President Joe Biden once again humiliated the United States after being placed in the back row during a group photo at the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation Conference (APEC) Summit in Peru. This worst part? Chinese dictator Xi Jinping got a front-and-center spot.
The 81-year-old lame-duck president awkwardly sat in the back row between the leaders of Thailand and Vietnam after arriving late to the photo-op. On the contrary, in 2017, then-President Donald Trump secured a front-row center spot for the APEC summit in Vietnam.
Biden made other world leaders wait more than five minutes to take the group photo at the APEC Summit in Peru — then stuck him in the back corner when he finally showed up.
— RNC Research (@RNCResearch) November 16, 2024
Xi Jinping was front and center. pic.twitter.com/yxb713aRxN
Republican Rep. Claudia Tenney (R-NY) said the photo was a clear sign that world leaders see Biden as a weak president and have not taken him seriously “since Nancy Pelosi threw him out.”
“They probably should have invited President-elect [Donald] Trump down. I’m sure he would’ve been in the center of the photo with Xi Jinping,” she added.
Rep. Mike Lawler (R-NY) said, “January 20 can’t come fast enough.”
“It’s an embarrassment to our country — under Joe Biden, America is weaker, our enemies emboldened, and the world less peaceful,” he said.
The White House claimed Biden had not been purposely snubbed but acknowledged that several world leaders were photographed “out of order.”
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“It is the same assigned order APEC used in both 2008 and 2016,” White House National Security Council spokesperson Sean Savett said. “This year, a few leaders stood out of order due to protocol errors, but President Biden stood correctly in the United States’ assigned spot.”
Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese were placed in the front row, to Xi's right.
This is humiliating. Can’t wait for the adults.
— Buzz Patterson (@BuzzPatterson) November 16, 2024
President Trump would never allow that to happen
— Shoegal0128 (@shoegal0128) November 16, 2024
How far we have fallen - Back-row Biden.
— Sharon Carvalho (@pugugly2022) November 16, 2024
Not a good look for America…
But that’s about to change…
🇺🇸MAGA🇺🇸
And thanks to Obama and Biden, China is closer to being the #1 superpower … Trump will fix that!
— Dallas (@DallasKing2022) November 16, 2024
Biden thinks he's on the beach anyways.
— Brandon Comeau (@ComeauB36) November 16, 2024
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