He patched up differences with the European Union on tariffs and differences with France on the sale of a nuclear-powered submarines to Australia. He announced new funding to improve ports and shipping, in addition to a conference next year on supply chains. The president did leave the G-20 with commitments by his fellow leaders on a global minimum tax that would make it harder for large companies to avoid taxes by assigning their profits to countries with low tax rates. “He is everything I learned about Catholicism from the time I was a kid going from grade school to high school." focus on the needs of people who are in trouble,” Biden said. “When I won, (Pope Francis) called me to tell me how much he appreciated the fact that I would focus on the poor. Take some time to relax and enjoy the whimsical wonder of Connecticut's fall foliage with this visual experience of Fairfield County. He spoke of how the pope comforted the Biden family in a Philadelphia airport hangar after the death of his son, Beau, in 2015.
The president became deeply emotional, his hands appearing to fiddle with the mask he wore as a precaution because of COVID-19. The president also shrugged off his recent decline in the polls, saying that numbers go up and down.Īs for the potential significance of Biden's thumbs-up on congressional negotiations, White House deputy press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre, said, “As the President said during the press conference, he is confident we are going to get this done and the thumbs up was simply a visual restatement of that.”īut the policy issues also seemed to fade for Biden when asked about his time Friday with Pope Francis. Kyrsten Sinema - key Democratic votes - were on board with his $1.75 trillion spending package for families, health care and renewable energy. As Biden departed the news conference, he offered a thumbs up when asked if West Virginia Sen.
“But it’s going to require us to continue to focus on what Russia's not doing, what China's not doing, what Saudi Arabia's not doing.”įor all the challenges confronting him, the president attempted to stay optimistic. “We've made significant progress and more has to be done,” Biden added. I know them,” Biden said of his fellow G-20 leaders.
president spelled out his belief that all politics is personal and that what progress was achieved at the Rome summit came from direct interactions with other leaders. But he also acknowledged what he can’t yet achieve: bringing Russia, China and Saudi Arabia to the table with the broader international community to limit carbon emissions and move to renewable energy.
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