MSNBC's Joe Scarborough became heated Friday as he rejected conservatives' image of President Joe Biden and argued that the president is "very sharp" when he is "behind closed doors."
"I've always told people ... the president is very sharp," the Morning Joe host said. "If you say something or write something, there's times that he's called, and he's refuted it very sharply."
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"Some NATO leaders have told me they were very surprised ... the contrast between the image in the public and the Joe Biden behind closed doors because he is so sharp and he's on top of everything."
MSNBC's @JoeNBC: "The president is very sharp ... I’ve talked to foreign leaders that have had conversations w/ him that said he was on top of every issue ... Some leaders have told me they were surprised ... B/c he's so sharp." pic.twitter.com/JmHdRu70vL
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Supporters of former President Donald Trump who attack Biden for taking a rest need to remember that Trump did nothing but sit down and watch cable television, according to Scarborough.
"If we were talking about style over substance, that would be one thing," he said. "We're talking about matching reality with perception, and Bill Clinton had a great saying, which was, 'If a turtle shows up on top of a fence post, it didn't get there by accident."
The fact that NATO has expanded is credited to Biden, Scarborough said.
"It was Joe Biden, along with his equal partners, that masterminded this, but NATO allies will tell you that they look to America for leadership," according to the host.
"He did this. History will record this whether idiots on the Trump Right, online, want to admit it or not," he said. "History is going to report this. This is pretty remarkable."
Scarborough also credited Biden for an "exploding economy."
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"Joe Biden is going to be credited for moving us beyond one of the great economic crises of our time, which was, of course, COVID. Post-COVID, it looks like we may [have] a pretty safe landing here for an economy," he said.
"If people want to focus on him falling on a sandbag or falling off a bike, that's fine, but, while they're talking about that, Joe Biden is making Europe safe for Democracy."