Biden Meets With Pope Francis At G7, Has Bizarre Moment Everyone Is Talking About

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Posted • June 14, 2024: Fortunately, Friday is Joe Biden's last day in Italy for the G7, so the time that he can embarrass us overseas at the conference is thankfully coming to an end. We've seen him wandering and people having to help redirect him back to where he was supposed to be going. We've seen him giving garbled answers and snapping at a reporter because the reporter dared to ask him a question at his presser that wasn't about Ukraine. That managed to get a reaction out of the White House Correspondents Association. They threw Biden under the bus in their statement, saying there were no "deals" as he claimed.

On Friday, Biden was involved in "work meetings" that were closed to the press. He also had a meeting with Meloni as well as a meeting with Pope Francis. The White House said Biden would be talking about issues concerning Ukraine, the war in Gaza, AI, and climate change with the Pope. There was a photo-op session where they showed the Pope meeting some of the G7 leaders and guest leaders. Milei was very excited to meet the Pope. But it probably goes without saying that the weirdest greeting was going to be from Joe Biden. There's already a lot of comment on X about it — about him getting too close to the Pope, seeming to put his head right on top/next to the Pope's head. (…)

• More at: RedState - Biden Meets With Pope Francis at G7, Has Bizarre Moment Everyone Is Talking About
https://redstate.com/nick-arama/2024/06/14/biden-meeting-with-pope-francis-n2175479
New York Post: Biden embraces surprised-looking Pope Francis with forehead-to-forehead hug at G7 summit
https://nypost.com/2024/06/14/us-news/biden-embraces-surprised-looking-pope-francis-at-g7-summit/

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