Barack Obama was aware that George Clooney planned to undermine Joe Biden, but reportedly did not intervene to prevent it.

 fter Joe Biden’s disastrous debate performance that left millions of Democrats reaching for the cyanide and/or googling “how to obtain citizenship on the moon,” Barack Obama took to X to defend his former vice president, writing: “Bad debate nights happen. Trust me, I know. But this election is still a choice between someone who has fought for ordinary folks his entire life and someone who only cares about himself. Between someone who tells the truth; who knows right from wrong and will give it to the American people straight — and someone who lies through his teeth for his own benefit. Last night didn’t change that, and it’s why so much is at stake in November.”

In private, though, the 44th president was reportedly just as worried about the election as anyone, telling allies, according to The Washington Post, that he believed “that President Biden’s already tough path to reelection grew more challenging after his shaky debate performance on Thursday—a harsher assessment of the presidential race than his public comments.” Has Obama called for Biden to drop out? No, but clearly his feelings on the matter are complicated, as evidenced by not only the above, but also the fact that he reportedly knew George Clooney was going to blow up Biden’s universe on Wednesday—by telling the world the president is too old to win in November—and didn’t do anything to stop it..........Reed More