“There have always been two Joe Bidens,” Jon Lovett wrote on social media recently. Lovett, a podcast host and former speechwriter for President Barack Obama, explained that one Biden is a “decent, big-hearted leader” while the other is a “blowhard with a chip on his shoulder, stubborn, [with] something to prove.” At the July 11 press conference on NATO—both Bidens showed up.

The big-hearted leader displayed a deep knowledge on difficult topics including China aiding Russia in its aggression toward Ukraine and the need to defeat Hamas and establish a two-state solution in the region.

At the same time, blowhard Biden heaped praise on himself, refusing to share credit with others. When challenged to respond to calls that he should withdraw from the race, Biden staunchly defended himself. “Am I getting the job done?” he replied. “Can you name me somebody who’s got more major pieces of legislation passed in three-and-a-half years? I got–I created 2000 jobs just last week.”

But the president didn’t score these achievements single-handedly. It seemed strange that Biden didn’t include a shoutout to Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer and past and present House Speakers Nancy Pelosi and Hakeem Jeffries who rallied Congress to get that legislation passed.

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