Former Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross, who served in the Trump administration, raised concerns Sunday about President Biden’s ability to finish his term.
“If he’s not well enough to run, how can he be well enough to remain president?” Ross said Sunday in an interview on “The Cats Roundtable” with host John Catsimatidis.
His question comes after Biden announced late last month that he would step aside from the presidential race against former President Trump — and later endorsed Vice President Harris to run in his place. His decision came after weeks of pressure from fellow Democrats to drop out of the race following a difficult debate performance that raised concerns about his age, mental fitness and ability to win back the White House in the fall.
In the following weeks, Harris gained important endorsements, officially became the presumptive Democratic presidential nominee, and raised large amounts of fundraising.
Asked by Catsimatidis who he believes is in control of the Oval Office, if not Biden, Ross responded: “clearly it would be the staff.”
“You saw and remember the press conferences,” he continued. “President Biden would occasionally say, ‘Oh, my team won’t let me talk about this,’ ‘My team doesn’t like me saying this or that.’”
“So clearly the team has been uniquely controlling a lot of activities, even before he announced he wasn’t going to run,” the former Trump official added.
The White House and Biden have backed off on issues related to his health. The administration released a letter last month from the president’s doctor seeking to clarify why a neurologist specializing in Parkinson’s disease had come to the White House several times.
“Serving patients at the White House is something Dr. [Kevin] Cannard has been doing this for twelve years,” wrote Dr. Kevin O’Connor in the letter, talking about the neurologist.
“Dr. Cannard was chosen for this responsibility not because he is an expert in movement disorders, but because he is a highly trained and highly regarded neurologist here at Walter Reed and throughout the Military Health System, with a very broad experience that makes him flexible to see a variety of patients and problems”, he added.
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