{"id":557973,"date":"2021-06-09T10:52:06","date_gmt":"2021-06-09T14:52:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=557973"},"modified":"2021-06-09T10:52:08","modified_gmt":"2021-06-09T14:52:08","slug":"white-house-press-plane-delayed-7-hours-by-cicadas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/white-house-press-plane-delayed-7-hours-by-cicadas\/","title":{"rendered":"White House Press Plane Delayed 7 Hours By Cicadas"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">18<\/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%2Fwhite-house-press-plane-delayed-7-hours-by-cicadas%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=557973&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--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/bug-2.jpg?w=1200&#038;h=800&#038;ixlib=react-9.0.3\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\"  style=\"display:none\"><\/div>\n<p>The White House press corps has been bugged.<\/p>\n<p>Literally.<\/p>\n<p>The departure of the charter plane ferrying members of the press corps to Europe to cover President Joe Biden\u2019s first foreign trip was delayed for seven hours overnight after cicadas \u201cinvaded the engine and caused mechanical issues,\u201d The Daily Mail <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/news\/article-9668129\/White-House-press-plane-heading-G7-delayed-seven-hours-CICADAS-swarming-engine.html\">reported<\/a> Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p>The plane was set to take off from from Dulles International Airport in Virginia at 9 p.m., but didn\u2019t leave until nearly 4 a.m.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe White House press charter, flying from Dulles to Europe ahead of President Biden, has been delayed for hours \u2014 due to mechanical issues caused by cicadas. Yes. Cicadas,\u201d Associated Press White House reporter Jonathan Lemire wrote on Twitter.<\/p>\n<p>Just before 4 a.m., he wrote: \u201cAnd after a delay of nearly 7 hours, we\u2019re finally wheels up to the UK and the G7. Stupid cicadas.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\" readability=\"8.6807228915663\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">And after a delay of nearly 7 hours, we\u2019re finally wheels up to the UK and the G7<\/p>\n<p>Stupid cicadas <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/lpZktUXUpf\">https:\/\/t.co\/lpZktUXUpf<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Jonathan Lemire (@JonLemire) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JonLemire\/status\/1402535120863649794?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 9, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>CNN Chief White House Correspondent Kaitlan Collins tweeted: \u201cNo, @JonLemire isn\u2019t kidding, the White House press charter for the foreign trip is delayed several hours because of cicada-related mechanical issues.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\" readability=\"9.8019801980198\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">No, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JonLemire?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@JonLemire<\/a> isn\u2019t kidding, the White House press charter for the foreign trip is delayed several hours because of cicada-related mechanical issues.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Kaitlan Collins (@kaitlancollins) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/kaitlancollins\/status\/1402456342523219970?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 9, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The pesky bugs are everywhere in the Washington, D.C., area, having emerged after a 17-year slumber.<\/p>\n<p>Below is the president\u2019s schedule, according to the White House:<\/p>\n<p><strong>Thursday, June 10, 2021<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The president will meet with The Right Honorable Boris Johnson, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, to affirm the enduring strength of the special relationship between the United States and the United Kingdom.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Friday, June 11, 2021<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The president will attend the G7 Summit in Cornwall. There, he will reinforce our commitment to multilateralism, work to advance key U.S. policy priorities on public health, economic recovery, and inclusive growth, and demonstrate solidarity and shared values among major democracies.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Saturday, June 12, 2021<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The president will attend the G7 Summit in Cornwall.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Sunday, June 13, 2021<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The president will attend the final day of the G7 Summit in Cornwall.<\/p>\n<p>The president and the first lady will meet with Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II at Windsor Castle.<\/p>\n<p>The president will travel to Brussels, Belgium.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Monday, June 14, 2021<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The president will participate in the NATO Summit. The president will affirm the United States\u2019 commitment to NATO, Transatlantic security, and collective defense. NATO leaders will discuss how to orient the Alliance to future threats and ensure effective burden sharing.<\/p>\n<p>The president will also meet with His Excellency Recep Tayyip Erdo\u011fan, president of the Republic of Turkey, to discuss the full range of bilateral and regional issues.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Tuesday, June 15, 2021<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The president will meet with His Majesty King Philippe, King of the Belgians, and His Excellency Alexander De Croo, prime minister of Belgium.<\/p>\n<p>The president will participate in the U.S.\u2013EU Summit, which will underscore our commitment to a strong Transatlantic partnership based on shared interests and values. The leaders will discuss a common agenda to ensure global health security, stimulate global economic recovery, tackle climate change, enhance digital and trade cooperation, strengthen democracy, and address mutual foreign policy concerns.<\/p>\n<p>The president will travel to Geneva, Switzerland.<\/p>\n<p>The president will meet with His Excellency Guy Parmelin, president of the Swiss Confederation.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Wednesday, June 16, 2021<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The president will hold a bilateral summit with His Excellency Vladimir Putin, president of the Russian Federation.<\/p>\n<p><em>The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies and counter-cultural outlets for news, opinion, and entertainment. Get inside access to The Daily Wire by becoming a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/subscribe\">member<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The White House press corps has been bugged.Literally.The departure of the charter plane ferrying members of the press corps to Europe to cover President Joe Biden\u2019s first foreign trip was &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2279734,"comment_status":"close","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/bug-2.jpg?w=1200&h=800&ixlib=react-9.0.3","fifu_image_alt":"White House Press Plane Delayed 7 Hours By Cicadas","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-557973","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/bug-2.jpg?w=1200&h=800&ixlib=react-9.0.3","fifu_image_alt":"White House Press Plane Delayed 7 Hours By Cicadas","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/557973","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=557973"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/557973\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2279734"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=557973"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=557973"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=557973"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}