Franklin Roosevelt used to go to his ‘Little White House’ in Warm Springs, Georgia, as much as he could.” Mann added that Roosevelt found the hot springs there to be helpful for his polio. “Lyndon Johnson often went to his ranch in Texas Ronald Reagan went to his ranch in California. “A lot of presidents have reserved time at family homes instead of the White House,” said Lina Mann, a historian with the White House Historical Association. It’s not wholly unusual for presidents to feel the urge to escape the confines of the White House campus, and many before Biden have taken hearty advantage of doing so.
Pop is calling: Kids and grandkids on the line with President Joe Biden The photograph may not be manipulated in any way and may not be used in commercial or political materials, advertisements, emails, products, promotions that in any way suggests approval or endorsement of the President, the First Family, or the White House. (Official White House Photo by Chuck Kennedy)This official White House photograph is being made available only for publication by news organizations and/or for personal use printing by the subject(s) of the photograph. Vice President Joe Biden speaks on the phone following an event to launch the "It's On Us" campaign, a new public awareness and action campaign designed to prevent sexual assault at colleges and universities, on the Colonnade of the White House, Sept. And as all Americans can agree, it’s important for leaders to avoid becoming ensconced in Washington, DC.” “Presidents of the United States are constantly on the job, regardless of their location - whether they’re on a state visit overseas or just 100 miles from the White House for a short trip to Wilmington, DE. “President Biden is deeply proud of his roots and his family and it has been a staple of his time in public life to never lose touch with either,” White House deputy press secretary Andrew Bates said in a statement to CNN. Tension is building between White House staff tasked with delivering the news of a weekend away and the logistical apparatus that allows it, said another person familiar with operations. Part of the issue is that Biden is quite simply no longer “Amtrak Joe,” and that moving the President of the United States from point A to point B requires dozens of people, military precision planning and the coordination of law enforcement, from the Secret Service to local police officers. “The worst is when the decision happens on a Wednesday to leave on Friday, or even a Thursday to leave on Saturday.” “Even if it’s Tuesday and the schedule says he will be at the White House for that weekend – or it doesn’t say he’s going anywhere – in the back of my mind, I know he’s going to not be at the White House,” said another person who works as part of the presidential entourage, acknowledging that now used to Biden’s habits, they plan accordingly. One person said it’s the escapism aspect of getting away from “the office” that drives him to seek another location.
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The residence is, however, the symbolic pinnacle of political achievement, which begs the question why he would rather not have been there for 14 of the 19 weekends he has been presidentĭespite its 54,900 square feet, bowling alley, movie theater, tennis pavilion, acres of grounds and dozens of staff, Biden’s instinct – sometimes last-minute, say those familiar with his schedule – is to get away from it for a weekly breather.
“The White House isn’t going to change that.” “Joe Biden has always been the guy who goes home to Delaware,” said another person who has worked with the President. Joe Biden just can't quit Delaware - even as president The numbers far exceed any modern president’s weekends off-campus at this point in his tenure.
Counting this Memorial Day weekend, Biden has been in Wilmington nine weekends and passed five weekends at the presidential retreat, Camp David, in rural Maryland. Since taking office four months ago, the President has spent more weekends away from the White House than he has stayed there, almost three times as many. In all, he took more than 8,000 of those roundtrips during his 36 years in the Senate and, though less frequently, his eight years as vice president, no small feat for a busy politician. Beginning in 1973, when he was a United States Senator from Delaware, Joe Biden had a ritual: nearly every evening he would hop a train back to Wilmington after his work day on Capitol Hill, spending most nights and weekends at the place he considered home, 100 miles from Washington.ĭoing so earned him the nickname “Amtrak Joe,” and in 2011, the Wilmington depot was renamed the Joseph R.
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