Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni appeared visibly annoyed on Thursday as world leaders awaited President Joe Biden’s tardiness at the NATO summit in Washington, DC.
Meloni checked his watch, seemed to realize he wasn’t wearing one, then rolled his eyes, looked up to the sky in annoyance, and grimaced.
Meloni’s obvious expression of annoyance caused an uproar in the international media.
of New York Post thought What made this episode even funnier was that Meloni didn’t frown in front of the camera, seemingly realizing she was on video only after delivering the biggest eye roll since Linda Blair. exorcist.
Meloni has had a front row seat to coverage of Biden’s decline, but he doesn’t seem to be enjoying the show. New York Post He recalled how he humorously berated Biden for being kept waiting at the G7 summit in Italy in June, and how, during the same summit, he was the world leader tasked with bringing Biden back after he appeared to wander off from a group photo pose during a skydiving demonstration.
Joe Biden seems to have gone too far… With Jill Biden away from work, Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni has instructed him to return to the group. pic.twitter.com/3Iszqr9zki
— Wendell Husebo (@WendellHusebo) June 13, 2024
The NATO event was scheduled to start at 10 a.m., but Biden left the White House at 10:20 a.m., so the summit was postponed until 10:40 a.m.
Biden was also late. Now infamous At a “big boy” press conference later in the evening, he rambled on, alternately whispering and shouting at the audience, and said that former President Donald Trump was his vice president. He mistakenly referred to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky as Russian President Vladimir Putin. Meloni certainly wasn’t the only one rolling his eyes on Thursday.
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Biden is not the only NATO leader to bear the brunt of Meloni’s criticism. She said in June: rolling Her Eyes She gave French President Emmanuel Macron her least enthusiastic handshake since the end of the pandemic at a G7 dinner in Italy, perhaps because of her spat with him over language on abortion rights in the leaders’ declaration.
Meloni clearly backs away when a man he dislikes invades his personal space. awkward Biden’s body language when he tried to kiss her at the NATO summit, and when she Responded He said the same thing to then-British Chancellor Rishi Sunak at the G7 summit.
