Ah, the "mainstream" media, reporting things everyone already knows, two and a half years late.

When are you going to break the big story about the Basement Strategy of 2020, Axios? 2044?

Their changed headline called this the White House's "secret" strategy.

Secret from whom, Axios?

President Biden and his campaign are working on a critical project for his re-election bid: Make sure he doesn't trip.

Driving the news: As voters express deep concerns about the 80-year-old president's age and fitness for office, Biden's team is taking extra steps to prevent him from stumbling in public -- as he did in June, when he tripped over a sandbag at the Air Force Academy.

With a physical therapist, Biden has been doing exercises to improve his balance as far back as November 2021.

Since his stumble in June, he has been wearing tennis shoes more often to avoid slipping -- and using the short stairs on Air Force One, entering the plane on a lower deck than before.

Why it matters: Democrats, including some in the administration, are terrified that Biden will have a bad fall -- with a nightmare scenario of it happening in the weeks before the November 2024 election.

Zoom in: Some senior Democrats privately have been frustrated with Biden's advance team for months, citing the sandbag incident and noting that the president often appears not to know which direction to go after he speaks at a podium.

Often without context, Republicans have used video clips of Biden looking confused about where to go after speeches to raise further questions about his age.

What "context" do you claim is necessary there, Axios?

As mentioned earlier, the White House's "secret sneaker strategy" has already failed once today alone:

Meanwhile, the gassy dyspeptic hags of The View have never been more angry!