{"id":2266609,"date":"2024-06-13T04:16:02","date_gmt":"2024-06-13T08:16:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-jets-back-to-europe-after-hunters-conviction\/"},"modified":"2024-06-13T04:21:47","modified_gmt":"2024-06-13T08:21:47","slug":"biden-jets-back-to-europe-after-hunters-conviction","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-jets-back-to-europe-after-hunters-conviction\/","title":{"rendered":"Biden returns to Europe following Hunter&#8217;s conviction"},"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\">14<\/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-jets-back-to-europe-after-hunters-conviction%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=2266609&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>President Joe Biden is participating \u2063in the Group of Seven (G7) summit held in \u200bItaly while \u200csimultaneously managing personal and \u2064<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/new-audio-confirms-that-andrew-cuomo-threatened-to-compare-political-opponent-to-child-rapist\/\" title=\"New Audio Confirms That Andrew Cuomo Threatened To Compare Political Opponent To \u2018Child Rapist\u2019\">political challenges<\/a>. His trip coincides with his son, \u200bHunter Biden,\u2064 being convicted on federal felony gun \u2062charges and undisclosed drug\u2063 use during \u200ca firearm purchase. Hunter faces up to 25 \u2062years \u2064in \u200bprison, significantly shadowing his father&#8217;s \u2062presidency\u200b and adding \u2063to the political noise \u2063as \u200cthe 2024\u2064 election approaches. Additionally, \u200bHunter has charges\u200c in\u200b California related to \u200d<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/white-house-silent-on-presidents-seventh-grandchild-fathered-by-hunter-biden\/\" title=\"White House mum on Hunter Biden's seventh grandchild.\">federal tax crimes<\/a> that \u200chint at some of his <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/hunter-biden-investigation-pros-and-cons-of-a-house-impeachment-inquiry\/\" title=\"Pros and cons of House impeachment inquiry into Hunter Biden investigation.\">foreign business\u200c dealings<\/a>, \u200cwhich are under scrutiny \u2062by Congress.<\/p>\n<p>On the \u2062political front, right-wing \u2064and Euro-skeptic \u2063parties have seen success\u2062 in recent European Parliament elections, which raises \u2063concerns about the influence and traction of far-right ideologies in \u2062Europe. The rise of \u200cthese parties could also echo \u2064broader geopolitical shifts that \u2062complicate \u2062U.S. foreign relations under Biden\u2019s administration, as seen by some analysts who suggest\u200c that these \u200ddevelopments could parallel unexpected political shifts similar to Brexit and \u2062Trump&#8217;s 2016 victory.\u2064 Meanwhile, \u2063the European elections \u2062results have already led French \u2063President Emmanuel Macron to dissolve the national \u2062parliament and call for snap elections.<\/p>\n<p>President Biden\u2019s \u200bagenda at the\u200c G7 summit is expected to\u2063 focus on reaffirming global alliances\u200d and \u2064the \u2064importance of \u200bdemocracy. However, these international and personal challenges pose significant distractions that might impact his ability to project leadership both domestically and internationally. Biden\u2019s \u2062attempts to distance his governance from the issues surrounding his son are further complicated\u2062 by continuing critiques\u200c from opposition figures, \u200blike former\u2062 President Donald Trump, particularly as election strategies\u2063 take shape. This convergence of \u200bpersonal, national, and \u2062global issues \u2063presents a complex \u200clandscape for Biden, with \u200cconsiderable implications\u200b for his administration and the upcoming election.  <\/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>President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/joe-biden\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Joe Biden<\/a> is abroad for the second time in as many weeks, this time for the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/g7\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Group of Seven<\/a> summit as he and other world leaders deal with a war in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/ukraine\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Ukraine<\/a> and another between <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/israel\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Israel<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/hamas\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Hamas<\/a> in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/gaza\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Gaza<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>But Biden is also in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/italy\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Italy<\/a> as his family contends with the personal and political consequences of his only surviving son, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/hunter-biden\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Hunter Biden<\/a>, being convicted this week on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/firearms\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>federal felony gun charges<\/a> and as <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/europe\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Europe<\/a> comes to terms with the overperformance of far-right political parties in last weekend\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/european-union\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>European Parliament<\/a> elections.<\/p>\n<p>En route to Fasano, Italy, the site of this year\u2019s G7 summit, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/white-house\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>White House<\/a> press secretary <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/karine-jean-pierre\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Karine Jean-Pierre<\/a> did not answer questions regarding how Joe Biden found out about his son\u2019s guilty verdict Tuesday after his weeklong jury trial in Delaware, a first for a first son and one that covered his <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/drugs\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>illicit drug use<\/a> and relationships with his late brother <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/beau-biden\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Beau Biden<\/a>\u2018s widow and a stripper.<\/p>\n<p>Jean-Pierre also did not answer why Joe Biden helicoptered from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/washington-dc\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Washington, D.C. <\/a>to Delaware on Tuesday to spend time with his family when Hunter Biden departed for California shortly after his arrival or which family members were accompanying him on his three-day trip to Italy. All three children Hunter Biden had with his first wife, Kathleen Buhle, were reportedly aboard <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/air-force-one\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Air Force One.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn anticipation of your questions, I just want to read the president\u2019s statement from yesterday,\u201d Jean-Pierre told reporters on the plane Wednesday. \u201cI don\u2019t have anything beyond the statement.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Hunter Biden faces up to 25 years in federal prison for one count of unlawfully having a firearm in 2018 when he was a drug addict and two counts of not disclosing his drug use when he purchased the revolver. He has also been charged in California with nine counts of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/taxes\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>federal tax crimes<\/a>, including tax evasion. That trial is scheduled to start in September, weeks before the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/2024-elections\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>2024 election<\/a>, and is expected to concern some of his foreign business transactions, which <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/republicans\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>congressional Republicans<\/a> have investigated as part of their <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/impeachment\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>impeachment proceedings<\/a> into his father.