The Fight of His Life: Inside Joe Biden's White House

by Chris Whipple

From the New York Times bestselling author of The Gatekeepers comes a revelatory, news-making look at how President Joe Biden and his seasoned team have battled to achieve their agenda—based on the author’s extraordinary access to the White House during two years of crises at home and abroad.

In January of 2021, the Biden administration inherited the most daunting array of challenges since FDR’s presidency: a lethal pandemic, a plummeting economy, an unresolved twenty-year war, and the aftermath of an attack on the Capitol that polarized the country. Waves of crises followed, including the fallout from a divisive Supreme Court, raging inflation, and Vladimir Putin’s unprovoked invasion of Ukraine.

Now, in The Fight of His Life, prizewinning journalist Chris Whipple takes us inside the Oval Office as the critical decisions of Biden’s presidency are being made. With remarkable access to both President Biden and his inner circle—including Chief of Staff Ron Klain, Secretary of State Antony Blinken, and CIA Director William Burns—Whipple pulls back the curtain on the internal power struggles and back-room compromises. Featuring shocking new details about how renegade Trump officials enabled the transfer of power, which key staffers really make the White House run (it’s probably not who you think), why Joe Biden no longer speaks freely around his security detail, and what he really thinks of Vice President Kamala Harris, the press, and living in the White House, The Fight of His Life delivers a stunning portrait of politics on the edge.

Genres: Politics, History, Nonfiction, Presidents, Biography, American History, Audiobook

Audiobook

First published January 17, 2023

About the author

WHIPPLE is an acclaimed writer, journalist, documentary filmmaker, and speaker. A multiple Peabody and Emmy Award-winning producer at CBS’s 60 Minutes and ABC’s Primetime, he is the chief executive officer of CCWHIP Productions. Most recently, he was the executive producer and writer of Showtime’s The Spymasters: CIA in the Crosshairs.

Reviews

[Steve Hahn · Rating 2 out of 5]

Should have done my homework before I read this one. It’s a total propaganda piece. According to the author Biden is one of the greatest presidents in history and everything is trumps fault. While some of that maybe true this is so skewed it came across as more fiction than reality. The focus on success far overshadowed the many errors. While that’s the kind of story the president and his supporters would have you believe it’s more like a book someone was paid to write to change the reality.
We have lost our ability as a country to find the middle ground. Polarization and division sells more copies

[Todd · Rating 4 out of 5]

Isn't it weird that there were about a thousand profiles and accounts written about the Trump White House and there have been like two written about the Biden White House? This book written by Chris Whipple doesn't so much settle the score (how could it?) as much as provide an early rough draft of a history of the Biden years. Beyond the reduction in palace intrigue, amount of leaks, and sheer number of books written, the Biden administration marks a stark contrast with that of the previous guy. The book primarily covers the first year plus of the Biden presidency with an afterwards written right after the midterms. The highs and lows of that first year/ year and a half range from the competent early 2021 pandemic response strategy and the passage of the American Recovery Plan to get the economy humming again, to the disastrous bungled withdrawal from Afghanistan and the surge of inflation in 2021 and 2022, through the hard-fought passage of the infrastructure bill, the climate change legislation and international initiatives, the masterful response to Putin and the Russian War in Ukraine, and ultimately the surprise Democratic showing in the 2022 midterms. The Biden presidency over that time has had its ups and downs. The book helps to make a fairly compelling argument that, if the term ended today, history would look back net-positive on the Biden years. The long view of history will probably cast the same judgement based on the legislative achievements and Ukraine's overachievements in the war against Putin and Russia. However, the short view will be based on the outcome of the 2024 election. The book filled a gap in the literature and was enjoyable to read; you could binge it in a night or two if you so choose.

[April Peveteaux · Rating 5 out of 5]

Incredible! A page turner that gives insights we have yet to see in the press. Highly recommend.

[Carolyn Strong · Rating 5 out of 5]

An inside view of Biden's first two years as President

I found this book to be intriguing, with information not revealed in the media, and very readable, with relatable language and descriptive stories. I'm more impressed with Biden after reading this. He certainly is better prepared to serve as President than most and clearly has the stamina and bandwidth to competently lead in a very complex time.

