President Joe Biden "needs to rest" because his "offhanded comments" and "outdated" perception of foreign affairs undermine both his presidency and U.S. "standing" on the global stage, believes a former Obama administration official who offered a couple of "strategies" to Biden's handlers on how to minimize the immediate damage.

In an article published in USA Today on Tuesday titled "Biden's careless comments are hurting his presidency and diplomacy. He needs a reset," Brett Bruen, who served as director of global engagement for the Obama White House from 2013 to 2015, harshly criticized the 79-year-old, gaffe-prone Biden.

Bruen opened the article by saying that back in the days when he served the Obama administration, he used to "cringe when Vice President Biden took to the podium."

"Despite all the preparation that went into an event and his remarks, as a staffer on the National Security Council, you never quite knew what he might say," Bruen wrote. 

"At times, his offhanded comments could spice up what otherwise would be a pretty boring policy address. Yet, there were other times, too many times, when it could veer into dangerous terrain," he continued.

As president, Biden continues to deliver "reckless riffs," "especially when discussing diplomacy." Bruin recalled the most outrageous remarks that hurt U.S. foreign policy:

There were his careless comments last year on the inevitability of Kabul's fall to the Taliban in Afghanistan. In January, he seemed to give Russian President Vladimir Putin a tacit green light to take at least some Ukrainian territory. Then in March during a high-profile speech in Poland, Biden inexplicably insisted that the kleptocratic occupant of the Kremlin should be removed from power….