At this stage, Harris has turned away from Biden and positioned herself between the two men, mirroring Obama’s charm pantomime.īiden grimaces. Obama ignores him and reaches into the little group of admirers before him, shaking hands and creasing his face into a handsome smile. He opens his mouth in a snarl, looking straight at the side of Obama’s head, and says something that sounds like: “It’s not my …” and then stops himself. As a frowning Biden moves closer, she pirouettes to face him, looking faintly amused, her lips pursed in a sort of private “Uh-oh, lol.”īiden’s face grows thunderous. Obama, by way of greeting Harris, tosses his head like a horse and she responds by hunching her shoulders like an excited kid. He spots Obama and a frown furrows his brow. The smile vanishes from Biden’s face as Harris turns away. Harris senses Obama’s presence and whips around with a joyous expression, and they meet each other’s gaze for an instant. MANDEL NGAN/AFP via Getty Images Vanishing smile It’s not too often that a former president like Barack Obama can embarrass President Biden at the White House. In C-Span videos, you see Biden, quite cheery, glad-handing the crowd, Harris at his side, when suddenly, from stage left, emerges Obama, face creased into a handsome smile, eyeing the same group that Biden is schmoozing. Beside him, Vice President Kamala Harris was fairly bursting with excitement.Īfter the speech, the three luminaries mingled with the crowd, and that was where Obama showed his true colors. There was little effort to burnish the battered reputation of the old man standing glumly alongside him trying to look jolly.
Obama sang his own praises as he rattled off a list of his presidency’s accomplishments. Well, he mentioned himself 33 times during his speech, according to Steve Guest, communications adviser for Sen. He quickly followed up with “That was a joke!” but the point was understood by everyone, that Joe is the beta in that relationship, even if he is the most powerful man on the planet. Invited back to the White House for the first time in five years, Obama began his speech Tuesday touting the 12th anniversary of his Affordable Care Act by referring to the president as “Vice President Biden.” The president just looked feeble and unpopular against his limelight-hogging former boss. If the idea was to borrow the Barack Obama magic, it backfired. Who had the stupid idea to invite his charismatic predecessor back to upstage the president and humiliate him before the world? Someone in the White House must really hate Joe Biden. 'Missing' Biden family corruption probe witness Gal Luft speaks out, living as fugitive in undisclosed location 'Private' Prince Harry set to face real-world consequences in two court battles this weekīiden's disastrous Air Force Academy fall only makes US look weak to our global enemies Smoky New York isn't climate change - it's bad forest management Biden's grift as family corruption scandal intrigue heats up
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