President Biden’s public schedule for Thursday 05/11/2023:
| 10:00 AM | In-Town Pool Call Time The White House In-Town Pool |
| 11:00 AM | The President receives the Presidential Daily Briefing; The Vice President attends Oval Office Closed Press |
| 1:00 PM Press Briefing | Press Briefing by Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre and Secretary of Homeland Security Alejandro Mayorkas James S. Brady Press Briefing Room |
| 4:00 PM Remarks | The President delivers remarks celebrating the historic conservation actions that have been enacted by the Biden-Harris Administration Rose Garden Open Press |
Press briefing:
President Biden’s remarks:
All About the Debt Ceiling/Budget Tweets
From Wednesday…
The YouTube is 37 minutes and 58 seconds long. His full remarks can be found here.
There isn’t much to say here that hasn’t already been said, but he did offer remarks from the South Lawn.
Q: Could you give us any update from your staffs on the debt limit talks? Have you gotten any update today?
No, I haven’t. I haven’t gotten any update.
White House.gov. 05/10/2023.
Q: How are you feeling though? Do you feel more optimistic about a deal today than you did yesterday?
Look, the purpose of them meeting together was to lay out what we think the answer is in terms of the budget, what we think we should cut, what we think the revenue should be, and have them lay it out as well and begin a discussion. That’s the purpose of the meeting.
White House.gov. 05/10/2023.
Q: Mr. President, is a short-term — is a short-term increase the only option now?
No. No, it’s not the — we still have time to do a whole deal.
White House.gov. 05/10/2023.
Q Mr. President, what are you looking for out of Friday’s meeting?
THE PRESIDENT: On Friday?
Q When you’re meeting with the Leader again and the —
THE PRESIDENT: To find out what our staffs agreed upon and begin further discussion.
Look, the idea that we’re going to just not discuss anything consequential is just not real. We have to decide what is — for example, they keep saying they only want — they’re going to go back to the 2022 budget. Well, the 2022 budget — in the 2022 budget, what is it that they are going to cut? What are they going to keep? Are — just tell us. Are they going to make sure they continue to fund the Defense Department? Are they not going to cut veterans? Well, if they’re not going to do that, what are they going to cut? So we know what we’re talking about.
White House.gov. 05/10/2023.
Not related to the debt ceiling but I giggled a little:
Q Should Congressman Santos be expelled from Congress?
THE PRESIDENT: Oh, I — look, if I comment at all on li- — on Santos, you’re all going to say I’m getting the Justice Department to do things. I’m not commenting on Santos at all.
Q I meant from Congress. I meant by Congress. Should he be expelled by lawmakers from Congress?
THE PRESIDENT: That’s for Congress to decide.
White House.gov. 05/10/2023.
His budget can be found here.
The House passed H.R.2811–Limit, Save, Grow Act of 2023 on 04/26/2023.
Economic Tweets
From Wednesday…
From Thursday…
Random Tweet
From Thursday…
The video clip is 26 seconds long. The video was taken on 05/08/2023; likely prior to the screening of the Disney+ series “American Born Chinese”.
The summary of the video: Academy Award Winner Ke Huy Quan meets President Biden in the Oval Office. There is much excitement that ends with Quan and President Biden taking a selfie together.
This is an Open Thread.
