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Monday, March 8th, 2021

How Joe Biden Has Changed the ‘Toxic Tone’ in the Oval Office

Author:     BRIAN BENNETT
Source:     Time
Publication Date:     FEBRUARY 8, 2021 3:22 PM EST
 Link: How Joe Biden Has Changed the ‘Toxic Tone’ in the Oval Office
Stephan:   I have been very struck by the change in the tone of the White House in the Biden administration. For starters, the Press Secretary is no longer a shoddy daily liar; she tells the truth. We are nearly two months into the new administration and there hasn't been a single scandal. Two months into the last administration there were so many scandals, crimes, and corruption reports, it was hard to keep them all straight. And, because, Biden is actually committed to fostering wellbeing the entire process of governance throughout the government has taken on a different tone. Here's the story.

President Joe Biden prefers to hold meetings in the Oval Office sitting in an armchair next to the fireplace. He often has a slim leather briefing book at his elbow and sometimes balances a slender card on his knee while he’s talking, to reference figures and key points he wants to make.

It’s quite a contrast to the previous four years, when former President Donald Trump held court in the room from behind the oak timbers of the Resolute Desk, shooting off unpredictable, unscripted comments and belittling rivals as the cameras rolled. The desk was often bare, save a secure telephone and a red button he could press to order a Diet Coke. (“Do you want something to drink, folks?” Trump asked TIME reporters when he pushed the button on his desk during an Oval Office interview in June 2019. A drink arrived, but just for him.) In the waning weeks of Trump’s presidency, the room became a clearinghouse for fake conspiracies and lies that massive voter fraud cost Trump the election. (It didn’t.)

Now Trump’s soda button is gone, and […]

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1 Comment

  1. Will on Tuesday, March 9, 2021 at 5:50 am

    Such a wonderful change, so quiet, no tweet storms in fact no tweets! There is a feeling of quiet competence, “shoulder to the wheel”, figuring out the mess left behind and the best solutions short-term and developing plans for long-term rebuilding. All this while dealing the T-republicans who are blocking and sabotaging at every opportunity offering no solutions or direction except more chaos.