Ex-Obama aide admits Biden skipping 2024 Super Bowl interview was 'major sign of trouble'

Former Obama adjutant David Axelrod conceded connected Sunday that erstwhile President Biden skipping the Super Bowl interrogation successful 2024 was a "major sign" of occupation for him, noting that President Donald Trump was each implicit it. 

"A twelvemonth ago, Biden refused the accepted Super Bowl interview and the unparalleled assemblage it would person yielded. That bewildering determination was a large motion of trouble," Axelrod wrote connected societal media.

Trump spoke to Fox News' Bret Baier up of the Super Bowl connected Sunday and praised some teams earlier predicting the Kansas City Chiefs would win. The Philadelphia Eagles yet bushed the Chiefs 40-22.

Fox News big Bret Baier sat down with President Trump for an interrogation connected Super Bowl Sunday. (Fox News)

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During the interview, Trump praised Elon Musk, who has spearheaded Trump's Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), and said, "He's not gaining anything. In fact, I wonderment however helium tin give the clip to it."

"I'm going to archer him precise soon… to spell cheque the Department of Education. He's going to find the aforesaid thing. Then I'm going to spell into the military. Let's cheque the military. We're going to find billions, hundreds of billions of dollars of fraud and abuse, and the radical elected maine connected that," Trump added. 

Biden declined Super Bowl interviews successful 2023 and 2024, but did beryllium downs for pre-game interviews successful 2021 and 2022. 

The erstwhile president's determination to not beryllium for a Super Bowl interrogation successful 2024 was met with swift disapproval and questions successful a cardinal predetermination year.

David Axelrod called retired Biden's determination to skip the 2024 Super Bowl interrogation connected Sunday, pointing retired President Donald Trump was "all implicit it." (Left: (Photo by Mandel Ngan - Pool/Getty Images), Center:  (Photo by Scott Olson/Getty Images), Right: (Photo by Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images))

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At the time, James Carville suggested that Biden skipping the interrogation was a "sign."

"And you don’t bash it? That’s a benignant of motion that the unit oregon yourself doesn’t person overmuch assurance successful you," Carville continued. "There’s nary different mode to work this."

Biden did less interviews than his predecessors portion successful office, and yet ended up dropping retired of the contention pursuing a unsmooth statement performance. 

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Reporters questioned the president's determination astatine the time, with CNN's Jake Tapper asking, "What is helium acrophobic of erstwhile it comes to doing that interview?"

Bloomberg newsman Saleha Mohsin besides said it was "telling."

"And to me, him saying nary to thing that he’s expected to do, a superior interview, helium tin truly get his connection retired to an audience, conscionable sitting, waiting for him, waiting for his message, is telling," Mohsin said, asking, "Is it due to the fact that helium can’t grip it?"