The White House has another new firestorm to try to put out. A new Politico piece out Tuesday morning not only describes how Joe Biden’s inner circle has drawn more tightly around the diminishing president to better hide his condition, but that staffers are “scared ****less” to brief Biden over fears he’ll berate them for telling him something he doesn’t want to hear. According to the report, senior officials go to great lengths to curate his briefings. 

“It’s like, ‘You can’t include that, that will set him off,’ or ‘Put that in, he likes that,’” one senior administration official told Politico. “It’s a Rorschach test, not a briefing. Because he is not a pleasant person to be around when he’s being briefed. It’s very difficult, and people are scared ****less of him.”

So much for genial Uncle Joe. So much for the commander-in-chief being given the straight scoop. It’s hard to run a country well when everyone around you has to manage your ego.

But good news. According to NBC News, Hunter Biden is now sitting in on White House meetings. More on that tomorrow.