WASHINGTON — President Biden said Monday he wants to attend this year's Paris Olympics, but even though other U.S. presidents have attended the Olympics, “they” told him he couldn't go because of the “commotion” it would cause. I told you.
“They wouldn't let me go to the Olympics because I'm the president and I cause a lot of trouble when I go somewhere. But I saw it all. My wife Jill went to the Olympics,” Biden said. He spoke to about 400 Olympic and Paralympic athletes gathered on the White House lawn.
The retiring 81-year-old president later said that “they” could not prevent him from attending the next Olympics in four years.
“The '28 Los Angeles Summer Games, I won't be president, so they can't stop me from going there,” he said.
Mr. Biden has regularly accused unspecified staffers, or vague “them,” of restricting the freedom of movement and reporting of reporters whose names are not on the approval list, and has repeatedly accused unspecified staff members, or vague “them,” of restricting the freedom of movement and reporting of reporters whose names are not on the approval list. The fact that he has a job attracts ridicule.
It's unclear how accurate his claims are, or if he's simply excusing his absence or reluctance from certain assignments.
Other presidents also attended the Olympics.
George W. Bush attended the 2008 Beijing Olympics, Bill Clinton attended the 1996 Atlanta Olympics, and Ronald Reagan attended the 1984 Los Angeles Olympics.
