US President Joe Biden showed self-deprecation and attacked his rival in the presidential elections, Donald Trump, “a six-year-old child” at the annual White House Correspondents’ Dinner, an event that provoked a demonstration against Israel’s War in Fâşia, reports News.ro citing AFP.
Joe Biden, White House dinnerPhoto: Bonnie Cash – Pool via CNP / INSTAR Images / Profimedia
Numerous high-profile guests, journalists and celebrities, arrived at the Hilton Hotel in the federal capital, while around 100 demonstrators gathered at the entrance.
Some demonstrators shouted slogans like “Shame on you!”.
Inside, however, the War in the Gaza Strip did not take center stage, unlike the ironies about Joe Biden’s age or the occasional falls on the stairs of Air Force One, the presidential aircraft.
The presence of the American leader at this annual gala is part of a long tradition of the event – interrupted during the term of his predecessor Donald Trump – according to which the president listens, with a smile on his face, to a comedian who simply cracks him up in front of an audience in a tuxedo and long dresses, and then gives a speech peppered with jokes.
This year, the one who laughed at the American president was Colin Jost, a writer and actor in the star show of American television Saturday Night Live, broadcast by NBC.
His wife, the actress Scarlett Johansson, was also present at the dinner on Saturday.
“Standing Sleepy Joe”
“I’d like to point out that it’s past 10:00 p.m. (5:00 a.m. Romanian time) and sleeping Joe is still up, while Donald Trump has spent the week falling asleep in court every morning,” the comedian said, a hint at the trial in New York of the former head of state in a case of hidden payments to a former porn actress.
Between self-mockery and media teasing, 81-year-old Joe Biden took the floor to attack his 77-year-old rival, explaining that “age is the only thing we have in common.”
Colin Jost and Joe Biden took a more serious tone when addressing the political climate in the United States.
Donald Trump’s rhetoric constitutes a danger, according to the American president, especially after the assault on the Capitol on January 6, 2021, and “the stakes cannot be higher”, in his opinion.
“The 2024 elections are in full swing, and age, yes, is a topic,” Joe Biden declared, after which he attacked: “I’m an adult running against a six-year-old,” according to AFP. (News.ro)