[Matt · Rating 4 out of 5]

I have once again decided to embark on a mission to read a number of books on subjects that will be of great importance to the upcoming 2024 US Presidential Election. This was a great success as I prepared for 2020, with an outcome at the polls (and antics by both candidates up to Inauguration Day) that only a fiction writer might have come up with at the time! Many of these will focus on actors and events intricately involved in the US political system over the last few years, in hopes that I can understand them better and, perhaps, educate others with the power to cast a ballot. I am, as always, open to serious recommendations from anyone who has a book I might like to include in the process.

With the events of July 21, 2024, when Joe Biden chose not to seek re-election, the challenge has become harder to properly reflect the Democratic side. I will do the best I can to properly prepare and offer up books that can explore the Biden Administration, as well as whomever takes the helm into November.

This is Book #14 in my 2024 US Election Preparation Challenge.

With the news on July 21, 2024, Joe Biden not seeking re-election tossed some interesting ideas into the political wing. However, one cannot dismiss the effects that Biden had during his time in the West Wing. Chris Whipple offers up a view of the Biden Administrstion during his first two years in office. In a book that explores the year leading up to the 2020 election through to the end of 2022, Whipple explores the country Biden came to lead and many of the decisions he made during the first half of his term. Willing to look at things through a critical filter—though doing so analytically and not simply whingeing—Whipple provides an interesting look at events, as well as comparing things during the Trump Administration. This is a great book that leaves the reader wondering what the future holds, even with Biden not taking the Democrats to the polls in November 2024.

Chris Whipple makes it clear from the outset that Joe Biden’s candidacy in the 2020 presidential campaign was anything but easy. Having served eight years as vice-president, standing aside in 2016, and reemerging in 2020, Biden set his eyes on the Oval Office. While he was on the campaign trail, plans with a transition team (standard for the front-runner, even a year ahead of time) stalled when the Trump White House was scared to admit potential defeat. Whipple explored the difficulties trying to build that bridge, which was exacerbated when President Trump tossed out his election fraud garbage. However, it all came to pass, once the country outwaited the January 6, 2021 tantrum. It was time for Biden to lead and he had a massive agenda to accomplish.

Joe Biden and his administration faced challenges not seen for decades when they took office in January 2021. As Whipple explores each of these, he tries as best he can to explain them through critical eyes and a filter that seeks to analyse, rather than simply point fingers. From a raging COVID-19 pandemic, to economic strains, and even the Afghanistan War, the Biden Administration sought to represent the people effectively and with honour.

Whipple takes on all these issues in a thorough and transparent manner, but there are times that there is nothing but criticism that can be offered. The extraction from Afghanistan was thought to be necessary, especially as the Trump Administrstion riled about the uselessness of America’s presence there, but did little. While Biden did remove US troops, the removal was akin to tearing off a bandage without making sure the body could properly heal. That said, as Whipple documents, Afghan leadership became lax and relied heavily on US peacekeeping, which opened Taliban insurgence and a return to theocratic, terrorist rule. Were there disastrous endings in Afghanistan? Most assuredly, but Biden wanted to end the long and drawn out presence, turning into a disaster for him and his military advisors.

Trying to handle the COVID-19 pandemic, Biden had to try untangling the Trump mess and tackle the major issues around vaccinating the public and do so effectively. While many were quick to criticise, Whipple points out that Trump left the county not fully ready to push back against the pandemic. Biden did all he could to make it right, stumbling along the way. There was so much left unknown and yet Biden was painted with the brush of inactivity because thing were not quelled as soon as Biden entered the Oval Office. The attentive and intelligent reader can read between the lines and see that one can only be critical of how they handled what was given to them at the start of the presidency.

Did Biden have some major flaws when it came to economic and environmental issues? Most definitely, but Biden also had to handle what he had on his plate. Cutting costs to keep the country balanced was one thing, but there were many who struggled to deal with their day to day lives. Biden worked hard with Congress to pass needed legislation, proved harder with a razor thin majority in the House and even seat representation in the Senate. Working to juggle various demands, Biden sought to negotiate and cajole, all in an effort to make a difference.

