In an exceedingly funny incident that occurred in the wake of President Joe Biden’s trip to the G20 summit as his administration starts burning through its last two months, various reporters could be heard shouting at him, begging him to answer a question from them. The elderly president did his usual thing and just ignored them, walking up into Air Force One.
The incident occurred on Tuesday, November 19, when the aging president made his way up the steps onto Air Force One. Unlike in some embarrassing past incidents, he managed not to fall down the stairs this time. He did not, however, take their question despite the shouting, much like in past incidents.
Making the incident all the funnier was that because it was Biden’s birthday, reporters were trying to use that to get him to respond. They could be heard shouting, “Mr. President, happy early birthday. For your birthday, will you talk to us, sir? As a gift to the press, will you please talk to us? Mr. President. President Biden. Please, we haven’t heard from you all trip. Mr. President!”
Commenters on X (formerly pulled no punches when joking about the incident itself and the reporters. One commenter said, for example, “President Roomba’s gonna go where President Roomba’s gonna go. There’s nothing you can do until he runs outta juice.” Another said, “I wouldn’t talk to those clowns either. He used/owned them.”
Making fun of Biden, a commenter on a different post joked that he couldn’t answer questions because he had to focus on the stairs, saying, “Let’s be real jack, it takes his full concentration just to move forward and climb steps.” On a similar note, another added, “omg that is so sad and hillarious 😂 you would have thought they would have realized no one is home upstairs.”
Yet another commenter, on a different post about the incident, wrote, “His reaction not surprising , this is who he is. Why they’re licking his boots and begging is another story. Main Stream Media has no shame.” Another commenter on that post said, “Have to give her props. The reporters are traveling with this knucklehead all over the world and he’s not even acknowledging them. What should they do?: Watch the incident here:
Commenting on the G20, the Biden White House said, “Now, let me just take a step back and reflect for a bit on the significance of the President’s participation in the G20 this year. Nearly four years ago, President Biden took office amid a devastating global pandemic that had upended the global economy and set back development progress around the world.”
It continued, “Over the past four years, we’ve experienced significant economic growth in the United States, outpacing much of the rest of the world. And at the heart of this has been President Biden’s modern industrial strategy premised on investing at home to grow the middle class, investing in ourselves, investing in global infrastructure to help our partners do the same.”
It further added, “This has meant reinvigorating multilateral groups like the G20 to deliver bold action to address big cross-border challenges like climate change that are important to both President Biden and President Lula as well as others in attendance here. These require, obviously, working with our partners around the world.”
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