MAUREEN CALLAHAN: I asked the shady Biden to get off his sun lounger and go to Hawaii. But after THAT messy visit, I take it all back… The people of Maui have suffered enough

We all cried out for the President last week. Where was he, days after the apocalyptic Maui wildfires?

We actually knew where he was: on the beach at his beachfront home in Delaware. He’s getting ready for his next vacation to Lake Tahoe. When asked about the thousand-plus missing and Pompeii-like damage and what his plan was, he gave a reptilian “No comment.”

When would he come to visit?

Anyway, I wrote an impassioned column begging the President to leave.

Now I take everything back. The people of Maui have suffered enough.

Joe Biden finally saw fit to interrupt his second vacation since the wildfires to don his worn-out coat as empathizer-in-chief 13 days after the fires, get down to earth in Hawaii and comfort survivors.

It didn’t go well.

“F**k you!” was the predominant greeting from his motorcade. Local residents held up unwelcome signs reading “It’s too late.” ‘Actions speak louder than words’.

Right, they have.

We all cried out for the President last week. Where was he, days after the apocalyptic Maui wildfires? I wrote an impassioned column begging the President to leave. Now I take everything back. The people of Maui have suffered enough.

Joe Biden finally saw fit to interrupt his second furlough since the wildfires to don his worn-out coat as empathizer-in-chief 13 days after the fires and comfort survivors. It didn’t go well. “F**k you!” was the predominant greeting from his motorcade.

But Joe Biden did not allow himself to be humiliated. Joe Biden knows no shame. Instead, he delivered a tortuous speech, in which he again invoked his own tragedies, with the customary dash of exaggeration.

“I don’t want to compare difficulties,” he said. Spoiler alert: he compared difficulties.

Once upon a time, while he was filming a glamorous TV spot for Meet the Press, he and Jill experienced a kitchen fire. He almost lost his classic Corvette! Parked at his waterfront home!

Would the people of Maui, who are living through the agony of entire families burned to ashes in their homes, or the body of a 14-year-old boy found alone clutching his dead dog, care to hear these details?

“It was a sunny Sunday,” Biden said — oh my god, isn’t there anyone in this White House who can update this president? – “And lightning struck at home in a small lake that is outside our house – not a lake but a large pond – and struck a wire and struck under our house into our heating ducts, the air conditioning ducts.

“Long story short, I nearly lost my wife, my ’67 Corvette, and my cat. But joking aside – is there a joke in this? – “I watched the firefighters react…they ran into the flames to save my wife and family…sometimes the smoke is so thick…that’s how thick it was in the house.”

Not so, said the firefighters who responded. The fire in Biden’s kitchen was “minor” according to the Cranston Heights Fire Company and was extinguished in just 20 minutes.

But hey – Joe Biden never lets facts get in the way of a good story. And no one’s suffering can ever be compared to their own.

His speech to the people of Maui was abominable. It was all about him. Notice this line: “I give you my word, as Biden.”

As Biden? How about being President of the United States?

He had such a low hurdle to overcome: get down on the floor, shake hands and offer hugs, look the survivors in the eye and listen to their stories, and come up with a clear plan of action.

All he had to do was deliver a short, profound speech and cede the stage to the local heroes — take a page from George W. Bush’s promise on the post-9/11 World Trade Center pile.

But he can’t. Joe Biden is fundamentally constitutionally incapable of allowing others to grieve. He literally claimed that he had “a similar experience” to the Maui survivors.

He had such a low hurdle to overcome: get on the floor, shake hands, offer hugs — and a clear plan of action. But he can’t. Joe Biden is fundamentally constitutionally incapable of allowing others to grieve. (Pictured: Flames ravage Lahaina, Hawaii earlier this month).

“By the way,” he continued, “I was listed as the poorest man in Congress for 36 years, so I didn’t get there based on my income.”

Can you believe that was part of his speech to the survivors? How is it relevant? Removed relevant? Does Biden really want to invoke his family’s suspicious wealth?

To quote Barack Obama, “Don’t underestimate Joe’s ability to screw things up.”

Biden continued to insist on the loss of his first wife and young daughter in a car accident – a tragedy he blamed on the other driver, whom Biden falsely accused of intoxication.

“So I have a little idea of ​​what it’s like.”

No, Mr President, you do not.

So it was as he met with Gold Star families whose loved ones died in his botched exit from Afghanistan, all the while phoning his late son Beau, whom he often claims died in Iraq. (Beau died of a brain tumor.)

The same thing happened when he was caught checking his watch every time one of those 13 flag-decorated coffins was unloaded from military planes in Dover.

“Most disrespectful thing I’ve ever seen,” said Darin Hoover, father of fallen Marine Staff Sgt. Taylor Hoover. “They fired the salute and he checked his watch at each one.” “All 13, he checked his watch.”

So now I know: Joe Biden should have stayed away from Maui. He should have sent thoughts and prayers and far more than a $700 check to each surviving family. He should have begged Barack Obama or some other respected Hawaiian to leave.

The Rock would have done better. Jason Momoa. Damn everyone but deaf grumpy old Joe.

Gazing at a canine rescue and recovery dog ​​wearing protective paw gear, Biden joked to the press, ‘Did you guys catch the boots out here?’ This is a hot topic, man.’

Ugh, this “man”. Joe is such a cool cat, isn’t he? He’s just one of us. Amtrak Joe. Watch out: he might hit you in the parking lot after the fourth period. Do you remember “CornPop”? The gang leader with a razor blade in the shared bathroom in 1962? The ‘bad guy’ Joe Biden hit back with a 6ft chain?

Joe Biden, pathological fabulist, national embarrassment.

He should have stayed away from Maui. He should have sent thoughts and prayers and far more than a $700 check to each surviving family. He should have begged Barack Obama or some other respected Hawaiian to leave. The Rock would have done better. Damn everyone but deaf grumpy old Joe. (Pictured: Joe and Jill on the beach in Delaware earlier this month).

Incidentally, these dogs could only work short shifts because the ground in Lahaina is still blisteringly hot. This is cause for concern, not comedy.

How about the climate crisis, Mr President?

Speaking of which, for the love of all that is sacred, please stay away from Palm Springs and Los Angeles and any future disaster areas in general. The American people need not watch their faltering, probably insane President walk away from the podium gaping, staring blankly, in need of leadership, as we saw Monday.

This sad picture is a microcosm of the Biden presidency: nobody is behind the wheel. The whole world can see it. Do the Democrats really want to support him in 2024?

And where is Jill Biden in all of this? Most women would gently take their man’s hand and say, ‘Time’s up.’ You’ve done your best, but it’s time to go.’

Most wives would want to protect the rest of their husband’s dignity. Legacy.

Not so with the Bidens, who are now safely housed in an $18 million vacation home and out of sight.

That’s where their priorities lie, after all: bribery and corruptibility, all under the guise of national service. What it must be like for the Maui homeless whose only relief is that Joe Biden is gone.