Donald Trump capped his reality TV-style pre-Inauguration Day celebrations with a less-than-gracious message for outgoing President Joe Biden.
“EVICTION NOTE,” his transition team wrote on the social media platform X. “At 1200 p.m. ET, White House Senior Living will cease to exist and its resident will be transferred to a Delaware facility on a permanent basis.”
The president-elect had first shared a version the 30-second video more than a year ago on his social media platform Truth Social.
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“At White House Senior Living, our residents feel right at home. Our vibrant facility offers delightful activities and outings, round-the-clock professional care, and exquisite house-made meals,” it says over video of Biden shuffling on the beach, putting on his jacket with first lady Jill Biden’s help, and eating pizza with the troops.
It then cuts to a video of Biden, 82, saying he eats lots of Italian food.
“And ice cream,” Jill Biden interjects.
“Chocolate-chip ice cream,” he agrees.
On Friday, the New York Times reported that six key members of Biden’s inner circle—including Jill Biden and son Hunter—had noticed signs of his aging but worked to manage perceptions he had declined.
They were convinced he could beat Trump, until a disastrous debate in late June forced the president to finally exit the race at the eleventh hour.
Even now, Biden—who held fewer news conferences and one-on-one interviews than any president since at least Ronald Reagan—thinks he could have prevailed where his vice president, Kamala Harris, failed.
Asked if he could have won, he told USA Today earlier this month, “It’s presumptuous to say that, but I think yes.”
Other Democratic lawmakers—including then-Majority Leader Chuck Schumer—had worried for months before the debate that Trump was so successful in making Biden’s age and vitality the central election narrative that the president didn’t stand a chance of being re-elected.
It’s a narrative that Trump—who will overtake Biden to become the oldest man ever sworn in as president—is apparently sticking with even months after beating Harris.
“White House Senior Living. Where residents feel like presidents,” the video concludes.
