Democrat donors have expressed concern after it was reported he was relying on cheat sheets to talk about his own policies at private fundraisers.
The 81-year-old, who has been known to use notecards, is allegedly turning to written prompts at closed-door meetings with donors.
Biden's fundraisers tend to follow the same pattern, with the President delivering introductory remarks with reporters, but not news cameras, present in the room.
There is often a teleprompter being used, but there was none at the President’s fundraiser in San Francisco on Wednesday, where when speaking off-the-cuff Biden called Vladimir Putin a "crazy SOB."
President Biden has been known for his reliance on notes
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Reporters are then led out of the room with the rest of the event continuing in private. Democrat donors at Biden’s fundraisers are usually allowed to ask the president a couple of questions that had been pre-screened by aides.
However, Axiom reports that it is during these staged Q&A sessions that Biden reportedly turns to his notes prepared by staffers.
Some donors were said to have come away from fundraisers alarmed that Biden appears to cling to written notes to speak on matters of policy he should be intimately familiar with.
But other donors have spoken out in favour of the President, saying he remained sharp on topics such as immigration.
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President Biden's use of notes in his speeches has been questioned
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A donor who attended a recent fundraiser in Manhattan Fred Hochberg said: "He’s always been an extemporaneous speaker, and he spoke off-the-cuff.
"Not scripted at all. I asked him about immigration and the border, and he talked about what’s going on."
The President does have a history of having to rely on crib sheets. In April last year, a photo of a notecard in his hands during a press conference revealed that he had advance knowledge of a question from a reporter.
In June 2022, the president was caught holding a cheat sheet that gave him a series of extremely detailed instructions: "YOU enter the Roosevelt Room and say hello to participants. YOU take YOUR seat."
Biden has come under fire in recent months for his mental capabilities as he seeks re-election later this year.
A new poll from Quinnipiac University showed that 67 per cent of registered voters said that the octogenarian president is too old to serve another term.
This is compared to 57 per cent who said the same of the 77-year-old Donald Trump, Biden's most likley candidate.
President Biden has hit back at these concerns, saying: "I know what the hell I’m doing!"