Whipple spends countless moments throughout the book exploring the Russian build-up along the Ukraine border. He explores how Biden and his international counterparts sought to make a difference and tried to read the political tea leaves, hoping not to push the world into World War 3, while also protecting its ally. Biden did not want to conflict, but he was not ready to offer any appeasement and turn away. While Vladimir Putin pushed on and started the war, Biden used all the channels at his disposal that stop things without pushing a nuclear war. That some say Trump could have acted to ensure things never started is futile, as the former president played Monday morning quarterback and spouted his worrisome connection to dictators that might have ended things before they started. This is not the place for Russian collusion talk or Manchurian Candidate potential in 2016, but I guess i just put it out there.

Working with many key advisors and actors, Joe Biden sought to run the country effectively through the first half of his term. Using Vice-President Kamala Harris as an international diplomat, as well as his Secretary of State Anthony Blinken, Biden did whatever he could to quell international chaos while fighting on the home front. His errors were multiple, but also trying to work with the hand dealt to him, Biden sought to make a difference. Whipple denotes that Biden piled too many ‘musts’ to accomplish at once and tried to solve them on, leading to various stumbles and delays. As he serves the rest of his term, no longer shackled with having to run for reelection, Biden can try to make things right and prepare to hand things over to another president, someone who will have to take what he did as their basis. One can only hope it will be progress and not regression!

Chris Whipple tackled a great deal in this book, both analysing the Biden Administration and explaining the situation the country found itself when Biden assumed office. There were certainly blunders, as are detailed in the well-documented chapters, but also successes. Whipple illustrates these and tries to offer a well-rounded approach to the book. Using many interviews and public pronouncements, Whipple cobbles together this piece and seeks to present it to the reader. Some may love it, others hate it, but no one can call it sycophancy. That was what I hoped to find as I prepare this challenge. Whipple did just what I hoped and left me wanting to know more.

Kudos, Mr. Whipple, for a thought-provoking piece that will prove intriguing as the second half of the term comes to light.

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[Earl Ecklund III · Rating 5 out of 5]

It's not very often that an incumbent administration allows an author a great deal of inside access, The Fight of His Life is just such a book and refreshing so. Whipple's main source is Biden's chief of staff Ron Klain though Whipple has access to many other officials including Biden himself. The book is well written and easy to read, it covers up to the midterm elections of 2022 which is disappointing because I would have loved to read about the accomplishments of the lame duck session of Congress. It is an exceptional read and well covers the withdrawal from Afghanistan, the battle over the Infrastructure bill, the dealings with Joe Manchin over the Build Back Better bill, the Ukraine invasion and Kamala Harris's role as Vice President.

I highly recommend this book overall.

[Jeff J. · Rating 3 out of 5]

This book paints a rosier picture of the Biden presidency than is truly warranted. Comparing Biden to Winston Churchill? Sorry, no.

[Matt- History on the Hudson · Rating 4 out of 5]

The Fight of his Life: Inside Joe Biden’s White House By Chris Whipple is an important piece political reporting as it comes as the first draft of history into the historic first two year of Joe Biden’s administration.

Typically, after the initial pomp wears off a new presidency, the current administration usually will have some scores to settle. This inevitably leads to White House chronicling based on deep background that takes aim to shift blame away from the President and on other elements of the government. It happens every two to four year and if your Bob Woodward it gets you five books on the Trump Presidency, because everyone loves to gossip! Except for the people that surround Joe Biden, Mr. Whipple delivers a sober well sourced book that gets to the business of governing and passes up the partisan squabbling. What impressed me the most about Mr. Whipple’s work was how well sourced he was, the amount of access and trust he gained from important people like the WH Chief of Staff and the CIA Director was very important and made the story very compelling. But his work isn’t a rosy tale of success as he juxtaposed his sources in the administration with outside experts and others
notables who are fair with their criticism with the mistakes Joe Biden’s Administration has made and equally fair with their praise of the success the administration has achieved. I think Chris Whipple’s The Fight of His Life: Inside Joe Biden’s White House is essential to understanding the accomplishments of the President’s first two years in office.

