President Biden spends almost as much time on R&R as he does running the country.
The 81-year-old commander-in-chief has racked up 532 vacation days in less than four years — about 40% of the 1, 326 days he’s been in office.
It would take the average American — who gets 11 days a year of vacation — approximately 48 years to accumulate that number of days off, according to shocking data compiled by the Republican National Committee.
“The image of Biden fast asleep and lying flat on his back in his chair at the beach while America and the world is on fire will define the Biden presidency,” said Mark Paoletta, the general counsel of the White House budget office under former President Donald Trump.
President Joe Biden has racked up a total of 532 vacation days in less than four years in office which equates to 48 years of vacations, according to data compiled by the Republican National Committee.Shutterstock“Inflation has been out of control; prices still way too high; our border overrun with millions of illegal aliens committing violent crimes on our citizens; the world in a perilous state; and all Biden wants to do is go on vacation and check out — for more than 530 days,” he said.
The RNC noted that last Saturday’s fun in the sun for Biden in Rehoboth Beach, Delaware was his “16th straight day on vacation.”
Speculation has swirled that Biden has been keeping an even lower public profile since late July because he’s annoyed with fellow Democrats, such as former House Speake Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.), who turned against him and strong-armed him into not seeking re-election.
The Post’s front-page report last year noted that Biden spent all or part of 382 of the first 957 days of his presidency – or 40% — on personal overnight trips away from the White House, putting him on pace to become America’s most idle commander-in-chief.
President Biden seen on the beach in Rehoboth, Delaware in August 2024.AFP via Getty Images
Biden’s 40% out-of-office ratio far surpasses that of former President Donald Trump, who spent 26% of his presidency on personal trips out of Washington — 381 of his 1,461 days in office.
By contrast, Ronald Reagan and Barack Obama vacationed for just 11% of their two-term presidencies — and workhorse Jimmy Carter took only 79 days’ worth of breaks, accounting for 5% of his single term in office.
On Saturday, Biden had lunch at Fieldstone Golf Club in New Castle County, Delaware with former Pennsylvania Sen.Ted Kaufman.
Presidential aides repeatedly claim Biden, like past presidents, works remotely and remains on call when on break – even though he’s been snapped on more than one occasion snoozing on Rehoboth Beach.
Rep. Nicole Malliotakis (R-Staten Island/Brooklyn) quipped that Biden should do Americans a favor — by taking more time off.
Biden’s time being out of office on vacation surpasses former President Donald Trump as he’s been out of office 40% of the time compared to Trump being out of the office only 26% of his time as President.AP
“We probably would have been better off if he did even less and went on vacation more,” she said.
“Sadly, he repealed President Trump’s border policies, lifted sanctions on Iran that enriched them, and implemented anti-energy policies that drove up the cost gas, food and utility bills. If he just left things alone, things would be better.”
White House spokesman Andrew Bates said: “It’s not a surprise that the same geniuses who attack President Biden for petting hero dogs and liking ice cream can’t count, but he has taken fewer vacation days than the modern average for presidents and works hard every day, wherever he is.”
Accused Georgia school shooter Colt Gray apologized to his mom before he allegedly killed four people — prompting her to make a desperate call in a bid to stop the tragedy, according to his grandfather and a report.
In an exclusive interview with The Post Saturday, Charles Polhamus said his daughter Marcee Gray was visiting him at his home in Fitzgerald, Georgia, when Colt sent her a haunting text Wednesday morning.
Charlie Polhamus, 81, shared his anger and grief over the shooting.Robin Rayne for NY Post
Marcee, 43, desperately called Apalachee High School and warned a counselor of an “extreme emergency,” a relative told The Washington Post.
“I was the one that notified the school counselor at the high school. I told them it was an extreme emergency and for them to go immediately and find [my son] to check on him,” she told her sister, according to the outlet.
After getting Colt’s text, Marcee rushed into her car to head to Winder, about three hours away, and heard halfway there that two students and two teachers were killed, Polhamus, 81, told The Post
“It’s horrible. It’s absolutely horrible,” Marcee told The Post, declining to share details about the bloodshed.
After Marcee Gray’s panicked call, school officials appeared to try and avert the disaster, Gray’s sister Annie Brown and another student told The Washington Post.
