During a recent rendezvous where the American President Donald Trump met with Germany’s Chancellor Friedrich Merz at the prestigious Oval Office of the White House in Washington on Thursday, June 5, 2025, he took some time to touch on a rather incoherent topic. The president was asked about a particularly curious investigation into the prior administration of Joe Biden, sparked by concerning murmurs pertaining to Biden’s cognitive condition and the administration’s alleged misuse of the autopen. In response, Trump diverted from a direct answer, which is indicative of his refreshing and discerning approach to the otherwise rehearsed politics as usual.
When pressed about whether Trump had discovered any hints regarding any executive actions held behind Biden’s back, Trump, in his unique style, commented, ‘Well, I don’t think Biden would know whether or not he signed it.’ This encapsulates the cheeky, windswept swerve where quite comically, and not far from some people’s truth, Trump alludes to Biden perhaps not fully clued into even his own actions, let alone those of his team. He then proceeded to bewilder his questioners with a quirky monologue, making it evident that there is, so far, no concrete evidence surfacing from his Biden investigation.
‘No. But I’ve uncovered, you know, the human mind. I was in a debate with the human mind. And I didn’t think he knew what the hell he was doing. So, you know, it’s just one of those things, one of those problems,’ he replied. Trump’s thoughtful insinuation that he hasn’t yet found anything untoward in the Biden conduct might indeed be muffled by the perplexing tangle of what he perceives as the ‘human mind.’
Trump, in his blistering critique, did not hesitate to call into question the happenings of the Biden administration, especially the nefarious implications of executive decisions being enforced possibly without the former President’s approval. ‘We can’t ever allow that to happen to our country, the danger our country was in,’ Trump hurled sharply, echoing the latent concerns many Americans have about the way their country was governed during Biden’s term.
The Trump accusations soldiered on, boldly framing a narrative of alleged deceit. He proclaimed that ‘radical left, horrible people’, some still shrouded in anonymity, had free reign and abused the autopen, tampering with the democratic process by possibly making decisions that weren’t endorsed by Biden himself. ‘…But I know some of the people that use that autopen, and those are not the people that had the same ideology as Joe Biden,’ further asserting the mystery of actions within the Biden administration.
Doubling down on his allegations, he unflinchingly called out the perceived undemocratic nature of Biden’s win. ‘These were radical left lunatics that used that and they didn’t get elected. He didn’t get elected either,’ he boldly stated, continuing to propel this aspect of his narrative despite the absence of broad-based confirmed evidence of widespread election malpractices.
The commencement of the investigation into Biden’s administrative procedures around the use of the autopen was announced on Wednesday, a marked intensification in Trump’s scrutiny of his political rivals. The implications from this investigation could not only break ground for Republican arguments contesting the validity of Biden’s myriad decisions but also shift the trajectory of political discourse in the country.
As a rejoinder to this, Biden released a late-night statement insisting, ‘Let me be clear: I made the decisions during my presidency. I made the decisions about the pardons, executive orders, legislation, and proclamations. Any suggestion that I didn’t is ridiculous and false.’ Although it is true that the office of the President holds indisputable pardoning power, enshrined and immortalized in the U.S. Constitution, it is also a reality that both Democrat and Republican administrations have historically recognized the use of an autopen to sign legislation and issue pardons.
Trump authored a compelling memo labeling this potential conspiracy as ‘one of the most dangerous and concerning scandals in American history.’ In it, he accused Biden’s administration of manipulating executive power and thereby misleading the American public, who were ideally supposed to be informed about who wielded such power.
The basis for his claims is Biden’s signature’s purported usage across an avalanche of documents that effectively agitated radical policy shifts during his term, without any evidence of the public’s role in such momentous decisions. Such an assertion raises several questions about the fundamental tenets of trust and transparency on which democracy stands.
Interestingly, while this investigation has sparked fresh debates and division, it has also breathed life into a host of intriguing discussions about the nature and influence of the office of the President. The insinuations about the Biden administration’s purported ineffectiveness and clandestine operations provide food for thought, teetering on the edge of both skepticism and concern.
The heat from this rift continues to ripple through both local and international political landscapes, making it increasingly important for American citizens to remain informed and engaged. Only through active participation can they separate the wheat from the chaff, enabling them to critically evaluate how their country’s leaders wield power.