Joe Biden acted not just as a popularity “cooler” by appearing alongside Emmanuel Macron during the D-Day anniversary in Normandy, France, but as a kind of “hex,” according to Raheem Kassam, Editor-in-Chief of The National Pulse.
Discussing Macron’s disastrous performance against Marine Le Pen’s populist National Rally in the European Parliament elections with War Room host Stephen K. Bannon, Kassam stressed that Biden does not enjoy the undeserved “rock star” status of his former boss, Barack Obama, in Europe.
“There was definitely a different vibe when Obama used to go over there, and there was definitely a different way in which it translated to popularity,” Kassam recalled.
He explained that leaders across Europe, whether the notionally right-wing then-Prime Minister David Cameron in Britain or some of the more socialistic leaders on the Continent, were eager to be seen “cavorting with the ostensible leader of the free world.”
Biden, on the other hand, in Kassam’s estimation, does not just cool European leaders’ popularity but “puts a hex on it, quite frankly.”
“His very presence has probably done nothing net positive to any of these leaders he meets, with Macron included,” he added.
Appearing alongside Joe Biden in Normandy didn’t just have a cooling effect on Macron’s popularity ahead of the European elections, it put a hex on it, argues @RaheemKassam. pic.twitter.com/tXxwhFnvoT
— Jack Montgomery (@JackBMontgomery) June 10, 2024
Listen to Raheem Kassam discuss the European election results at length with Jack Posobiec here.