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-Short Attention Span Theater-
Joe Biden a No-Show to Greet Japanese PM‐and the Preview of a President Harris Is Awful
2021-04-19
[PJ] On Friday, President Joe Biden was supposed to welcome the first international head of state to visit the White House during his administration. According to the staffer who runs the president’s Twitter account, Biden was looking forward to this press avail:

I’m not sure what it is about our alliance with Japan that needs renewing. It’s been pretty solid for decades, and President Donald Trump was a staunch ally against Chinese aggression, the biggest threat to the island nation. There were actually protests in Japan on Inauguration Day 2021. The New York Post credits President Trump’s close relationship with former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and his willingness to stand up to China as the reason for his support in Japan.

Hyperbole aside, Biden was a no-show. Instead, Vice President Kamala Harris welcomed Prime Minister Suga. While she got through it without the hideous cackle that is usually present when she is nervous, her performance was still rather hideous:
Posted by:Besoeker

#16  Hey Joe...where did you get the pee hole ?
Posted by: crazyhorse   2021-04-19 23:28  

#15   with your heels on the ground."

*happy sigh* Playing on a very old descriptor that I first discovered in one of the later Heinlein novels.
Posted by: trailing wife   2021-04-19 23:08  

#14  I am deeply offended, Madame Vice-President, that you have chosen to greet me with your heels on the ground."
Posted by: CrazyFool   2021-04-19 22:56  

#13  No excuse for that tramp or the various aides. I almost think it is more bull sh!t to make it look like it was a "real surprise" when everybody and their brother knows that the tramp needs to be prepared for everything as is she already were the prez.
Posted by: Clem   2021-04-19 22:32  

#12  "Howsabout a big, warm, wet, White House welcome for the Japanese Prime Minister!"
Posted by: SteveS   2021-04-19 21:49  

#11  Doggy-Style "Gisha" Concubine
Posted by: Frank G   2021-04-19 21:42  

#10  "I am deeply honored, Madame Vice-President, that you have chosen to greet me with your heels on the ground."
Posted by: Matt   2021-04-19 21:23  

#9  I watched the video with the sound off because I can't stand the sound of that woman's voice. But I will say it was nice of the PM to stand there with a straight face the whole time she was speaking.
Posted by: Abu Uluque   2021-04-19 15:43  

#8  Appears as if she was pulled in at the last minute when they couldn't find Joe.

C'mon. It was his nap time.
Posted by: Abu Uluque   2021-04-19 15:38  

#7  After realizing the state of Biden's dementia I am sure Kamala realized she was in over her head and you can almost sense that every time you see her appearing to be like a deer in the headlights look.
Posted by: Blackbeard Barnsmell6454   2021-04-19 14:46  

#6  At least he didn't vomit on the Japanese PM...
Posted by: Glenmore   2021-04-19 13:14  

#5  I still yearn for the day when foreign leaders just flat-out snub that tramp.
Posted by: Clem   2021-04-19 11:02  

#4  A carbidopa-levodopa infusion treatment scheduling conflict ?
Posted by: Besoeker   2021-04-19 09:41  

#3  clear she was very uncomfortable in the role

Appears as if she was pulled in at the last minute when they couldn't find Joe.
Posted by: Skidmark   2021-04-19 09:39  

#2  Watching the brief video of the vice president’s little speech of welcome, it’s clear she was very uncomfortable in the role, and is likely deeply regretting the bargain that got her there. And then the president missed the meeting altogether, only showing up over an hour late to the press conference afterward — if they have the PM Abe’s hotel room bugged, the transcript will no doubt be educational.
Posted by: trailing wife   2021-04-19 08:02  

#1  Our own Paul von Hindenburg.
Posted by: Procopius2k   2021-04-19 07:12  

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