CNN’s Jeff Zeleny: We haven’t seen Biden answer questions “without his aides screaming at him to stop” pic.twitter.com/spQobCFlW1
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* CNN's chief national affairs correspondent Wednesday criticized Biden's aides
* He said that the press team were too controlling of the 78-year-old president
* Biden has frequently joked about annoying his press team with too much talk
* Zeleny spoke after a contentious press conference in Geneva
* Biden was asked about meeting with Vladimir Putin and snapped 'What the hell?' at the reporter who posed the question
* The president later apologized to CNN's Kaitlan Collins for being a 'wise guy'
Joe Biden's aides are preventing him from taking questions, according to CNN's chief national affairs correspondent, who claimed Wednesday night that the president's advisors are regularly 'screaming at him to stop'.
Jeff Zeleny spoke on Wednesday after Biden's much-hyped meeting with Vladimir Putin in Russia.
Biden angrily confronted Zeleny's CNN colleague Kaitlan Collins, asking her: 'What the hell?' when she questioned him about the summit. Biden later apologized, before boarding the plane to leave.
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Update: CNN's Zeleny after Biden presser: I have never seen a president 'so protected by his aides' from our questions (FOX News)
WNU Editor: The ones who are really protecting President Biden are not his aides, but media outlets like CNN.
Update: The reaction to how the media treats President Biden continues .... EXCLUSIVE: 'We hear more about Biden's favorite ice cream flavors than the fact he can't answer basic questions': Republican Rep. says president is 'clearly incapable of running the country' with aides 'protecting' him from the press (Daily Mail).