In the final year of his presidency, Joe Biden’s top aides — and his wife, Jill —hid him from the media and the public in ways that we are only now beginning to fully grasp.

On Tuesday, we got another look at how pervasive the effort to keep Biden from speaking extemporaneously really was — and how it has continued even after his time in the White House.

The truth is this: The Biden inner circle simply believes that Biden himself is no longer to be trusted in any sort of non-staged interaction.

What other explanation is there for not only berating the reporter — God forbid he try to get in touch with Biden to get his side of the story on 2024! — but also taking the extreme step of getting rid of Biden’s phone number?