Despite the best-friend bond Joe Biden touts with former President Obama, tensions have lingered between the two statesmen over their vastly different governing styles, according to a Politico report. When lamenting his own diminishing relationship with the current Democratic electorate, particularly in Iowa, Obama reportedly told one 2020 candidate: “And you know who really doesn’t have it? Joe Biden.”Some Biden aides pointed out that, when Obama’s endorsement of Biden in 2020 finally did arrive, it didn’t have nearly the energy of his endorsement of Hillary Clinton in 2016. BIDEN, OBAMA TARGET TRUMP IN SIT-DOWNBut many credit their differences in leadership style for any perceived tension. White House aides reportedly mocked Biden’s frequent slipups and lack of discipline next to “almost clerical” Obama.

Source: Fox News August 14, 2020 20:37 UTC