respond decisively in a way that the populace approves of and show leadership.
Joe can't even respond to questions in the Oval office at this point. He's not even allowed to...
So far his response to his border crisis was to put Kamala in charge so that she could take a road trip to Guatemala...and then ignore it.
His response to his Afghanistan withdrawal crisis was to rush the military into killing a civilian aid worker and his family.
His initial response to anything requires him to be coached up for a couple days so that he only (hopefully) fucks up the response mildly...as opposed to doing it to a fare thee well...