Former ESPN anchor Sage Steele has interviewed numerous sports stars and media personalities in her days with the “worldwide leader.” Before her acrimonious split with the Disney-owned ESPN, Steele also had the opportunity to interview President Joe Biden, and it didn’t go well.
In an appearance on the Bill Maher show “Club Random,” Steele recalled her 2021 sit-down with Jie Biden and had some interesting observations. She said: “Honestly, I don’t like him. I think he’s a terrible president. However, forget that. The human aspect of what we’re witnessing right now with him, to me, is heartbreaking. And it’s inexcusable by the family when you knew during the election.”
Steele is, of course, referring to the apparent mental decline of the president, which appears to be happening in real-time. Despite the obvious issues, the Democrats and the Biden family continue to prop Joe Biden up and put him in front of cameras.
This particular time in front of cameras was further discussed by Steele: “It was satellite, it wasn’t in person. We’re having a technical issue. And so I had to, like, BS. I had to chitchat waiting for us to start rolling. Well, what he started to do, of course he has someone next to him and they keep a black, like, curtain over the lens of the camera, so you can’t see him until the last second, but you can hear and we’re chitchatting… So I can hear him and he goes, ‘What is this for?’… And he’s, like, ‘Who am I talking to? Wait—what’s her name?'”
When the president’s handler explained that it was Sage Steele and the interview was for ESPN, he launched into a story: “And then he said, ‘SportsCenter. ESPN.’ And he goes, ‘Oh, ok.’ And so I said, you know, what do you say? ‘Hi, Mr. President. Nice to meet you.’ And so I’m trying just to fill time. And he said, ‘You know, I used to play football’… And so he started to tell football stories of his greatness. And again, I can’t see him. You can see the curtain… He goes, ‘And I have the best hands.’ What do you say to that? And then I said, ‘Oh, so you were a receiver.’ And he started to explain it. And here’s the saddest thing — his voice just trailed off. He said, ‘I was good,’ and then he went silent, and he goes, ‘Uhh… never mind.’”
Joe Biden losing his train of thought has been a staple of his presidency. While many find it humorous, Steele just found it sad that he is being put in that position. She continued: “I thought it was so sad because I realized that’s why he was in his basement during the whole election cycle. Because even then, he couldn’t finish his sentences. He struggled. So forget about politics, I don’t care, I didn’t vote for him. However, that made me sad.”
On the subject of voting, Steele revealed to Maher that she indeed voted for former President Trump and that she didn’t vote for Barack Obama, eliciting a surprising response from Maher: “I love it that you love Trump. It’s so much more interesting, and it’s honest.”
Steele continued by saying that she doesn’t love or hate Trump; rather, she was swayed by his policies and entertained by the “craziness” he put on Twitter. She clarified her outlook on voting and the principles with which she makes her decisions: “What I have been able to do, what I forced myself to do, no matter who it is, separate who they are as people and whatever they’ve done in the past, their track record, as my dad used to say, from their policies. And I literally try to vote based on what they believe in, what they’re saying… and making my decisions based on that, because I think most all of them are crappy human beings… I just think it’s important, and I don’t think most people can separate — and they go with their feelings. And our feelings don’t fricking matter. So no matter how much you hate or love someone, like, what are they doing that is not just best for you and your family, but for the country and our national security and our economy. And so I just try to separate and not look at the crazy.”
Sage Steele articulated what everyone should be doing: voting based on policy rather than personality. Whether a candidate is prickly, sarcastic, lovable, affable, or otherwise simply doesn’t matter. What matters is whether or not a president has the best interests of the country and Americans at heart. Steele felt that Trump did, and her opinions of our current president are clear as well. Media needs more honesty and more honest people like Sage Steele.
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