{"id":915,"date":"2025-07-19T15:20:08","date_gmt":"2025-07-19T15:20:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/coolxmagazine.com\/?p=915"},"modified":"2025-07-19T15:20:08","modified_gmt":"2025-07-19T15:20:08","slug":"joe-biden-says-world-leaders-continue-to-reach-out-to-him-for-advice","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/coolxmagazine.com\/?p=915","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;Joe Biden says world leaders continue to reach out to him for advice.&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"512\" height=\"640\" src=\"https:\/\/coolxmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/06-5.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-918\" srcset=\"https:\/\/coolxmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/06-5.jpg 512w, https:\/\/coolxmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/06-5-240x300.jpg 240w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 512px) 100vw, 512px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Former President Joe Biden says political and international figures, including European heads of state, continue to seek his advice\u2014even after stepping down amid increasing criticism and concerns about his leadership.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Biden surprised many at the Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM) convention in San Diego last week when he suggested he&#8217;s still playing an unofficial advisory role behind the scenes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>According to the <em>Western Journal<\/em>, Biden told SHRM President Johnny Taylor, <em>\u201cI\u2019m getting calls\u2014I\u2019m not going to go into detail, I can\u2019t\u2014but from several European leaders asking me to get involved.\u201d<\/em> He added, <em>\u201cI\u2019m giving advice, but I\u2019m not [taking action]\u2026 things have changed.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Democratic strategist Chris Jackson shared a clip of the moment on X, showing Biden speaking in a soft, at times hesitant tone that occasionally shifted to passionate emphasis mid-sentence.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>&#8220;I often ask the rhetorical question: if America doesn\u2019t lead, who will?&#8221;<\/em> Biden said, his voice intensifying. <em>\u201cI\u2019m serious\u2014it\u2019s not about power. Who else can bring people together?\u201d<\/em> He also claimed that lawmakers from both political parties continue to reach out to him.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>&#8220;I\u2019ve got a lot of Republican and Democratic friends who just want to talk,&#8221;<\/em> he said. <em>\u201cNot because they think I have all the answers\u2014just to bounce ideas around.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Perhaps the most puzzling comment came when Biden added, <em>\u201cI\u2019m also laying rubber with my \u201967 Corvette on my driveway.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Critics were quick to seize on the remarks, calling them outdated and symbolic of the larger concerns that plagued his presidency.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>During his term, the U.S. faced rising inflation, surging gas prices, and ongoing tensions at the southern border. 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Biden surprised many at the Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM) convention in San Diego last week when he suggested he&#8217;s still playing an unofficial&#8230;<\/p>\n<p class=\"more-link-wrap\"><a href=\"https:\/\/coolxmagazine.com\/?p=915\" class=\"more-link\">Read More<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &ldquo;&#8220;Joe Biden says world leaders continue to reach out to him for advice.&#8221;&rdquo;<\/span> &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":917,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-915","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/coolxmagazine.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/915","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/coolxmagazine.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/coolxmagazine.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/coolxmagazine.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/coolxmagazine.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=915"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/coolxmagazine.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/915\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":919,"href":"https:\/\/coolxmagazine.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/915\/revisions\/919"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/coolxmagazine.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/917"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/coolxmagazine.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=915"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/coolxmagazine.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=915"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/coolxmagazine.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=915"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}