"Joe Biden is, like, dead. Not literally. Like, he, like, can't say a sentence," admits Henry Appel, advisor at the National Security Council (NSC), about the current state of the President’s health. Appel, who works in the Intelligence Programs Directorate, noted his team's responsibility for providing senior policymakers with top secrets, stating, "We give all of the senior policymakers all of the secrets." He went on to describe Biden’s deteriorating communication skills as a concern, adding, "[Biden] can't say a sentence." Recalling a phone call in which the President struggled to understand the simple phrase, “novel phenomenon,” Appel shared "He [Biden] was just like, 'What do you mean, like a book?' when my boss [Jake Sullivan] used the word 'novel.'”

Appel didn't stop there; he also recounted an exchange from a call with Joe Biden, revealing, “I picked up the phone and said, 'Hello, Mr. President'... and he asked for Jake [Sullivan]. After a brief exchange, Biden called me back 10 seconds later asking again, ‘Is Jake there?’” Appel told Biden, “No, he's traveling with you,” adding, “He's on the same trip that you are.”

Appel also described his perspective on the results of Donald Trump’s 2024 election victory, stating that White House officials felt “trauma-bonded" after the election, adding, “We're also all kind of concerned about them [Trump Administration] coming after us.”