Barack Obama openly endorsed presumptive Democratic nominee Joe Biden -- but has independently expressed grave concerns regarding his former veep's 2020 White House run, a report stated.
"Do not underestimate Joe's capacity to f--k up things," the president told an unnamed Democrat, who informed Politico concerning the dialogue -- allegedly reflective of a strained history between them both.
Former Obama Administration officials painted the connection too hot and really near -- but filled with anxiety over the gap involving Biden's old-school backslapping and Obama's hyper-prepared wonkiness, the socket reported.
"You can certainly see technocratic eye-rolling sometimes," according to former White House communications manager Jen Psaki, that remembered other aides chortling in Biden's regular gaffes and too little discipline.
That mindset led to Obama's choice to rear Hillary Clinton for the celebration's 2016 nomination over Biden.
"The president wasn't encouraging," Biden remembered in his 2017 memoir.
After Biden withdrew his hat at the 2020 presidential combination this past year, Obama maintained his distance months -- and proceeded to talk down to the scenes.
Throughout the run-up for this year's Iowa caucuses, one Biden rival told Politico, Obama independently reminisced about the bond he formed together with the nation's voters throughout his 2008 campaign.
However, Biden fought to grasp that the electorate, #44 allegedly said. "You know who actually does not have it"
"I think Joe has all of the qualities we want in a president at the moment," Obama said in the moment. "He is someone whose life has taught him how to moan,"