The current president of the United States, Joe Biden, has not only raised questions for falling or saying the wrong thing, but he has also done things that are contrary to the occasion, such as checking the time on his watch when welcoming the remains of fallen American soldiers back home.
It happened in 2021 when Biden attended a "dignity transfer" ceremony at Dover Air Force Base in Delaware (referring to the process by which the remains of fallen servicemen are transferred from planes to waiting vehicles when they return to U.S. territory).
The bodies of 13 soldiers killed in Afghanistan returned to the United States on a military plane, a moment of grief for most American citizens, but Biden looked at his watch at an inopportune time, and twice, and immediately drew overwhelming criticism.
Obviously, this is a mistake in Biden's career, although the time to look at the watch is only a moment, but it is indeed inappropriate.
It's been almost three years since Biden's negative behavior was basically not brought up again, but his former aide, Jen Psaki, then White House press secretary, wanted to bring it up, which sparked a new wave of anger.
According to news on May 13, local time, the 45-year-old Psaki published a book called "Say More: Lessons Learned from Work, the White House and the World", which is a summary of her work in the White House, in which she mentioned Biden's watch, but "whitewashed" it.
Psaki said critics were clinging to Mr. Biden's little things "so that he seemed insensitive, concerned only about how long he had been standing," but that he had not been able to do so, and that he had only looked at his watch after the ceremony. ”
It's unclear why Psaki wrote this, but one thing is clear: what she said is not true: "Photos, videos, and media fact-checks from the ceremony have confirmed Biden's snub to the families of the fallen soldiers." ”
On the day of the 13th, the families of six of the 13 American soldiers killed in the battle had already expressed their indignation to Psaki, demanding that he withdraw what he had written and apologize for it.
"It's disgusting to write this down in a book for everyone to see. I mean, it's reprehensible," said Dallin Hoover. He was the father of 31-year-old Taylor Hoover, a Marine sergeant who was killed in a suicide bombing attack at Hamid Karzai International Airport in Kabul.
Carol, the mother of 22-year-old Marine Corps Corporal Humberto Sanchez, said: "We just want justice for our children, we don't want anyone to look bad, we don't care if it's Trump or Biden, but he does show disrespect for our families, our loved ones and the people who have died for this country."
Psaki has reportedly decided to retract her book's account of Biden's watch after sparking a huge amount of outrage, promising that "some details in the book about the exact number of times Biden looked at his watch, such as a few lines in the book, will be removed in future reprints and e-books," but she did not comment on the falsity of her narrative.
Psaki left the White House in 2022 and joined CNN and quickly became the star of a talk show on Microsoft Worldwide Broadcasting Corporation (MSNBC).
Psaki is succeeded by Karine Jean-Pierre, an American woman of Haitian descent who has to explain Biden's "embarrassment" from time to time.