{"id":25868,"date":"2023-04-05T22:31:04","date_gmt":"2023-04-05T22:31:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mydailyfreedom.com\/?p=25868"},"modified":"2024-01-31T10:40:54","modified_gmt":"2024-01-31T14:40:54","slug":"biden-skipping-king-charles-coronation-white-house-claims-its-not-a-snub","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/trendingviews.com\/blog\/biden-skipping-king-charles-coronation-white-house-claims-its-not-a-snub\/","title":{"rendered":"Biden skipping King Charles’ coronation, White House claims it’s not a ‘snub’"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The White House has refused to comment on why President Joe Biden will not be attending the coronation of King Charles III on May 6. Biden spoke with the King on Tuesday, congratulating him on his upcoming coronation and \u201cunderscoring the strength of the relationship between our countries and the friendship between our peoples,\u201d the White House said in a statement. The president also told King Charles that first lady Jill Biden will be attending on behalf of the U.S., the statement reads.<\/p>\n

Sources close to the president told The Telegraph that the administration is purposefully restricting Biden\u2019s international movements, given he is the oldest president in U.S. history, and that he must save energy to focus on domestic duties. The sources also pointed out that there is no precedent for U.S. presidents to attend coronation ceremonies.<\/p>\n

On Wednesday, White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre dodged questions from reporters inquiring why the president will not be attending the ceremony.<\/p>\n

\u201cThey will see each other again very soon,\u201d Jean-Pierre responded to a question from CBS\u2019 Steven Portnoy.<\/p>\n

The King offered for Biden to come for a State Visit, \u201cwhich the president accepted\u201d on their phone call, she added.<\/p>\n

The two leaders had a \u201cvery friendly conversation\u201d on the phone, and Biden \u201ctalked about how he enjoyed meeting the Queen back in 2021,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n

Another reporter pressed Jean-Pierre on why the first lady will be attending the coronation instead.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe president is looking forward \u2014 he had a great conversation, he has a good relationship with King Charles III, and, as you know, they\u2019ve met before. There\u2019s a lot of shared interest, shared values, issues that they want to discuss \u2026 one of them being climate change,\u201d Jean-Pierre said.<\/p>\n

\u201cAt some time in the future, the King invited the president for a State Visit. He accepted and that will happen. I don\u2019t have anything further to share on that,\u201d she continued.<\/p>\n

A third reporter asked if the administration is \u201cconcerned\u201d the British people might see the president not going to the coronation as \u201ca snub.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cNo, they should not see it as a snub,\u201d Jean-Pierre said.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe president has a very strong relationship with the United Kingdom. He has a strong relationship with King Charles III. He looks forward to seeing him again soon,\u201d she added, according to the Daily Caller<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Biden\u2019s decision not to attend the coronation is a break from tradition. Every U.S. president since Dwight Eisenhower has attended the coronation of a British monarch. However, Biden is the oldest person to ever serve as president of the United States, and he has been dealing with a number of health issues in recent months. It is possible that the administration is concerned about the physical demands of a trip to London and the associated jet lag.<\/p>\n

It is also possible that the administration is trying to avoid any potential controversy surrounding the coronation. King Charles is a controversial figure in some circles, and there have been calls for him to be stripped of his title. The White House may not want to be seen as endorsing Charles’s reign by sending Biden to the coronation.<\/p>\n

Whatever the reason, Biden’s decision not to attend the coronation is a break from tradition and is likely to be seen as a snub by some in the British government and the royal family.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The White House has refused to comment on why President Joe Biden will not be attending the coronation of King Charles III on May 6. Biden spoke with the King on Tuesday, congratulating him on his upcoming coronation and \u201cunderscoring the strength of the relationship between our countries and the friendship between our peoples,\u201d the … Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":25879,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-25868","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-politics","masonry-post","generate-columns","tablet-grid-50","mobile-grid-100","grid-parent","grid-33"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/trendingviews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25868","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/trendingviews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/trendingviews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/trendingviews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/trendingviews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=25868"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/trendingviews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25868\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/trendingviews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/trendingviews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=25868"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/trendingviews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=25868"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/trendingviews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=25868"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}