President Joe Biden told Democrat governors this week that he needs to be sleeping more, working less, and needs to stop doing events at night after his embarrassing showing during last week’s presidential debate.

The New York Times reported that Biden acknowledged to the governors that he was having fatigue issues — a stark contradiction to White House staffers’ claims in recent days as they seek to quell forces from inside the party that are trying to push him out as polls show former President Donald Trump with a commanding lead over him and the overwhelming majority of voters believe that he is “too old” to be president.

Biden told the governors that he was staying in the race as he blamed his poor debate performance on trips that he took weeks prior to the debate.

“Biden said that he told his staff he needed to get more sleep,” the report said. “He repeatedly referenced pushing too hard and not listening to his team about his schedule, and said he needed to work fewer hours and avoid events after 8 p.m.”

Hawaii Governor Josh Green, a physician, reportedly asked Biden specific questions about his health, to which Biden claimed that he was mostly fine before telling the governors: “It’s just my brain.”

The Biden campaign claimed that the president was “clearly making a joke” about his brain even though there has been widespread speculation that Biden is suffering from some form of dementia or Parkinson’s disease.

In the week prior to the debate, Biden was on vacation at Camp David where he prepared every day by taking naps and never starting debate prep before 11 a.m.

When asked during the White House press briefing on Wednesday whether Biden takes naps every afternoon, Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre refused to answer the question.

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“Does he (Joe Biden) have an afternoon nap everyday?”

She never answers the question. pic.twitter.com/5OI0IYHBX8

— Wesley Hunt (@WesleyHuntTX) July 3, 2024

Former President Donald Trump released a 4th of July message on Thursday, dropping the hammer on President Joe Biden, Vice President Kamala Harris, and special prosecutor Jack Smith.

Trump, who was widely viewed as the winner of the first presidential debate last week, has remained relatively quiet while Biden attempts to assure allies and voters that he has the mental and physical stamina to continue his re-election campaign. Trump released his 4th of July statement hours after a leaked video of the former president calling Biden an “old, broken down pile of crap” went viral on social media.

“Happy Fourth of July to all, including to our highly incapable ‘President,’ who uses Prosecutors to go after his Political Opponent, who choked like a dog during the Debate but tried to pretend it was ‘International Travel’ (only 12 days rest!) and, when that gig was up, he blamed it on a ‘cold.’ Therefore, why would anyone say he’s cognitively challenged?” Trump wrote on Truth Social.

“Also, respects to our potentially new Democrat Challenger, Laffin’ Kamala Harris,” Trump added. “She did poorly in the Democrat Nominating process, starting out at Number Two, and ending up defeated and dropping out, even before getting to Iowa, but that doesn’t mean she’s not a ‘highly talented’ politician! Just ask her Mentor, the Great Willie Brown of San Francisco. Someone else that I have to compliment is a Deranged Biden Prosecutor named Jack Smith, who has become a Legend in his own mind for all of those cases he has lost. The Corrupt Prosecutors are working hard for Crooked Joe, but it will never be enough — MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN!”

Trump is celebrating a string of recent victories, including last week’s debate and the Supreme Court’s ruling that gave him immunity from prosecution for official acts as president, a decision that will likely delay his Washington, D.C., trial past the election. Following Biden’s poor debate performance, Trump has also seen a boost in the polls. The latest polls from New York Times/Siena and The Wall Street Journal give him a six-point lead over Biden nationally.

The next few days could be vital for Biden’s re-election campaign as he seeks to recover from what he acknowledged was a poor debate performance. Biden is set to deliver remarks at the White House to a group of veterans and their families on Independence Day, and ABC News will release a pre-taped interview between anchor George Stephanopoulos and the president Friday evening, which is Biden’s first interview since the debate.