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Despite his reputation for leaving press conferences in the midst of questions, US President Joe Biden was seen on camera on Monday leaving a briefing on the collapse of Silicon Valley Bank in the middle of one.
A reporter questioned President Biden after his speech on “maintaining a resilient banking system and safeguarding our historic economic recovery: What do you know right now about why this happened? Can you guarantee the American people that there won’t be a cascading effect?
Without stopping to glance behind him, the President started walking away. Will other banks collapse, Mr. President? asked a different reporter, but Mr. Biden had already left.
Over four million people have watched the Mr. Biden exiting footage posted to the White House’s YouTube channel. A reaction on Twitter has been caused by the disabling of comments.
The US President has left a room full of reporters desiring more on numerous occasions. Journalists barraged Mr. Biden with inquiries after he made a remark regarding the China “spy balloon” incident. Are you compromised by your family’s business ties, a reporter inquired, and the subject responded, “No.” Give me a break, brother, Mr. Biden muttered before leaving.
After his meeting with the president of Colombia, a video of him grinning at media while they barraged him with questions last year also went viral. Many people on social media claimed that he “refuses to speak to journalists because he doesn’t have the answers”.
A journalist criticized the President in 2021 for not accepting questions. When will you respond to inquiries about your meeting with Xi Jinping and other leaders, a CBS reporter asked Joe Biden as he turned to exit the room? Sir, when will you respond to our queries?
