“An 80-year-old man begs us to work four more years”
At the gala dinner for correspondents at the White House, the protests against the pension reform in France made it possible to mock the age of President Joe Biden, 80 years old.
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Joe Biden took and replied on Saturday to the humorous spades about his age at the White House correspondents’ gala dinner.
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France is set ablaze against retirement at 64, but Joe Biden, 80, “begs us” to stay four more years: the American president cashed in and replied, on Saturday, to humorous spades about his age during dinner gala for White House correspondents. This annual evening, which brings together the whole political and media Washington, celebrates in theory the first amendment of the American Constitution, defending the freedom of the press. But in practice, we mostly remember the jokes.
The comedian of the “Daily Show” Roy Wood Jr underlined the age of the president who, candidate for his re-election, could remain in office until his 86 years in the event of victory. By mentioning the demonstrations in France against the pension reform. “They revolted because they didn’t want to work until they were 64. Meanwhile, in America, we have an 80-year-old man who begs us to work four more years,” he quipped, provoking a broad smile from the head of state, seated a few meters away.
“Call me old, I call that seasoned.”
Joe Biden, President of the United States
“Let me finish the job: it’s not a campaign slogan, it’s a plea,” continued the comedian. “Say what you want about our president, but when he wakes up from his nap, the job is done.”
Many jokes about age
“Call me old, I call that being seasoned,” the president replied. “They say I am an elder, I say I am wise. They say I’m not very young anymore, Don Lemon would say I’m a man of first youth. Don Lemon, a star CNN anchor, was recently fired by the channel after he sparked controversy when he said Republican presidential candidate Nikki Haley, 51, was “no longer young.”
“Say what you want about our president, but when he wakes up from his nap, the job is done.”
Roy Wood Jr, comedian
Joe Biden also reserved a spade for Rupert Murdoch, the 92-year-old media mogul and owner of the conservative Fox News channel. “You might think I don’t like Rupert Murdoch. It’s not true. How could I not like a man who makes me look like Harry Styles? joked the American president, referring to the 29-year-old British pop star.
The appeal of the Correspondents’ Dinner, held in the vast hall of the Washington Hilton, had waned somewhat in recent years, between Donald Trump’s boycott and the pandemic. But this year, the event was sold out, with 2,600 guests, including Joe Biden and his vice president Kamala Harris. The presence of the two heads of the executive revives a tradition lost since the presidency of Donald Trump.
Brittney Griner, plus Alexei Navalny’s wife and daughter
Before dinner, Joe Biden had met the family of American journalist Evan Gershkovich, imprisoned in Russia. “We are working every day to secure his release,” he said.
Among the guests was basketball player Brittney Griner, two-time Olympic gold medalist and figure in the American LGBT+ community. Released at the end of 2022 after ten months of detention in Russia, she has sworn to fight for other people wrongfully detained around the world. The wife and daughter of Russian opponent Alexei Navalny were also present.
(AFP)
2023-04-30 10:07:23
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