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President Joe Biden caught the attention of the Internet after video surfaced of his interaction with a baby during his trip to the NATO Summit.
It was Thursday in Helsinki, Finland when the video showed the president either licking or biting the baby, or pretending to in what some deemed “creepy.”
The president leaned his head against the baby in the video, to which the baby appeared frightened and moved away. Then he did it again as the baby again moved away.
It is not possible to know what the president’s intentions were, and this could have been an innocent interaction.
What was acceptable when the president was younger is not acceptable in 2023, particularly when the baby is not a member of your family.
This is the President of the United States, Joe Biden, licking a baby. This is not normal. pic.twitter.com/9Y3NsjqAd4
— Carmine Sabia (@CarmineSabia) July 14, 2023
The president have a fiery interaction with the press during the trip.
During a presser in Lithuania, where the president is meeting with NATO member nations and for some reason Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy whose nation is not a member of NATO, he snapped at the press and then kicked them out.
“President Zelenskyy, how soon after the war would you like to be in NATO? How soon after the war would you like to join NATO?” a reporter said to the Ukrainian president.
But before Zelenskyy could answer the question, President Biden chimed in with snark and sarcasm.
“An hour and 20 minutes. You guys ask really insightful questions.”
Later on in the presser, the president remarked that he and the Ukrainian president had things to talk about as he booted reporters from the room.
And rather than get furious at the president for being rude they actually laughed.
“Anyway, I thank you and we got a lot to talk about, so somebody’s going to have to say the press has to leave,” the president said as reporters laughed.
“President Zelenskyy, are you satisfied with what you got from NATO? You were so frustrated yesterday. Are you satisfied, sir?” one reporter shouted before being ushered away by an unknown woman.
President Biden has a habit of getting ornery with the press.
President Biden shouted at a reporter weeks ago because he was asked about his relationship with his son Hunter Biden’s business dealings.
Reporter: “President Biden, how involved — President Biden, how involved were you in your son’s Chinese shake-down text message? Were you sitting there? Were you involved? Were you involved?”
[crosstalk]
Biden: “No, I wasn’t. And I —”
Reporter: “Were you?”
Biden: “No!”
It came in the same powwow with reporters where he flubbed his words as he discussed a serious topic and had many calling into question his mental faculties again.
“It’s hard to tell but he’s clearly losing the war in Iraq,” he said to reporters as he was asked about the ongoing conflict between Russia and Ukraine.
The war in Iraq, which was not fought by Russia, ended in 2011.
“He’s losing the war at home, and he has become a bit of a pariah around the world,” he said. “And it’s not just NATO. It’s not just the European Union. It’s Japan. It’s, you know, 40 nations.
But it appears no one in the administration wants to answer questions about Hunter and his shakedown of a Chinese businessman by using his dad’s name.
White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre was furious when a CNN reporter asked her about the elephant in the room regarding President Joe Biden’s son, Hunter.
Hunter Biden was at a state dinner this week, after cutting a plea deal with the Department of Justice, and appeared to be having a grand time and pleading guilty to several charges.
“And then, secondly, the President invited his son, Hunter, to the state dinner last night. I’m wondering if you could take us into the thinking and decision-making of why the President decided to invite his son,” CNN reporter Jeremy Diamond said.
