Source: Racket News
by Matt Taibbi
“One more time, maybe the last, Joe Biden stared through sunglasses and angrily delivered a speech written to be uplifting. ‘The Amazon is the lungs of the world!’ he barked at the G-20 summit in Brazil, before loping off with an unsmiling half-wave, like a man leaving a restaurant with lousy service. The President of the United States disappeared into trees. Aides said the jungle exeunt was planned, but who knew? In an all-time awkward moment Monday, G-20 leaders waited and finally took a group photo without Biden, absent for ‘logistical reasons.’ It was like taking a holiday portrait at the mall without Santa. When Biden reappeared the next day, a reporter shouted, ‘Mr. President, why did you change your mind on Ukraine shooting long-range missiles?’ Biden said nothing, so other heads of state to speak for him.” (11/21/24)