Joe Biden is almost pretty much out of the woods when it comes to recovering from COVID-19, or so we’re told. His symptoms are nearly “resolved,” though it’s worth reminding time and time again that the White House refuses to make Biden’s personal physician, Dr. Kevin O’Connor, directly available to the American people, instead insisting that letters will have to do.

The president has continued working throughout his diagnosis, which includes talking to the press and partaking in several video messages. A recent one truly has people talking, though. Not only does the president like and sound really tired and ragged, he doesn’t blink once throughout the whole message, which may be the most hostage-like video the White House has released.

Another video, this one close to a minute long, was posted to the president’s official Twitter account later on Tuesday. While the president does manage to blink throughout, it’s nevertheless bizarre in how he continues to try and take credit for modest decreases in gas prices, which still remain particularly high. Tellingly, though, the administration has refused to take blame for rising gas prices under Biden, instead blaming Russian President Vladimir Putin. Such is a narrative, though, that this gaslighting White House refuses to acknowledge though, not surprisingly.

The president’s video message left out some key details, such as how Biden depleted the strategic petroleum low to a historic low, as Katie highlighted earlier on Tuesday. There was a hint of truth in the video message, though, reminding Americans that the pain is the point, as Biden is predominantly prioritizing and has been prioritizing since before he was even in office being “focused on transitioning to a clean energy economy.”