<\/p>\n<p>Aside from the personal repercussions, Joe Biden, the White House, and his campaign anticipate that former President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/donald-trump\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Donald Trump<\/a> and Republicans will continue to criticize him and his son, particularly during this month\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/debates\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>debate<\/a>. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/polls\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Polling<\/a> is yet to capture the political ramifications of the younger Biden\u2019s latest legal complications for the elder.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis has been a tough week for Biden,\u201d Rutgers University history, media studies, and journalism professor\u00a0David Greenberg told the <em>Washington Examiner<\/em>. \u201cHe\u2019s not implicated in his son\u2019s crime, and there\u2019s an enormous difference between Hunter\u2019s offense and Trump\u2019s. Still, the conviction may taint the president by association, if even a small number of people conclude that \u2018both sides\u2019 are corrupt.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe\u2019s an adult, and he\u2019s been at the center of the political controversies since his laptop was discovered four years ago,\u201d Ronald Reagan biographer Craig Shirley added. \u201cHe\u2019s put himself in the middle of the maelstrom. Republicans have every right to criticize him for his illegal behavior, for his <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/pennsylvania-lawmakers-look-to-impeach-woke-philly-da\/\" title=\"Pennsylvania Lawmakers Look to Impeach Woke Philly DA\">illegal gun possession<\/a>, and for his conviction. He\u2019s fair game. He\u2019s an adult. His last name is Biden. Trump\u2019s children, all his children, encountered their own criticism. So now it\u2019s sauce for the goose.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Biden and his aides are trying to underscore the differences alluded to by Greenberg between the president and his predecessor, including on the matter of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/democracy\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>democracy<\/a> after Trump challenged the results of the 2020 election.<\/p>\n<p>But Biden\u2019s promotion of democracy and defense of Ukraine were undermined last weekend by right-wing and Euro-skeptic parties in Europe, including <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/marine-le-pen\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Marine Le Pen<\/a>\u2018s National Rally in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/france\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>France<\/a> and Alternative for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/germany\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Germany<\/a>, which outperformed expectations in the June 6-9 European Parliament elections. Even before the results were finalized, French President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/emmanuel-macron\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Emmanuel Macron<\/a> dissolved France\u2019s national parliament and announced a snap election for seats in the lower house, with the first round of voting to take place on June 30 and the second on July 7.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe European elections, meanwhile, are a bad omen,\u201d Greenberg said. \u201cRemember, in 2016 everyone was stunned when <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/brexit\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Brexit<\/a> passed in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/united-kingdom\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Britain<\/a> \u2014 and it seemed to presage Trump\u2019s victory.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>On Air Force One, Jean-Pierre did <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trumps-ex-wh-counsel-mcgahn-to-testify-next-week-about-mueller-report\/\" title=\"Trump's Ex-WH Counsel McGahn to Testify Next Week About Mueller Report\">answer questions related<\/a> to Biden\u2019s approach to the G7 after the European Parliament\u2019s elections and as Trump retains an advantage over him in battleground state polling.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSome of you traveled with us when he went to Normandy and visited the beaches of Normandy on the 80th anniversary of D-Day, and you heard the president talk about the importance of our alliances and our partnership and how it is important that we fight for democracy and our freedom because it matters for all of us,\u201d she said. \u201cYou\u2019ll see the president at the G-7, another important opportunity to engage with our allies and partners on what\u2019s going on globally in the world.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>But Shirley remained skeptical about Biden and his prospects before November, asserting his message has \u201cbecome lost in his problems.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHis message is completely obliterated by many varied problems that he has,\u201d Shirley told the <em>Washington Examiner.<\/em> \u201cHis son\u2019s convictions \u2014 he\u2019s still got another trial in California \u2014 the anti-<a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/judaism\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Jewish<\/a> protests by the Democratic Left, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/crime\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>crime<\/a> in American cities, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/border-crisis\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>border<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/inflation\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>inflation<\/a>. He\u2019s near a tipping point where his presidency falls into the abyss.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAll presidents face this moment in time, and some recover and some don\u2019t,\u201d he said. \u201cAs far as Normandy and Reagan and Biden, Reagan\u2019s speech was an address for the ages. Biden\u2019s speech was an address for the minutes.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Forty years before Biden traveled to France\u2019s north coast, Reagan similarly delivered two addresses honoring U.S. soldiers who died during <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/world-war-II\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>World War II<\/a>, which served as an inspiration for the incumbent.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>CLICK HERE TO READ MORE FROM THE WASHINGTON EXAMINER<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>In addition to his G7 meetings, Biden\u2019s agenda includes a press conference with Ukrainian President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/volodymyr-zelensky\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Volodymyr Zelensky<\/a> and a sit-down with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/pope-francis\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Pope Francis<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Alongside Jean-Pierre on Air Force One, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/nsc\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>national security adviser<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/jake-sullivan\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Jake Sullivan<\/a> outlined a new long-term bilateral <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/national-security\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>security agreement<\/a> Biden and Zelensky will sign after the event.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>President Joe Biden is overseas again, attending the G7 summit amid the Ukraine war and Israel-Hamas conflict in Gaza. 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