President Biden hasn’t had a lot of face time with reporters, but that doesn’t mean he hasn’t made any verbal missteps since his inauguration.

A self-aware mistake-prone politician who has talked himself into hot water more than once, Biden largely has been shielded from the press as coronavirus restrictions limit direct access to the new president. He opened up a bit to reporters following a COVID-19 event on Tuesday, saying he hopes the country is back to its pre-pandemic normal “this time next year.” But he returned to his tight-lipped ways when asked what he learned in a border security briefing earlier in the day: “A lot.”