{"id":2251632,"date":"2024-05-23T20:05:02","date_gmt":"2024-05-24T00:05:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/kenyan-president-meets-with-obama-amid-awkward-press-conference-with-biden\/"},"modified":"2024-05-23T20:07:24","modified_gmt":"2024-05-24T00:07:24","slug":"kenyan-president-meets-with-obama-amid-awkward-press-conference-with-biden","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/kenyan-president-meets-with-obama-amid-awkward-press-conference-with-biden\/","title":{"rendered":"Kenyan President Meets Obama, Biden Press Conference Awkward"},"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\">16<\/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%2Fkenyan-president-meets-with-obama-amid-awkward-press-conference-with-biden%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=2251632&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--><p>Kenyan President William Ruto&#8217;s visit to Washington includes\u2062 meetings with former President Barack Obama and\u2064 President Joe \u200dBiden. \u2064During a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ioc-president-will-not-add-fuel-to-summer-olympics-cancellation-rumors\/\" title=\"IOC president will \u2018not add fuel\u2019 to Summer Olympics cancellation rumors\">joint press conference<\/a>,\u2063 Biden made\u200d gaffes, such as mistakenly calling Kamala Harris\u200d President. The press conference format \u2063deviated when reporters asked multiple\u200c questions, leading to a humorous exit by \u200bBiden. Kenya&#8217;s role in supporting Haiti\u2063 was also highlighted.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Kenyan President William Ruto met with former President Barack Obama in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/washington-dc\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Washington, D.C.<\/a>, on Thursday in between a series of meetings with President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/joe-biden\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Joe Biden<\/a> and his team at the White House.<\/p>\n<p>The Kenyan president\u2019s state visit to Washington will conclude Thursday with a state dinner at the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/white-house\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>White House<\/a>.<\/p>\n<figure><\/figure>\n<p>Earlier in the day, Ruto held a \u201ctwo-and-two<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/pelosi-appears-maskless-at-presser-after-staffers-visitors-ordered-to-mask-up\/\" title=\"Pelosi Appears Maskless At Presser After Staffers, Visitors Ordered To Mask Up\">\u201d press conference<\/a> with Biden where the two leaders pledged to continue to back the Multinational Security Support mission to support Haiti.<\/p>\n<p>The president did stumble into several gaffes during his appearance with Ruto. Biden mistakenly referred to Vice President Kamala Harris as \u201cPresident Kamala Harris\u201d and predicted that Africa, a continent that boasts more than 1.4 billion people, would soon surpass a population of 1 billion.<\/p>\n<figure>\n<div>\n<blockquote data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<div lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">\n<p>Biden tells the Kenyan president &#8220;the African continent will have a billion people not too soon.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>(Africa&#8217;s population is already ~1.4+ billion) <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/omI3xnyudT\">pic.twitter.com\/omI3xnyudT<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>\u2014 RNC Research (@RNCResearch) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RNCResearch\/status\/1793699528039600553?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 23, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>Traditionally, joint press conferences follow a two-and-two format, where two American reporters and two reporters from the visiting nation ask one question each to the American president and the visiting dignitary. Reporters often attempt to buck that trend, and Biden called out one in particular who attempted to ask two on Thursday.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou guys never keep the deal, but that\u2019s OK,\u201d the president responded, though he eventually answered the question later in the press conference.<\/p>\n<figure>\n<div>\n<blockquote data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Biden calls on a reporter from a pre-selected list at his &#8220;press conference,&#8221; then tells the reporter he can only ask one question <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/vYwZw43xjq\">pic.twitter.com\/vYwZw43xjq<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 RNC Research (@RNCResearch) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RNCResearch\/status\/1793699722751815730?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 23, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>Finally, after the conclusion of the press conference, numerous U.S. reporters yelled additional questions at the president, who jokingly shouted \u201cWhoa!\u201d before exiting the room without delivering answers.<\/p>\n<figure>\n<div>\n<blockquote data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<div lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">\n<p>BIDEN (confused): &#8220;WHOA!&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>KJP: &#8220;This concludes the press conference. Thanks, everybody. Thanks you, everybody. This concludes the press conference. Thank you. Thanks, everybody.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>*shuffles away* <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/2krj3KRXp7\">pic.twitter.com\/2krj3KRXp7<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>\u2014 RNC Research (@RNCResearch) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RNCResearch\/status\/1793704529139048464?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 23, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>Biden also appeared to read directly from a sheet of notes while answering multiple reporters, including lengthy responses on the U.S. commitments to the International Monetary Fund\u2019s plans to develop African countries and the specific U.S. humanitarian effort in the Congo.<\/p>\n<p>Kenya is leading the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/watchdog-u-s-wasted-89-billion-on-currently-nonexistent-afghan-military\/\" title=\"Watchdog: U.S. Wasted  Billion on Currently Nonexistent Afghan Military\">support mission<\/a> to Haiti, organized to address the outbreak of gang violence in the country, and is in the process of transporting troops from Nairobi to the Caribbean. The United States, however, is only <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/watch-ted-cruz-grills-biden-doj-nominee-for-allegedly-organizing-event-that-celebrated-cop-killers\/\" title=\"WATCH: Ted Cruz Grills Biden DOJ Nominee For Allegedly Organizing Event That Celebrated Cop Killers\">providing logistical support<\/a> and equipment and will not send troops.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe concluded that for the United States to deploy forces in the Western Hemisphere just raises all kinds of questions that can be easily misrepresented,\u201d Biden said Thursday when asked to defend that decision. \u201cAnd so I\u2019m very grateful for President Ruto\u2019s leadership here.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are in a situation where we want to do all we can without us looking like America, once again, is stepping over and deciding \u2018this is what must be done,&#8217;\u201d he added later in the press conference.<\/p>\n<p>Following the press conference, Ruto met with Obama, whose father was Kenyan, at Blair House, just across the street from the White House and the traditional lodgings provided to visiting dignitaries.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI have had a productive engagement with the Former President of the United States of America Barack Obama,\u201d Ruto added in a post on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/williamsamoei\/posts\/pfbid0KqaAXEVMMJxN7tG4be4QmSELd7wZP3hMPjCRZFQ6K1hTGjmEC64JSjBxZdnhdCXel\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Facebook<\/a>. \u201cWe exchanged views on democratic developments, climate and peace and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/adm-davidson-thaad-not-enough-to-contain-chinese-aggression\/\" title=\"Adm. Davidson: THAAD not enough to contain Chinese aggression\">security challenges<\/a> in Africa.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><strong>CLICK HERE TO READ MORE FROM THE WASHINGTON EXAMINER<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe reviewed opportunities available to Africa\u2019s young and dynamic demographic in tech, innovation, higher and technical education and exchanged ideas on how Kenya and Africa can leverage on U.S. institutions and technological capacity to advance its interests,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<p>After meeting with Ruto, Obama later attended a private reception alongside Biden and former President Bill Clinton at the White House. Obama was not expected at the state dinner, the White House said a day earlier, but the former president was spotted entering the dinner and joined Clinton in attending.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Kenyan President William Ruto met former President Barack Obama in Washington, D.C., during his visit for meetings with President Joe Biden. 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