Joe Biden has reentered the public spotlight just in time to remind Americans why they were glad to see him exit the White House.

This week, the former president awkwardly announced that he has “written” a book titled “Promise Me, America,” and, predictably, the internet responded with a torrent of disbelief and ridicule.

For a man who famously struggles to finish coherent sentences, the idea of authoring an entire memoir without a small army of ghostwriters sounds like pure fiction.

In his announcement video, Biden delivered a meandering speech about faith, leadership, and America’s “promise.”

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The release is set for November 17, conveniently placed before the midterm elections, in what appears to be an attempt to make himself relevant again.

Americans immediately saw through it. The replies to his announcement online painted a picture of a public not exactly eager for more of Joe’s “wisdom.”

Biden kicked off his message by claiming he has spent his retirement dealing with a cancer diagnosis, undergoing treatment, and reflecting on his “time as president.”

He proudly told viewers, “I’ve written a book about my time as president. It’s called Promise Me, America.”

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He promised stories about leading the country through the pandemic, rebuilding the economy, restoring democracy, and ending the war in Afghanistan.

Each of those claims likely raised more eyebrows than applause.

Critics were quick to point out the glaring contradictions.

The so-called rebuilding of the economy left Americans facing crushing inflation, record energy costs, and an ongoing housing crisis.

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“Restoring democracy,” according to Biden, meant branding half the country as extremists and weaponizing federal agencies against political opponents.

If that is his idea of faith in America, most Americans will gladly pass.

Social media responses were brutal.

Many users questioned whether Biden even knew he had “written” a book.

“It’s called Autopen and me, how a potato pretended to run a country.” one user quipped.

Others joked about how his publishers must have had to decode his daily mumblings just to get enough coherent lines for a chapter.

A consistent theme across thousands of replies was disbelief that Biden played any real part in the creation of the book.

Plenty of users also mocked his long history of using an auto-pen to sign documents while in office.

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“Did you write it with an autopen?” Scott Presler wrote.

To many Americans, Biden’s announcement felt less like a literary effort and more like another manufactured narrative to prop up his legacy after a disastrous presidency.

Biden also used the announcement to revisit the excuses for his decision to seek reelection and then abruptly bow out.

He said his book would explain “why I chose to run for re-election and why I chose to step aside.”

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That line alone lit up his critics, who asked which explanation he planned to stick with this week.

Biden’s constant vacillation has become part of his political brand, and this attempt to rewrite recent history seems to fit the pattern perfectly.

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Ironically, the title of the book, “Promise Me, America,” sounds like a plea rather than a statement.

Coming from the same administration that promised “unity” while dividing the nation at every turn, it may be the most unintentionally fitting title possible.

Biden spent his term breaking promises, from energy independence to border security and fiscal responsibility, and Americans remember all of it too well.

Democrats, meanwhile, are not thrilled by Biden’s renewed presence.

Party strategists had spent months trying to shift attention away from Biden’s dismal approval ratings and toward their own congressional candidates.

Instead, he announced a memoir that reopens every political wound from his troubled tenure.

You can almost hear the collective sigh from Democratic headquarters as Biden reminds the nation of his presidency’s lowlights.

The release timing also raised eyebrows.

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Dropping in mid-November places it squarely between campaign season and the holiday shopping period, practically begging for a CNN book special that no one will watch.

Conservatives online were particularly ruthless, suggesting that the only reason to preorder the book would be for a good laugh or a makeshift doorstop.

For all his talk about faith in America, Biden’s record remains the opposite of hopeful.

He presided over chaos abroad, uncertainty at home, a weaponized federal bureaucracy, and cultural polarization deeper than ever.

His memoir, if anything, will likely serve as a monument to the arrogance of Washington elites who mistake their failures for accomplishments.

Whether the book sells or not, one thing is certain.

The American people did not forget the last few years, and they are not nostalgic for them either.

Judging by the online reaction, Biden’s return to the spotlight might become the most poorly received book tour in modern political memory.

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