With a recipient list stocked with old-guard icons and political backers, the president signaled support for the establishment his successor wants to tear down.

Joe Biden on Saturday awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom to 19 honorees, bestowing the highest civilian honor in the United States on entertainers, sports stars, activists and diplomats including Jane Goodall and Hillary Clinton.

The former Obama administration staffers who host Pod Save America said that while President Joe Biden found plenty of candidates worthy of the Medal of Freedom, their former boss wasn’t on the list.

Jon Favreau, a host of “Pod Save America,” highlighted in a recent podcast episode that President Biden “did not return the favor” after being awarded the Presidential Medal by former President Obama.

The hosts of Pod Save America criticise President Biden's Presidential Medal of Freedom choices, questioning his exclusion of Barack Obama and mocking perceived favouritism in recipient selection, highlighting potential flaws in the medal's significance.