New photos reveal several sheets of glue used by President Joe Biden during his press conference on Thursday – including one with the photos and names of reporters he planned to visit.
The president also used notes to help with facts about US infrastructure, an area of policy that Biden is focusing on during his first few months at the White House.
“The United States now ranks 13th globally in terms of infrastructure quality – down from 5th place in 2002,” said one point.
But despite having the answers ahead of him, Biden still slipped, saying that the United States was in 85th place in the world ranking in infrastructure, before correcting itself.
Thursday’s briefing press conference, the first held by Biden since taking office 65 days ago, was limited to 25 reporters.
Biden only answered questions from a list of journalists whose names and vehicles he read on a hint card. A photo of the card shows numbers circled around selected reporters.
In the early stages of the 62-minute presser, in which Biden answered 10 questions, the president seemed to lose his mind several times, forgetting the questions and asking reporters if they wanted him to give detailed answers.
Many of his responses were aided by notes he kept in a three-ring binder.
He abruptly ended the press conference, telling reporters, “But folks. I’m going, ”without waiting for a supplementary question.