The US president laughed and joked about his age. At the White House Correspondents Association’s traditional dinner, a traditionally well-organized event, Joe Biden, 80, joked about what many call a reelection problem, which he already assumed he will run for.
After dinner, the headliner was Roy Wood Jr., correspondent of the Daily Show, who joked about Biden’s age.
“In Paris, they rioted because they wouldn’t work until they were 64. Meanwhile, in America, we have an 80-year-old man begging for four more years of work,” he joked, with a big smile on his face. Biden, a few feet away, a few feet away.
“‘Let me finish the job’ – that’s not a campaign slogan, that’s a plea,” added Roy Wood.
Joe Biden claimed in his speech that businessman Rupert Murdoch, the 92-year-old owner of the conservative Fox News TV network, makes him look like Harry Styles.
“You might think I don’t like Rupert Murdoch, but I don’t. How can I not like someone who makes me look like Harry Styles?”
Biden also spoke about CNN host Don Lemon, who was reportedly fired for sexist comments. “They call me old – I say I’m experienced. They say I’m old – I say I’m wise. They say I’m uptight – Don Lemon would say he’s a man in his prime. “
Washington’s political and media elites gathered for the annual Washington Dinner. The event, for 2,600 guests, was attended by Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris, something not seen since 2016, the last dinner before Donald Trump entered the White House.
“It’s great to be back here and prove I didn’t learn anything,” Biden said.
The event aims to celebrate the guarantees of freedom of expression and advocate for a free press around the world.
Before dinner, Joe Biden met with the family of Evan Gershkovich, a Wall Street Journal journalist who was arrested in Russia last month on espionage charges.
Source: DN
