Not long after his administration proposed tailpipe emission limits that would compel automakers to manufacture more electric cars, President Biden boarded non-electric Air Force One and flew to Northern Ireland:
Hello, Northern Ireland!
It's so great to be back. pic.twitter.com/A4PjLONoic— President Biden (@POTUS) April 12, 2023
LIVE: President Biden gives remarks in Northern Ireland on the 25th anniversary of the Good Friday Agreement. https://t.co/4arLN4aECw
— NBC News (@NBCNews) April 12, 2023
Biden’s in Northern Ireland with the smartest man he knows, Hunter (who apparently had nothing else to do) to “celebrate peace and family history” according to the Associated Press:
President Joe Biden embarked Tuesday on a journey of diplomatic and family celebration, highlighting the U.S. role of 25 years ago in ending deadly bloodshed in Northern Ireland while catching up with distant relatives in the Republic of Ireland. It’s his first trip back as America’s president.
Biden arrived in Belfast on Tuesday night and was greeted at the airport by United Kingdom Prime Minister Rishi Sunak. He will spend about half a day in the city on Wednesday, holding talks with Sunak before going to Ulster University to mark the Good Friday accord anniversary.
The president will also “engage” with the leaders of Northern Ireland’s five main political parties but not as a group, the White House said.
The AP didn’t mention what Hunter Biden would be doing during the four-day Ireland visit (maybe working out a few deals for the Big Guy).
As you all know, Biden’s former boss, Barack Obama, had a knack for trashing his political opposition while overseas, and that approach was on display yet again in Belfast. Biden just couldn’t deliver his first speech in that country without a reminder about January 6th and how it proved that “democracy” is fragile, clearly intending to leave the impression buffalo hat guy nearly overthrew the U.S. government:
"We in the United States have first hand experience how fragile even longstanding democratic institutions can be. You saw what happened on January the 6th in my country. We learn anew with every generation that democracy needs champions," President Biden says in Belfast.
— Arlette Saenz (@ArletteSaenz) April 12, 2023
“I know better than most how hard democracy can be at times,” Biden said. “We in the United States have firsthand experience with how fragile even long-standing democratic institutions can be. You saw what happened on January the 6th in my country.”https://t.co/vUqfphMaXW
— Tyler Pager (@tylerpager) April 12, 2023
Everybody knows that Biden wants all those listening to translate that remark to include all “MAGA Republicans” (as he calls them) and not just the people who went into the Capitol that day.
The video is here:
VIDEO – Biden in N. Ireland: You Saw What Happened on Jan. 6 in My Country, Democracy Is ‘Fragile’ @JoeBiden https://t.co/bkCWdEdttR
— Grabien (@GrabienMedia) April 12, 2023
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