Summarize and humanize this content to 2000 words in 6 paragraphs in EnglishAides to Joe Biden are revealing their concerns about how he was ‘out of it’ and the lengths they had to go to in order to keep him looking presidential during his final years in the White House.Biden needed florescent tape fixed to the carpet to show him where to walk at events. That way the octogenarian would know where to go without having to have an aide guide him.And one top aide said the then-president was so out of it during preparation for his now infamous debate with Donald Trump that he thought he was ‘President of NATO’ rather than the United States.The revelations are found in several books coming out about Biden’s presidency. At least four tomes are coming out over the next few months examining his decline and legacy.Some of the new information is eye-opening, particularly when it comes to what aides knew about the president’s health and the actions they took to conceal Biden’s condition to the public. Several books coming out about President Joe Biden reveal what aides knew about his health and the actions they took to conceal his conditionRon Klain, who served as Biden’s chief of staff for two years and advised him during the 2024 campaign, described to author Chris Whipple the six days the staff spent at Camp David, trying to get Biden into shape for his first and only debate with Trump.It was the debate that would end Biden’s political career. ‘We sat around the table,’ Klain told Whipple for his forthcoming book. ‘[Biden] had answers on cards, and he was just extremely exhausted. And I was struck by how out of touch with American politics he was. He was just very, very focused on his interactions with NATO leaders.”He just became very enraptured with being the head of NATO,’ Klain said. Whipple writes that Klain ‘wondered half-seriously if Biden thought he was president of NATO instead of the US.’Whipple’s book Uncharted: How Trump Beat Biden, Harris, and the Odds in the Wildest Campaign in History, will be published next week. The Guardian published excerpts.And, after that debate with Trump, Biden needed fluorescent tape to guide him through a fundraiser at New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy’s (D) house so he wouldn’t get lost.While politicians, like actors, have tape marks on the floor so they properly positioned to be on camera, Biden needed the trail of bright markings to serve as ‘colorful bread crumbs [that] showed the leader of the free world where to walk.”He knows to look for that,’ an aide explained, according to authors Jonathan Allen and Amie Parnes for their book Fight: Inside the Wildest Battle for the White House, which is out this week.Parnes told ‘Rising The Hill’ that Biden, at the fundraiser, had ‘fluorescent tape on the floor to guide him where he needs to go.”On foreign trips, there’s a makeup artist who comes in first thing in the morning to kind of liven him up and do his makeup ahead of these meetings. He wasn’t doing television. He was going into meetings,’ she said.During that fundraiser, Biden needed a teleprompter to speak to a small group of people on the patio and, even with the help of it, he still rambled and went off topic. President Joe Biden needed fluorescent tape to guide him through a fundraiser at New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy’s (D) house – above Biden and Murphy in the White House in July 2021 Donald Trump and Joe Biden at their only presidential debate on June 27th in Atlanta President Joe Biden fell three times when he climbed the stairs of Air Force One in March 2021There are likely more damaging details to come.Original Sin: President Biden’s Decline, Its Cover-Up, and His Disastrous Choice to Run Again, by Jake Tapper and Alex Thompson, comes out May 20th.Thompson was one of the few reporters revealing concerns about Biden’s health during his presidency. Biden tripped and stumbled several times during his presidency. He admitted to having trouble walking after he fractured his foot during the 2020 presidential campaign and didn’t wear his boot like he was supposed to. He also made multiple verbal gaffes that messed up his administration’s messaging.And, finally, Josh Dawsey, Tyler Pager and Isaac Arnsdorf have their book – 2024: How Trump Retook the White House and the Democrats Lost America – coming out on July 8. Biden himself did not give any interviews to any of the authors of these books. During the 2024 campaign, Biden was battling questions about his physical and mental health. Trump repeatedly called him ‘Sleepy Joe’ and cast doubt on Biden’s cognitive abilities. The White House continually pushed back, arguing the president was in great shape. But the June 27th debate in Atlanta rapidly changed public perception of Biden. During the showdown, Biden often stared blankly into space, struggled for answers, and appeared shaky.In the aftermath, Biden aides said he had a cold, which resulted in a ‘bad night.’ Some complained he was over-coached and over-practiced instead of being given time to recover from his illness. Klain was one of three aides who spent the most time with the Biden getting him ready for the debate. He’s known Biden for years and was also his chief of staff when Biden was vice president. Longtime aides Mike Donilon and Bruce Reed were the other two.The trio, along with the president, arrived at Camp David the Saturday ahead of the debate to spend the next five days in preparation lockdown. President Joe Biden applauds Ron Klain in February 2023 as he was leaving as chief of staff President Joe Biden left viewers stunned during the debate as he stared into space and fumbled for answers President Joe Biden and first lady Jill Biden exit Air Force one for a fundraiser in New YorkBiden was just coming off a major jaunt of travel: he had been in France for a state visit and the anniversary of D-Day at Normandy, he went back to the United States, then he flew to Italy a few days later for a G7 meeting, and capped that off with a trip to the West Coast for campaign fundraisers.He was exhausted and barely had time to rest. In the privacy of Camp David, a presidential retreat in the mountains of Maryland, he was put through policy discussions and mock debate sessions to get him ready.But Biden, who was battling a cold, left debate prep and fell asleep by the pool, Klain told Whipple.He also seemed rattled and befuddled. The then president ‘didn’t know what Trump had been saying and couldn’t grasp what the back and forth was,’ ‘didn’t really understand what his argument was on inflation’ and ‘had nothing to say about a second term other than finish the job,’ Whipple wrote.Biden was also obsessed about foreign leaders, saying ‘these guys say I’m doing a great job as president so I must be a great president.’The first mock debate was scheduled to last 90 minutes but Klain ended after 45 as ‘the president’s voice was shot and so was his grasp of the subject,’ Whipple wrote. And 25 minutes into the second mock debate, Biden was done.’I’m just too tired to continue and I’m afraid of losing my voice here and I feel bad,’ he said, according to the book. ‘I just need some sleep. I’ll be fine tomorrow.’ He went off to bed. President Joe Biden walks to the White House with senior members of his staff, including Bruce Reed, Mike Donilon, and Annie Tomasini in April 2024 President Biden faced questions about his mental capabilities while in office Jill and Joe Biden with Donald and Melania Trump on Trump’s Inauguration Day’The president was fatigued, befuddled, and disengaged,’ Whipple writes. ‘Klain feared the debate with Trump would be a nationally televised disaster.’Indeed it was. In the aftermath, it set off a series of questions about the viability of Biden’s candidacy and his ability to do the job. Publicly Biden’s family, friends and aides defended.Privately they had concerns.’Publicly, Democrats scoffed at Republican claims that Biden wasn’t up to the job,’ the Parnes and Allen write in their book. ‘But privately, some of them worried all along that they were putting too much stock in an old man who, at best, had long since lost his fastball.’One friend of Biden and Obama’s told the authors the choice for Biden to seek reelection was the “original sin” of the 2024 election. The person blamed Biden’s family and close aides for not advising him to forgo a reelection bid.Whipple told Politico he thought Biden aides saw wanted they wanted to see.’I happen to think that to call it a ‘cover-up’ is simplistic. I think it was stranger and way more troubling than that. Biden’s inner circle, his closest advisers, many of them were in a fog of delusion and denial. They believed what they wanted to believe,’ the author said.Democratic leaders, meanwhile, worried Biden would lose the White House and take down House and Senate candidates with him.Some went public, questioning Biden’s ability to remain the nominee. After growing calls for his departure, including behind-the-scenes work by Barack Obama and Nancy Pelosi, Biden exited the race on July 21.But Klain, despite his concerns about Biden, thought he should have stayed in the race. He got a call from Jeff Zients, his successor as chief of staff, telling him of Biden’s decision to step down.He told Whipple it was a ‘gut punch.’He said he told Zients: ‘I think that’s a mistake. I think this was an avoidable tragedy.’Kamala Harris became the party’s nominee and ultimately lost to Trump.
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