[Ben Lane · Rating 3 out of 5]

Whoever decided to make the font yellow on this cover needs to be fired.

[Jacob Stelling · Rating 4 out of 5]

A really interesting insight into Joe Biden’s first two years as President, trying to recover from the chaos of the previous administration. We get an inside account of some of the most important moments of his time in charge, and gain a better perspective on those making major decisions that affect us all.

Such an interesting contrast to the books on Trump’s White House too!

[Shona Wilson · Rating 4 out of 5]

I really zoned out of politics for a couple of years after feeling for obvious reasons a little over this country’s political system. This was a really great story of the past couple of years and was recapped in an interesting way.

[Maj · Rating 4 out of 5]

A page turner, should be a good read for anyone interested in the behind the scenes of Biden's administration so far. As a non-American I might have skimmed some of the domestic stuff, but the Afghanistan and Ukraine-related chapters were very interesting.
I would actually quite like to read something similarly or even more detailed on the foreign policy stuff this admin is doing, with sourcing as good as this book.

[Dave Carden · Rating 4 out of 5]

The Fight of His Life is a fascinating peek inside the first two years of the Biden administration. While Chris Whipple gained extraordinary access to the biggest White House players, past and present, the book skews a little too pro-Biden for me.
Much like many recent Trump books are overly critical, I wish this book offered a more neutral view of the White House.

[Chip · Rating 3 out of 5]

After the obligatory negative review of Orange Man (400,000 COVID deaths), the book became pretty good. The author forgot to mention 600,000 deaths under Biden.

While I thought Trump was divisive, I think Biden is worse, but Biden's divisiveness is not touched upon.

I hope that neither candidate from 2020 is on the ballot in 2024.

[Nate · Rating 1 out of 5]

This was embarassing honestly. Everything was very clouded in positivity about everything except a few carefully chosen issues that no one thinks Biden did well on (I guess that's the price you pay for high level access, not like Biden is going to let a reporter speak to his whole staff only for a book that criticizes him).

[WM D. · Rating 4 out of 5]

The Fight for his Life was a good book. I read one of his books before and really enjoyed this book as well. It portrayed a embattled president besieged with crises and still seems to come out on top again.

[Jason · Rating 3 out of 5]

Whipple has an almost sequel to his book on White House chiefs of staff - it still holds the prerogative of that book - and likely the sources too.

[Stephen · Rating 2 out of 5]

Merits two stars largely for the author's extreme access to Biden and his chief of staff, and the inside-the-OO details that delivers. Partisan "AF", as the kiddies say, and not in an entertaining way. Full review to come. Basically the Democratic version of Bush Country: How George W. Bush Became the 21st Century's First Great Leader -- While Driving Liberals Insane". Loved the author's Gatekeepers, but this was well below those standards. This is like expecting mayonnaise and getting not just Miracle Whip, but some kind of weird flavored Miracle Whip.

Full Review
“I’ll tell ya one thing, and I’m not ashamed to say it,” to borrow from my favorite Sopranoes antagonist, Phil Leotardo, “but my estimation of Chris Whipple as an author just plummeted. ” His Gatekeepers, a history and assessment of the office of chief of staff to the president, was one of the most informative and interesting books on the White House I’ve ever read, and I remarked that it was refreshingly nonpartisan. The Fight of his Life is not: it’s more like Bush Country: How George Bush Became the 21st Century’s First Great Leader — While Driving Liberals Insane, but written from the other side of the aisle. It’s essentially a retelling of how Biden responded to events in 2020 – 2022 and what he attempted to get done. I read this chiefly because my opinion of Biden became unhealthily charged after he took office, despite my having liked him as vice president, and my being relieved he was the Democratic nominee. Whipple’s account does a good job of reminding the reader of the humanity of the man behind the desk — but not for anyone else. Anyone opposed to Biden’s programs or policies is a Trump cultist, ‘reality-denier’, etc, and I continued reading only because Whipple had astonishing access to both Biden and his first chief of staff, conducting long interviews (in person and over email) with both, and I wanted to get a better sense of the man in office — not just the character in those golden Obama-Biden memes in the final months of Obama’s administration. It’s telling that of the 28 highlights I made in the Kindle version of this, 25 of them had my added notes, usually factual disputes or my snarky reactions to Whipple’s cavalier narrative. Whipple sharply criticizes the vaccine rollout in 2020, for instance, despite the fact that in March and April of that year, everyone was claiming it could be two years before vaccines were ready, and the fact that this was a novel event. I won’t ever argue that Trump’s administration was not disorganized to the point of incompetence, but I don’t know that any administration could have gotten its act together and started mass distribution so quickly and efficiently as to avoid any criticism whatsoever. Whipple also writes that Trump had transformed the Secret Service into some loyalist praetorian guard, so Biden was afraid to say anything around them — but as Ron Kessler noted in First Family Detail>, Biden had an acrimonious relationship with the S.S. even as vice president -- a relationship so tense that it was mentioned in the Obama-Biden mystery novel Hope Never Dies.

