On 12/1/22. President Joe Biden afternoon held a joint press conference with French President Emmanuel Macron in the East Room. Biden called on a pre-approved list of reporters. But first he had to crack a ‘joke’ and make an already awkward press conference even more uncomfortable. Biden cracked a joke about having dinner with the Macrons. “President Macron and I have had a chance to spend some time together. We went to a private dinner last night with our wives, and we’re — just came to tell you that, and we’re leaving. No. But we’re — we’ve — it’s wonderful to have him here, ” Biden said.
Then he called on a pre-approved list of reporters. “All right. We’re going to take — we’re each going to call on two people — a total of two people — a total of four, all — all told. And the first questioner is going to be from AFP, Ms. End,” Biden said. French President Macron said, “will enable us to very much clarify all of this without any difficulty. So, I’m — I’m going home confident but, as well, as to what remains to be done on the European side, which is a good thing.
PRESIDENT BIDEN: I’m confident. (Laughter.) That’s my answer. (Laughter.) Okay, who’s the next question? I got my list here.
PRESIDENT MACRON: On this side.
PRESIDENT BIDEN: Is it my turn to call on someone? Right? Okay, how about NPR, Tamara Keith.
Biden, asked about his “Message” to Protestors i China, stumbles away without comment.
Dr. Jill and Joe hosted French President Emmanuel Macron and his wife Brigitte Macron at a lavish state dinner. More than 300 guests, including far-left, celebrities, joined the Bidens and the Macrons at the state dinner. His son Hunter and sister, Valerie Biden Owens attended the dinner. Biden said, “I especially enjoyed our time that Jill and I and Brigitte had last night and our visit. First time I’ve gone to dinner — a private dinner in Washington in a long, long time. And — but I had the protection of the French government with me. But — (laughter). But all kidding aside “
A reporter asked Biden, “do the freight rail workers deserve more than one day of paid sick leave, like millions of Americans have? And if so, why didn’t you negotiate for that when you were helping to negotiate that contract that you now want Congress to impose?
PRESIDENT BIDEN: I love you guys. I negotiated a contract no one else could negotiate. The only thing that was left out was whether or not it was paid leave. You know I’ve been trying to get paid leave not just for rail workers, for everybody. But that other team — they’re called the Republicans — they voted against it. They said we couldn’t do it. We’re one of the few nations in the world that don’t have paid leave for our workers. And so, what we’re doing is — we can’t afford to have — and, by the way, in the meantime, they got a 43 — 45 percent increase in salary, et cetera. There’s a lot of good things that happened in that. And if, in fact, this shuts down over the question of one to five paid — or seven or nine or whatever the number is that’ve been negotiating — of paid leave days …
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Biden joke lavish state dinner with Macrons, total 4 reporters pre-approved list, GOPs voted against it