{"id":1970600,"date":"2023-07-12T10:35:01","date_gmt":"2023-07-12T14:35:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-skips-big-nato-dinner-white-house-claims-its-because-he-has-too-many-days-of-work-in-a-row\/"},"modified":"2023-07-12T10:36:17","modified_gmt":"2023-07-12T14:36:17","slug":"biden-skips-big-nato-dinner-white-house-claims-its-because-he-has-too-many-days-of-work-in-a-row","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-skips-big-nato-dinner-white-house-claims-its-because-he-has-too-many-days-of-work-in-a-row\/","title":{"rendered":"Biden misses NATO dinner &#8211; White House cites heavy workload."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fbiden-skips-big-nato-dinner-white-house-claims-its-because-he-has-too-many-days-of-work-in-a-row%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1970600&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><h2>President Biden Skips Big NATO Dinner &#8211; White House Claims It&#8217;s Because He Has Too Many Days of Work in a Row<\/h2>\n<p>President Joe Biden was a no-show at the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/lloyd-austin-and-chinese-counterpart-speak-briefly-at-asia-security-summit\/\" title=\"Austin and Chinese counterpart have brief talk at Asia security summit.\">opening dinner<\/a> of the NATO summit Tuesday night in Vilnius, Lithuania, with an official claiming the 80-year-old <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-taking-regeneron-drug-remdesivir-therapy-for-coronavirus-diagnosis-ex-wh-doctor-explains\/\" title=\"Trump taking Regeneron drug, Remdesivir therapy for coronavirus diagnosis: ex-WH doctor explains\">president<\/a> had too much work coming up to attend.<\/p>\n<p>Biden \u201chas four full days of official business and is preparing for a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-skips-big-nato-dinner-white-house-claims-its-because-he-has-too-many-days-of-work-in-a-row\/\" title=\"Biden misses NATO dinner - White House cites heavy workload.\">big speech tomorrow<\/a> in addition to another day at the summit,\u201d a U.S. official said, according to the <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2023\/07\/11\/biden-skips-nato-leader-dinner-as-staff-cites-busy-week\/?utm_medium=social&#038;utm_campaign=nypost&#038;utm_source=twitter\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">New York Post<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>In a <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JenniferJJacobs?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Eauthor\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Twitter post,<\/a> Bloomberg reporter Jennifer Jacobs offered another <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/biden-touches-nato-summit-hits-tarmac-worrying-move\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">explanation<\/a> given by National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe wasn\u2019t the only leader who wasn\u2019t there. But last night he thought he didn\u2019t have to attend and then he would have every opportunity to sit with all of his colleagues at length on all of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/i-would-have-wiped-the-floor-with-the-guys-that-werent-loyal-which-i-will-now-do-donald-trump-spoke-out-on-his-betrayers-in-1992-interview-video\/\" title=\"\u201cI Would Have Wiped the Floor with The Guys That Weren\u2019t Loyal Which I Will Now Do\u201d \u2013 Donald Trump Spoke Out on His Betrayers in 1992 Interview (Video)\">significant issues<\/a> of our time,\u201d she quoted Sullivan as saying.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">On why Biden skipped NATO dinner, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JakeSullivan46?\">@JakeSullivan46<\/a>: \u201cHe wasn\u2019t the only leader who wasn\u2019t there. But last night he thought he didn\u2019t have to attend and then he would have every opportunity to sit with all of his colleagues at length on all of the significant issues of our time.\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/QtL7d4UpQz\">pic.twitter.com\/QtL7d4UpQz<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Jennifer Jacobs (@JenniferJJacobs) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JenniferJJacobs\/status\/1679097328601292800?\">July 12, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<h3>Busy Schedule and Important Meetings<\/h3>\n<p>On Wednesday, Biden is due to meet with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy as part of the summit\u2019s events, give a speech at Vilnius University and then travel to Helsinki, Finland.<\/p>\n<p>Secretary of State Antony Blinken took Biden\u2019s place Tuesday night at the dinner as leaders of all 31 NATO nations gathered in the capital of Lithuania.<\/p>\n<p>Biden had spent Saturday at his <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/americans-horrified-seeing-biden-looked-beach-fitting-snapshot-america-decline\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">beach home<\/a> in Rehoboth, Delaware.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">\u201cI would criticize Joe Biden for skipping out on a NATO dinner because he\u2019s too tired despite having taken a beach trip just this weekend but I\u2019m afraid if I do he will get enraged and beat me up.\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/pJBSRAbSkr\">https:\/\/t.co\/pJBSRAbSkr<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Sean Hannity (@seanhannity) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/seanhannity\/status\/1678854330244292608?\">July 11, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>On Monday, Biden had <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/joe-biden-appears-lost-among-honor-guard-king-charles-coaxes-away-multiple-attempts\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">appeared publicly confused<\/a> while meeting with Britain\u2019s King Charles III and reviewing an honor guard at Windsor Castle in Berkshire, England.<\/p>\n<p>The White House said that after heading to his hotel instead of the dinner, Biden made some phone calls to address the floods that have damaged Vermont, according to the U.K. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/news\/article-12288175\/Biden-80-SKIPS-dinner-NATO-leaders-goes-straight-hotel.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Daily Mail<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>One of the key issues in the summit is <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/senator-suggests-biden-staffers-suffering-stockholm-syndrome-profile-abuser\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">NATO<\/a> membership for Ukraine, which has desperately trying to join the alliance.<\/p>\n<h3>Controversy and Reactions<\/h3>\n<p>\u201cWe will be in a position to extend an invitation to Ukraine to join the Alliance when Allies agree and conditions are met,\u201d NATO said in an official statement, according to the U.K. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/news\/world\/americas\/us-politics\/biden-nato-dinner-lithuania-schedule-b2373488.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Independent<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat we have agreed to is a very substantive package with many different elements that helps to move Ukraine closer to NATO,\u201d said NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg, according to the Independent.<\/p>\n<p>Biden has said he opposes admitting Ukraine into NATO at the moment, but said he supports \u201ca rational path for Ukraine to be able to qualify to be able to get into NATO,\u201d according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/president-biden-skips-nato-dinner-white-house-cites-ongoing-workload\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Fox News<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>He did not get into specifics, Fox reported.<\/p>\n<p>Angered at the rejection, according to Fox, Zelenskyy said Ukraine \u201cdeserves respect\u201d and said \u00a0\u201ca window of opportunity is being left to bargain Ukraine\u2019s membership in NATO in negotiations with Russia.\u201d<\/p>\n<div id=\"in-article-related\" class=\"in-article-more inner-content\">\n<div class=\"in-article-more-label\">Related:<\/div>\n<div class=\"in-article-more-right\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/comer-vindicated-raskin-refuted-doj-letter-confirms-investigation-biden-bribery-ongoing\/\" data-type='Internal link' data-type-location='in-content-related'>Comer Vindicated, Raskin Refuted: DOJ Letter Confirms Investigation Into Biden Bribery Is Ongoing<\/a>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>He said this gives Russia \u201cmotivation to continue its terror.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The post <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/biden-skips-big-nato-dinner-white-house-claims-many-days-work-row\/\">Biden Skips Big NATO Dinner &#8211; White House Claims It&#8217;s Because He Has Too Many Days of Work in a Row<\/a> appeared first on <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\">The Western Journal<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>President Joe Biden skipped the opening dinner of the NATO summit in Vilnius, Lithuania, as he had a heavy workload ahead. 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