The majority of the book sticks exactly to the establishment line, so unless you don’t watch or read any news at all, and hide away from the world in a remote cabin except for the sending the odd letter-bomb, you’re already aware of what Whipple has to say. The most interesting part of the book came at the beginning, where we find Trump and his supporters in denial about losing the election, so much so that there wasn’t a dedicated transition team: only one man (Chris Liddell) in the administration took on that responsibility, and out of feelings of public duty rather than personal preference. According to Whipple’s account, he wanted to resign repeatedly, especially after January 6, but was urged to remain to “land the plane”, so to speak. Despite Trump’s intransigence and general unhelpfulness, Liddel and the Biden team were able to get the next administration off smoothly on January 20. My next favorite part was Biden telling Putin he’d looked him in the eyes and believed he had no soul, and Putin responding, “We understand each other.” I don’t know if that’s remotely true or not (it sounds too similar to Bush looking Putin in the eyes in 2000 and believing they could work together), but it sounds hilarious. Anyhoo, if you watch CNN or read The Washington Pravda, you already know the majority of what Whipple has to say and how he feels about it.

This book has its merits — Biden trying to use his struggle about his own son’s death to minister to suffering parents, for instance — but they’re overshadowed and marginalized by Whipple writing purely for the MSNBC Book Club.

[Kenny Schwarz · Rating 3 out of 5]

I give author Chris Whipple a lot of credit for being the first to have a comprehensive book on Biden’s first two years in office. I have yet to see anything published on the current president with this level of insight. That being said, this book is far from objective a more of a heavy-handed liberal puff piece. His only criticisms of the administration center on the relatively low-hanging fruit for critic fodder (the Afghanistan withdrawal, Kamala Harris’ performance as VP) beyond that wherever Whippel can put a thumb on the scale for Biden, he does do through certainly biased editorializing, and first-person sourcing on the far left side of the political divide. In other words this is a very friendly book toward the administration, those looking for a more balanced perspective should keep waiting.

[Laura · Rating 3 out of 5]

I felt as if this book was a bit of a puff piece. The author was clearly determined to paint Biden in a good light, while shading Vice President Harris and the Secret Service.

The author even managed to blame the secret service agent who was bit by Commander, the president's dog. The agent said he was in the White House residence floor, which I guess agents normally don't visit? I guess the author was implying something nefarious by that fact?

I was also disappointed by the lack of interviews or personal feelings from President Biden about his presidency. I understand that he was probably guarded. But it kind of makes for a boring book if the majority of the quotes from the president are just excerpts of his speeches.

However, overall I did enjoy the book for the most part, especially the detailed descriptions of all the work the State department did during the beginning of the Ukrainian - Russian war. I feel like Secretary of State Blinken is a stand up guy.

It can't be easy to write a political book that could be interpreted as critical,while at the same time asking for access to the president and his aides.