Colt Gray, 14, is charged with four counts of murder for allegedly shooting up his Georgia school last week.via REUTERS
An administrator was searching for Colt and went to his classroom minutes before the shooting unfolded, but he wasn’t there. Instead, the administrator with the backpack of another kid with a similar name who also was out of the room, the outlet reported.
The stage for the violence was set long ago, Polhamus said, slamming Colt’s dad Colin as “evil” and claiming Colin Gray got Marcee addicted to drugs — ruining the family.
“Collie Gray did this to his family and he will rot in hell for it. That’s a fact,” Polhamus said outside his home. “He needs the death penalty. He is probably one of the worst narcissists in the world.”
An attorney representing Colin could not be reached for comment.
What we know about alleged Georgia school shooter Colt Gray's family
Lauren Vickers, a neighbor of the family, says the children were often locked out of the home.
Charles Polhamus, Gray’s maternal grandfather, says Colin Gray was verbally abusive towards his grandson and daughter.
Gray’s aunt, Annie Brown, says Gray had been struggling with his mental health.
Both Colt and Colin, 54, face charges of murder in connection to the cold-blooded shooting. Authorities said Colin gave his son, who is being charged as an adult, the AR-15-style rifle used in the massacre as a Christmas gift.
Although the former marine doesn’t excuse his grandson’s violence, he said Colt was driven to it because of his father.
“He was a good kid turned bad in a bad situation. It’s sad. An environment that a kid grows up in has everything to do with their personality and what they become,” Polhamus said.
Marcee Gray, the mother of the alleged 14-year-old Georgia school shooter Colt Gray, has a lengthy rap sheet.Facebook/Marcee Gray
Colin regularly screamed at Marcee and the kids, he claimed. Marcee herself once described herself as a victim of abuse wrote her kids were “thriving” after she and Colin split up last year.
Polhamus accused Colin of becoming addicted to opiates a few years ago, after hurting his back. He allegedly pressured Marcee to obtain drugs for him when doctors refused to hand over prescriptions, the grandfather said.
“Living in that environment – they lost their house, he lost his job,” the grandfather said of Colin Gray.
It was revealed that Colin purchased the AR-15-style rifle Colt allegedly used in the massacre as a Christmas gift last December.Getty Images
“Two years he laid on his back and never did a thing. My daughter Marcee worked. They had a half-million dollar farm before all this happened and they lost it.”
Marcee — whose rap sheet stretches back nearly two decades — moved with her three kids to Polhamus’ home, he said, but police sent the children back to their father after she was caught with drugs.
Her arrest record includes charges of drug possession, aggravated battery, theft and criminal trespass and she once “threatened to kill her husband” during an incident, according to the Daily Mail.
Polhamus slammed Colt’s dad Colin as “evil.”Fox 5 Atlanta
But her father alleged Colin is “100%” to blame for running Colt off the rails.
Marcee has been clean for about a year and found a good-paying job, her dad said before he theorized the damage her ex-husband had done to the family was too much for the kids to recover from.
“Zero on Marcee. Marcee never did anything to Colt. All she did is help him out,” he said, calling reports that she abused the kids “not true.”
“Colt didn’t cause that to happen. He did it. He didn’t wake up one day and decide I’m going to kill [four] people. No, he didn’t do that. He came out of an environment,” the grandfather claimed.
“If you step in a wad of s–t, what happens to your foot? You step in a wad of s–t. This is no different. To live in that for 11 years, my daughter and her children.”
“If you live in that kind of relationship for 11 years you’re not going to stay stable,” he said, adding the relationship “absolutely” changed his daughter.
He learned last week that he could spend the rest of his life behind bars for the violent present.
“Vengeance is mine, say the lord,” said Polhamus.
“He’s getting what he deserves. My grandson is getting what he deserves, too,” he continued.
“Colt has to pay for what he did but I’m telling you, he was driven, no question in my mind. He was driven by his father to do what he did. That’s as plain as I can put it and I know I’m right.”
The grieving grandfather claimed Colt was apologetic for the bloodshed and was a “good kid” before Wednesday’s violence — emphasizing that Colt “was nothing like his dad.”
When asked what he would tell Colin if he saw him today, Polhamus simply said: “I hope you rot in hell.”
