and South Fork Wind off the coasts of New York and Rhode Island have both received approval from the Biden administration. Both are being built with union labor.
Another 10 offshore projects are currently being reviewed by the Interior Department; if authorized, they would generate 22 gigawatts of sustainable energy.
Orsted, a Danish wind developer, and a national union representing 3 million workers in the building trades signed a project labor agreement last month to build the company’s offshore wind farms in the United States with American union labor.
There are now six offshore projects for Orsted across five states.
Contractors working on such projects and upcoming ones are covered by a national agreement inked with the building trades unions of North America. The project labor agreement has no expiration date.
With objectives to ensure a diverse workforce, it lays out the terms and conditions for union workers to construct offshore wind farms.
To make sure they can build the intricate infrastructure, which costs billions of dollars, it provides provisions for training.
David Hayes, a climate consultant for the White House, stated, “We know that states are significant stakeholders here.”
The Biden administration will be able to “engage with the governors on policies moving forward and help ensure that there is an American-made supply chain for this brand-new business” with the help of a formal relationship, according to Hayes.
The Democrat governor of New Jersey, Phil Murphy, stated that he and other governors of the East Coast “are united with our regional and federal partners not just by geography but by a shared commitment to clean and affordable energy, economic opportunity, and a future in which all community members are shielded from the worsening impacts of climate change.”
The federal-state partnership comes as the Biden administration has declared a plan to hold up to seven offshore wind auctions by 2025, including ones staged earlier this year in the New York Bight and last month off the coast of North Carolina.
Other sales are anticipated offshore in California and Oregon, as well as in the Gulf of Maine, the central Atlantic, and the Gulf of Mexico.
Environmental and clean energy advocacy organizations praised the federal-state partnership.
According to Diane Hoskins, campaign director for the environmental organization Oceana, “Today, there are just seven offshore wind turbines in the United States, and we’re going to need a lot more, done properly, to reach our clean energy targets.”
To avoid, reduce, and alleviate the effects of offshore wind, she urged “strict safeguards for marine life.”
Wind energy companies welcome the federal-state plan, according to Heather Zichal, CEO of the industry group American Clean Power Association. There is still work to be done in establishing clear and predictable permission for offshore wind, according to Zichal.