Biden Says Press Needs ‘More Polite People,’ Refuses to Answer Questions after UFO Address

President Joe Biden complained that the reporters who cover him should be “more polite people,” and then refused to answer any questions at the end of a press conference on Thursday.

It was the latest example of Biden criticizing U.S. reporters for being impolite, being “stupid,” or asking “stupid” questions.

Biden gave a brief address on the country’s response to recent unidentified aerial objects on Thursday. At the conclusion of his remarks, he began to walk away, but stopped and turned around as reporters shouted questions over one another.

He appeared poised to respond to a question, but instead said, “Give me a break man.” While it was unclear which question Biden was responding to, one reporter could be heard asking the president whether his relationship with China is compromised by his family’s business relationships.

After more inaudible shouting from the press, Biden told a reporter “you can come to my office and ask that question when we have more polite people.”

Biden has long expressed disapproval of the White House press corps’ behavior.

In a September 2021, Oval Office meeting with the prime minister of India, Narendra Modi, Biden told Modi that “the Indian press is much better behaved than the American press.” He then suggested they not take any questions from reporters “because they won’t ask any questions on point.”

That same month, during a meeting with the then-British prime minister Boris Johnson, Biden wished Johnson “good luck” when he asked to take questions from reporters. After two British reporters asked questions, White House staff cut Johnson off mid-sentence and ordered the press to leave the room. No American reporters were allowed to ask questions.

Last year, Biden was caught insulting Fox News reporter Peter Doocy for asking if he believed inflation was a “political liability” in the midterms.

“That’s a great asset — more inflation,” Biden responded on a hot mic. “What a stupid son of a b****.” 

Biden later called Doocy and apologized for the remark.

Just weeks before the Doocy incident, Biden had a sharp exchange with another reporter who asked about his Atlanta speech on voting rights that offended many Republicans.

The reporter noted at Biden’s press conference that he had campaigned on a return to civility and acknowledged that Biden disputes the characterization that he called opponents of the voting rights bills Bull Connor or George Wallace, but instead that he meant they’re in the same camp.

Before the reporter could finish his question Biden raised his voice: “Go back and read what I said and tell me if you think I called anyone who called on the side . . . position of Bull Connor that they were Bull Connor. That is an interesting reading of English. I assume you got into journalism because you liked to write.”

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