'One just got me,' the president told reporters before boarding Air Force One
President Biden departed the United States Wednesday on his first foreign trip as president, with stops in the United Kingdom, Belgium and Switzerland, and meetings with world leaders, including Queen Elizabeth II and Russian President Vladimir Putin, planned over the next seven days.
But Biden had a summit of a different sort before he left. On the tarmac at Joint Base Andrews, the president swatted away what appeared to be a cicada that had landed on his neck.President Biden wipes his neck after a cicada landed on him before boarding Air Force One at Joint Base Andrews on Wednesday.
The large flying insects have swarmed the eastern United States in recent weeks, with Brood X cicadas blanketing the Washington, D.C., area, in particular. TheOn Tuesday night, the plane set to carry dozens of journalists to Europe to cover Biden’s first trip abroad was grounded after cicadas filled its engines,In Europe, Biden will participate in the G-7 summit that kicks off Thursday in the U.K.
“Strengthening the alliance,” he said. “Make it clear to Putin and China that Europe and the United States are tight.”Asked whether he might forge some kind of understanding with Putin on the recent cyberattacks, Biden paused, then replied: “Who knows?”
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