Biden speaks without press in room during meeting with Japanese, Philippines’ leaders as handlers leave reporters in hallway (Brandon has press 'wranglers')

NY Post ^ | 4/11/24 | Steven Nelson

[Libloather]

WASHINGTON — Reporters who were supposed to observe President Biden’s heavily promoted trilateral meeting with the leaders of Japan and the Philippines missed his remarks Thursday when press handlers left them standing downstairs in a hallway as the commander in chief spoke.

The rare logistical snafu prevented journalists from witnessing the 81-year-old president’s opening remarks to Philippine President Bongbong Marcos and Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida in the White House East Room.

The day’s print pool reporter, Michael Shear of the New York Times, relayed the unexpected dilemma in an emailed update to colleagues who were anticipating quotes from the summit of major US allies.

In an alert titled “Pool missed the pool spray,” Shear relayed the “bad news: The White House held most of the press in the lower hallway in the East Wing even as the pool spray at the Trilateral meeting got under way.”

Shear wrote to fellow members of the press corps that “[a]s a result your pooler and most of the American and Philippine reporters were not taken into the East Room until after [Biden] had concluded speaking.”

Marcos “was concluding his remarks as the press was finally allowed into the room,” Shear wrote.

[Libloather]

It’s unclear why exactly most of the press missed the main feature, though junior staff in the press office recently changed over, resulting in a less-experienced crop of new press “wranglers,” who generally are given significant authority over movements, despite usually being in their early 20s.

Very sniffable.

[Eagles6]

After listening to Pedo Joe’s senile rambling, the Japanese Prime minister looked at the Plippines President and said “We’re on our own”.

[mewzilla]

Japan has a Deep State, too.

And theirs is covering for ours.

[Eagles6]

I wouldn't doubt it.

Are they controlled by the Globalists?

I ask because they don't have uncontrolled migration and I hope they've not drunk the trans / homo koolaid.

[mewzilla]

Define uncontrolled.

Is it uncontrolled if a Deep State invites it?

Japan’s Deep State has been importing foreigners for a while now.

And plans to import more.

[Sir_Humphrey]

Very sniffable.

And I smell shite.

[Phoenix8]

I can’t imagine what a mess he will be in another 4 years.

If still even living.

Sometimes I just can’t fathom how a country of 350,000,000 people choose HIM to lead them. Why would even the Dems want him is also beyond me.

[Bernard]

The whole idea of sheepdogs controlling sheep is that the sheep let them. The media sheep like being told what to do and what to say.

[Celtic Conservative]

“Snafu” my a$$. Joetato was sundowning and they didn’t want witnesses.

CC

[Apparatchik]

We need a camera on this old coot as often as possible. The American people have to be shown how decrepit and dangerous this man is.

[Eagles6]

Didn’t know that. Wow!

[subterfuge]

The Dem VOTERS want Biden to kill us. Duh.