President Joe Biden welcomed Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida to the White House last night. We covered Kishida’s arrival at the White House in a post at Slingshot News last night.
Biden is welcoming Kishida to the White House in order to discuss growing shared concerns over China’s aggression in the Pacific, as well as a Japanese firm’s purchase of U.S. Steel, which has faced bipartisan opposition in Washington D.C..
The President and Prime Minister Kishida walked around the White House lawn this morning and spoke from a podium in front of the White House. See a clip of Biden and Kishida walking on the White House lawn in the clip below,
Biden does his signature shuffle as he's led around the White House lawn
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After meeting on the White House law, Kishida and Biden held a meeting in the Oval Office. During that meeting, Biden welcomed Kishida while reading from a note card. See a clip of Biden welcoming Kishida to the White House in the clip below,
Biden requires his handler-prepared note cards to say "welcome" to the Japanese prime minister
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Shortly after Biden welcomed Kishida to the White House, Biden’s staff rushed to push reporters out of the room seemingly as quickly as possible. President Biden could be seen smiling at the press as his staff pushed them out of the Oval Office. See a clip of that moment from this morning below,
Biden sits and smirks in silence as his handlers forcibly remove the press from the room
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As Biden meets with the Japanese Prime Minister at the White House, Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen just visited China to meet with Chinese officials about Taiwan and other pressing matters.
We still do not know if Biden’s meetings with the Japanese Prime Minister will yield any progress on keeping U.S. Steel in U.S. hands.
