https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2025/05/10/trump-second-term-unaware/
Repeatedly in his second term, Trump has pleaded ignorance about major events and suggested he’s not involved in major decisions.
One of the major themes of President Donald Trump’s 2024 campaign was the idea that Joe Biden had no idea what was happening around him.
Trump called then-President Biden a “vessel” for others who were really running the country. “He has no idea what’s going on,” Trump said in early 2024. He remarked in 2022 that Biden “has no idea what he’s doing, and he’s got no idea what he’s saying or where he is. Other than that, he’s doing a fantastic job.”
But less than four months after taking over from Biden, it’s Trump who, in his own telling, is often unaware of major events surrounding him and directly involving his administration.
At other times, Trump has distanced himself or appeared distant from his administration’s major and consequential decisions, as if he had little or nothing to do with them.
The difference is that Biden didn't know what was going on because he couldn't, and Trump just doesn't care.
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