The White House has taken its show largely behind closed doors after Vice President Harris’s stinging defeat to Donald Trump.

Harris has all but disappeared from the public eye, jetting off to Hawaii after a few scarce appearances around Washington following her massive loss on Nov. 5.

President Biden, meanwhile, managed to keep the press at arm’s length during a recent six-day foreign trip and held meetings and events at the White House upon his return that normally would have been at least briefly on camera.

The lack of engagements give a window into what a lame duck White House may look like in its final months.

White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre was pressed this week about Biden not taking questions from the media during his trip. She suggested that he could “engage” more before the new year but the president is known for largely avoiding questions from the media.

“I get that you all want to hear from the president. I get that. I understand that,” she said. “And I'm not saying that you won’t. You will. He will certainly continue to engage with all of you.”

The lack of visibility for Biden could prove problematic for his legacy in the final months of his administration, Michael LaRosa, former special assistant to the president and press secretary to first lady Jill Biden said.

“I really wish he would start talking to the press, holding news conferences, and engaging with the media more frequently as I always believed he should be doing,”........

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