text:  where Jake Tapper will go, well, don't you mean, Mr. President, this? Oh, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, that's what I mean. So it isn't unusual for the president to take some time off as the debate comes close. Presidents who get rusty during their time in office, and Biden hasn't been challenged on policy decisions or opinions. He stays cocooned into the White House or his mansion in Delaware. He rarely gives interviews.