Joe Biden has been known to order staff to put his speeches into more “plain-speaking” English, according to three people familiar with the directives. | Andrew Harnik/Getty ImagesWith his own party divided and universities engulfed in increasingly confrontational protests over the war in Gaza, President Joe Biden will deliver a major address on Tuesday that advisers hope will demonstrate that he can bring moral clarity to the unrest.
The go-big approach is driven, in part, by a belief among aides and advisers that Biden does not need to be overly reactive to hyperactive news cycles, and that optimal impact comes when he is positioned above the fray. But it is not universally beloved inside the White House. Aides have grumbled that the rhetorical flourishes — often with input from historian Jon Meacham — are too lofty for ordinary listeners; they don’t sound much like classic Scranton Joe.
While Biden’s aides condemned the recent violence that broke out at some college campuses, he himself had largely not commented about the rise of pro-Palestinian protests until the pressure became insurmountable. Tuesday’s address was the originally planned vehicle for having him enter the conversation in a substantial way. But he and his team concluded last Thursday that they couldn’t wait that long — so he went before the cameras then.
While Tuesday’s speech was written without meaningful contributions from Meacham, who doubles as an informal Biden adviser, some allies still expect it to have the sweeping, historical themes typical of an address he helps write; specifically around the perniciousness of antisemitism. Biden’s speech on Tuesday will take place amid a host of tension points: an elusive ceasefire deal in Gaza, Israeli’s authorization of a Rafah invasion, a deepening campus protest culture and growing Democratic angst about a chaotic summer harming his reelection bid.
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