[Charlotte · Rating 2 out of 5]

This book was such a disappointment after The Gatekeepers. Here’s a quick summary: Trump is a madman who was elected by a cult of personality. He bungled everything he touched. We’re lucky to have survived his presidency. Biden, in his infinite wisdom and boundless goodwill, only wanted to save the nation from the disaster Trump left behind. Any negative unintended consequences were only because he was a victim of timing— too many crises at one time, none his fault. Given enough power, he’s a gifted leader who knows best and can fix it all. That’s the summary. Never for one sentence does Mr. Whipple stop to think that maybe not everything is the federal government’s responsibility to fix. Maybe Biden was asking to pay for too many things. Maybe the evil Republicans, instead of being stingy, heartless obstructionists, just understood that the federal government was never intended to pay for everything everyone ever needed in life. Everyone thinks Trump engaged in ruthless tactics, but by Mr. Whipple’s own description, it’s easy to see that Biden and his team don’t mind “leaning” on members of Congress to get what they want. Who is the president who won’t leave senators alone, who badgers them, and sics other senators on them until they’re forced to come around to his side? Joe Manchin wants to know. Last Chris Whipple book I’ll read.

[Maureen Sylvester · Rating 4 out of 5]

Insight into the thoughts and actions of those in the West Wing 2021-2022. Detailed, well-sourced, and very readable. It was interesting to understand what happened during the ill-fated Afghan withdrawal, the Ukraine invasion, and the blood-sport that was Inflation Reduction Act and BBB. Provides a lot of background and context to historic events which often got Twitter-sized coverage.

[Matt Papes · Rating 5 out of 5]

If you are at all interested in politics, and want to learn what really goes on in the White House, rather than what Fox News tells you, this is a great book to read. It is definitely a page turner, and it tells the good and the bad about Biden's first 2 years. I highly recommend it.

[Sunnie · Rating 4 out of 5]

Enlightening

As with all political books I never read just one side of the story. Having read several books by and about Former President Donald Trump, this work by Chris Whipple brought to light some of the issues on the other side. Not one to incite controversy or confrontation, I refuse to offer an opinion as to which side seems to have made the strongest arguments. I did like Whipple’s style and cadence and would certainly read more of his material in the future. Recommended for any reader seeking clarification on the issues regarding any particular topic.

[Merrie Fox · Rating 2 out of 5]

I did the audiobook and it was ok
Lots in here. First time I have ever had a writer say bad things about a sitting vice president. Well other than people writing about trump and he says bad things about everyone so you kinda quit listening to what he says. But this was the writer attacking the VP. This made me think is she really that bad OR does he just not like a woman in that position OR is it that he thinks he can say what he wants because she is a woman? I read her book, it really wasnt that great or even good but... Im not sure it is a good thing to write a book about a sitting president and what is going on in his cabinet. I really never knew what the "fight for his life" was. Againts the right maga crazies, foreign countries or his own party. Oh and usually I read a book straight through but this one I stopped and started and read maybe 4 books inbetween.

[Pat Hollingsworth · Rating 3 out of 5]

I was really taken by Chris Whipple when I heard him speak at a book fair, hence this unlikely read for me. I usually like to wait 20 years – maybe 50! – before reading about politics. It certainly clarified a few things for me that is darn near impossible to understand from the following the news. You understand what, and who, is behind all the “sausage making” to get bills passed. You understand what it’s like to govern. I had just about written off Joe Manchin as yet another of the crazies that has infiltrated Washington in the last few years. That’s not the case here. The roles of Kain, Kamala Harris are explained, the advice of the military on Afghanistan, the mess of transition and how important that that is done smoothly. Whipple clearly admires Biden but gives him poor marks on the withdrawal from Afghanistan, and he's critical when appropriate. Highly readable with good information. Not a 4 or 5 because it really is not my cup of tea.

[Miguel · Rating 3 out of 5]

Competent reporting on the first half of the Biden administration – this one steers too far into the lane of uncritical analysis. It also avoids the typical gossipy details that tend to accompany such works, which to the author’s credit and deficit to his book sales is likely to be praised, but again it feels a bit too sterile and clean in that regard.

[AJ Conroy · Rating 3 out of 5]

Snow job. Little distance from subject.

