A photo shared on Twitter shows the streets of Belfast empty ahead of President Joe Biden's visit.
It would seem, at face value, that Biden's lack of reception as depicted in the photo marked a far cry from the crowds and praise his predecessors enjoyed.taken in Howard Street, Belfast
, near the headquarters of the Presbyterian Church in Ireland. Many of the roads that police closed in anticipation of the president's visit are only a few minutes walk from Howard Street. What time the photo was taken was unclear, though a widely-reported Police Service of Northern Ireland statement noted that from Tuesday there would be a"high visibility" security operationWhile security would be a concern for any visiting public leader, the tensions in Northern Ireland are worth noting; only a day before Biden arrived, police vehicles in the city of Londonderry were attacked with firebombs during an illegal Irish republican parade,...
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