Joe Biden fumed over White House reminders of Donald Trump: book
Joe Biden was a profile in pettiness when he took up residence in the White House, trying to rid the Oval Office of the famous Resolute Desk merely because Donald Trump used it — and cursing out his predecessor over a video game system, a forthcoming book claims.
In “The Fight of His Life,” out Jan. 17, author Chris Whipple writes that Biden “would let loose” on the “former guy” whenever he took a friend on a private tour of the presidential abode.
Biden unleashed his ire on an upstairs room where Trump had installed a big-screen TV and a golf simulator that allowed him to practice his swing to the virtual backdrop of famous courses.
“‘What a f—king a–hole,’ Biden said, showing the contraption to a guest,” Whipple writes.
Biden also demanded the banishment of the Resolute Desk from the Oval Office — merely because Trump had used it.
The famous piece of furniture, made from the timbers of a British warship, gifted to the United States by Queen Victoria, and brought to the Oval Office by John F. Kennedy, was a West Wing staple for 40 years — but Biden wanted it removed in favor of one belonging to his New Deal hero, Franklin D. Roosevelt.
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FDR’s desk “couldn’t be moved from the Roosevelt estate at Hyde Park, NY,” Whipple writes, so the Resolute Desk remained in place — for Biden, one more “ubiquitous” reminder of the 45th president.
The Post has obtained a copy of the book, which also reveals that Biden feared his Secret Service detail had been infiltrated by “MAGA sympathizers” loyal to Trump.
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