Awkward moment US president Biden pushes away British PM Rishi Sunak
It was meant to be a special moment for Rishi Sunak as he seeks to put the ‘special’ back into the UK’s strained relationship with the US.
But the Prime Minister suffered an awkward moment as he greeted Joe Biden off Air Force One last night.
In what some have suggested was a diplomatic snub the US president was quick to shake off the attentions of the PM after landing in Belfast.
After a swift greeting with the UK leader on the tarmac in blustery, chilly conditions he moved away to salute the King’s personal representative for County Antrim, Lord-Lieutenant David McCorkell.
He then appeared to be wrapped in a longer, much more friendly embrace with Jane Hartley, the glamourous US ambassador to the UK appointed by the president last year.
Mr Biden’s team was forced to deny today that he was ‘anti-British’ after the DUP slammed the president as ‘extremely partisan’ after he trumpeted his Irish roots.
The president was only expected to ‘greet’ the leaders of the main Northern Ireland political parties before his speech, after which he immediately headed over the border to the Republic, where he will spend the next three days.
Joe Biden doesn’t recognize the little brown guy (Prime Minister of UK) and pushes him away to salute the old white guy. The look on the face of @RishiSunak is priceless 🤣 pic.twitter.com/kSfuzpaz1s
— Kim Dotcom (@KimDotcom) April 12, 2023
