Bidens privately upset by poor poll numbers, president delivered 'stern' message to top aides: report

 President Biden has publicly rejected polls that show him trailing Trump in a 2024 rematch

President Biden is complaining to his close aides because his low approval ratings are frustrating him and First Lady Jill Biden, according to a new media report.

"After pardoning a couple of turkeys, an annual White House tradition, Biden had some stern words for the small group gathered: His polling numbers were unacceptably low and he wanted to know that his team and his campaign What were you doing about it," The Washington Post reported.

"He complained that his economic message had done little to get the ball rolling, even though the economy was growing and unemployment was falling, according to people familiar with his comments who declined to be named to discuss private conversations. “spoke on condition of anonymity,” according to the Post, whose headline noted Biden’s “disappointing polling numbers.”

The Biden family's complaints date back several months, the report added, with Joe and Jill Biden telling aides and friends they were disappointed by the president's low approval ratings and polls that put him behind former President Donald Trump. Let's show.

In recent weeks, both Joe and Jill Biden "have become frustrated that they're not making much progress."

   "We do not in any way discuss the president's private conversations," White House spokesman Andrew Bates said in a statement. "The President and First Lady meet regularly with their senior team to review updates and plans."

Trump leads Biden 47% to 43% in a hypothetical ballot between just those two candidates and 37% to 31% in a hypothetical ballot with five independent candidates, according to results of a Wall Street Journal poll released Saturday. .

The president's weak numbers against Trump also come as voters gave Biden low approval marks, with only 23% of respondents saying Biden's policies have helped them personally, while 53% say they approve of the president. Have been hurt by the policies.

Biden aides are attuned to Democrats' concerns about the 81-year-old president's declining popularity, The Post reports. "They routinely point to comments made by lawmakers, donors and pundits who declared Biden's 2020 primary campaign over after losses in Iowa and New Hampshire before winning the nomination and the presidency."

“I feel the same way as I did in 2015 and 2016,” Rep. Debbie Dingell, D-Mich., told The Post. However he acknowledged that "the country is angry."

Dingell, who warned Democrats last week that Biden's re-election chances in the state of Michigan were diminishing, also told CNN he was not surprised by polls showing Biden's unpopularity among Democratic voters in the state.

“In the minds of many Democrats, we campaigned in 2020 on a set of ideas and we went into office and executed on them,” former Congressman Conor Lamb told The Post. “We think we have a good story to tell, but it's not registering yet.”