WASHINGTON — Last weekend, before his second trip abroad since taking office, President Joe Biden had to prepare for foreign leader meetings and wanted to do it from the comfort of his family home. But he had problems brewing in Washington, where his legislative priorities are struggling for passage.
Instead of staying at the White House, where he usually meets with lawmakers, Biden summoned two Democratic senators to his house in Wilmington, Delaware, in an effort to get his domestic agenda moving through Congress.
Biden’s routine trips to his personal residence underscore the difficulty he has had adjusting to life in the executive mansion, where he has little privacy and has acknowledged feeling not quite at home. He has traveled to Delaware 25 times since taking office in January, all but two of the trips were to spend time at home.
