By Free Republic | Created at 2024-11-16 19:23:56 | Updated at 2024-11-16 21:35:18
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Lame-duck Biden humiliated with back-corner spot in APEC family photo as China’s Xi gets place of honor in front row
NY Post ^ | November 16, 2024 | By Steven Nelson
Posted on 11/16/2024 11:23:47 AM PST by Oldeconomybuyer
LIMA — Lame-duck President Biden was relegated to the back corner of the APEC conference’s annual family photo — as Chinese President Xi Jinping was honored with a front-and-center position next to the host country’s President Dina Boluarte.
The petty humiliation of America’s leader comes ahead of his Saturday afternoon meeting with Xi — who has been feted with relative pomp throughout the event as thanks for his country’s financing of a large new port on Peru’s coast.
Biden, 81, whose increasing irrelevance domestically and on the world stage has earned him the moniker of “super lame duck,” arrived last to the family photo before taking his pre-decided position between the fellow back-row leaders of Thailand and Vietnam.
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TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: biden; dementia
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