[J. Michael Smith · Rating 4 out of 5]

I very seldom want to read a book about a sitting president, as they tend to be pieces of partisan propaganda. But this book looked like it might fill in some gaps for me and steer clear of most attempts to manipulate the reader. The author is sympathetic to Biden, but not uncritical. It is written in the vein of many older presidential biographies, where an author genuinely likes his subject, but also feels a need to be detached and let blunders remain for all to see.

Whipple’s book gives a good orientation to the Biden White House and many vignettes of Joe Biden, all consistent with what we’ve known for decades. It also gives us insight into some of his key staff, especially his chief of staff for the first two years, Ron Klain. The events in focus are the January 6 riots, climate change and negotiations with China over climate change, Putin and his invasion of Ukraine, the struggles to pass an infrastructure bill and Biden’s “Build Back Better” social and environmental legislation, the up and down relationship with Joe Manchin, and the ever-present drama with Donald Trump. There are interesting passages about Kamala Harris, which give the reader some helpful insight into both her liabilities and strengths. The author finished the book four days after the 2022 elections, which are given scant coverage.

Whipple has written before on White House Chiefs of Staff. A value in this book is that he interviews former chiefs of staff, both Republican and Democrat for it. Even if Whipple is sympathetic to Biden, he presents material in his book that is not.

The value of this book is partially due to the difficulty in getting good information about the Biden administration from the news itself. Four problems are behind that difficulty. First, Donald Trump continues to keep reporters and editors deranged. Even though he is no longer the president, he is the subject of far more news stories than Joe Biden, some days appearing in 5 stories for every one about what Biden is doing. Second, Biden and his staff are the most disciplined and tight-lipped we have ever seen in a presidential administration. It is very difficult to get the inside scoop on the current White House. Third, contrary to Whipple’s assertions, Biden is not a good spokesman for his own presidency. He knows how to tell an anecdote, but he doesn’t know how to tell the story of his presidency. He tries to shine the light on his accomplishments, but what he says falls flat on the public, he comes off as a shallow used-car salesman who is just trying to get your approval. And fourth, the poison political climate today makes it difficult to trust anything we hear about Joe Biden. Sadly, most of what we hear about Biden consists of attacks from Republicans, attacks from the left, and ageism. Take it with a grain of salt, but Whipple’s book is worth reading.

[Mickey Knipp · Rating 1 out of 5]

A book about President Joe Biden? released 2023
First hour
Just a way to delivery delusional insults towards President Donald Trump.
My thoughts so far Is Chris Whipple OK? Most people this delusional are in a institution to protect the rest of us.

So, I’m 20% of the way through the book and it reads like fiction. Well on second thought it is. The mandatory vax would stop the spread. Mr. Whipple praises the Biden administration on unconstitutional mandates. How many young people did administration harm with mandatory unsafe vaccines?
The next part reads so far like the pull out of Afghanistan is going to be a genius move in execution by the President Biden. Oh wait 8 months after the Biden administration started it’s all Presidents Trumps fault.
So, the disasters Afghan withdrawal was 100% Presidents Bidens plan and MR Whipple just went through it all detailing how stupid the plan was without saying that it all falls on president Bidens desk. I mean withdrawal the military then the civilians in an active combat zone then say but I thought someone else would protect our civilians. Then blame it on the briefers.

The author of this book is a firm believer in repeating a lie enough and people will believe it.
So I finished the book let me save you some time if you decide to read this.
1st all Americans should be required to wear a mask even if there is no medical reason for it and if we had covid would never have happened.
2nd President Joe Biden ended Covid he would have done it earlier if the republicans would have taken 36 covid shots a week, you know the ones that don’t stop you from getting covid or spreading it.
3rd President Biden came into office with the worst economy in the history of America (including the great depression) and if Joe Mansion would have gotten out of the way sooner, he could have saved stopped the inflation with 4 times the inflation causing spending.
Towards the end of the book the author kept saying how mentally sharp the president is.
My final thoughts, I think this book was a democrat attempt to spread the lie that President Joe Biden was not failing mentally before the 2020 Election, and it continued to decline. MR Whipple should have to file this as a contribution to the Democrat political machine since it is a puff peace full of delusional democrat talking points that have all been proven false.
If this book was listed as fiction, I would recommend it but it is supposed to be non-fiction.