Joe Biden Presidency thread *Please read OP - Threadbanned Users Added 4/5/21*

What would you expect, they showed their true colours during Covid, basically the mouthpiece of the Governement.

Larry Donnelly is he still trying to pretend he is some bit objective ?

Is this a joke ?

RTE are as blue as they come, Ireland would be one of the bluest states if it were part of the US.

Maybe you can't see the difference between Tubridy desperately trying to find an Irish link to a confused looking Bruce Springsteen on the Late Late versus having the relationship Ireland has with the current president of the US.

We benefit hugely both directly and indirectly from this,as we do with the whole Paddies day thing.

People who can't understand this aren't worth explaining it to.

The fact that the man clearly loves Ireland and was genuinely moved at a lot of points shouldn't come into it......but it does for me anyway.

Correct. No interest myself but it would appear the majority of the country enjoyed the last few days. cheered most people up so that is a good thing. it's that Paul Murphy and the PBP crowd are the embarrassment, shower of wasters and moaners

It's not that odd if you consider that if you haven't got a relation in the US you almost certainly know someone who has.

Watching Sky News just there. The bitterness from their contributers (two conservative writers I think) is stunning. Basically he should be in the UK meeting Sunak because Ireland's not important. They really have taken this as a snub in some quarters.

Do the darlings forget Biden already visited them during his term? June 13, 2021 Windsor Castle at the invitation of Her Late Majesty, Queen Elizabeth II

But yes 'how dare he visit our neighbors, that offensive ratsnake bastard'

Then the only ones giving a toss are your CPAC types like Nigel Farage just stirring up their usual bull for clicks and controversy.

We should confer with @Kermit.de.frog if it was awl Nigel

Well done Joe. **** the begrudgers.

Entrance like he's about to step in to the ring 😂

Thought biden came across v well,clearly love the place ,speech in ballina very good. Bit surprised at the english media reaction, way ott.

Both Irish and American sides will be quite happy with how things went I think. From the Government's view they'll be happy that it passed off incident free and that naysayers decided to not turn up rather than be disruptive. They'll have been delighted that it's been all positive easy news all week, that a ceasefire broke out on domestic issues that will last probably until Monday. It's been a good week for them. Even Varadkar, who must have been a little nervous of the reception he might get from the crowd in Ballina for his Biden intro, was received politely. I have to say I'm glad Varadkar finally killed off the undocumented in the US issue with a long overdue public acknowledgement that a carve out for the Irish is not politically possible in the US, and that regularisation will be part of broader immigration reform (which is also not possible at the moment).

The Americans are probably happy enough. No major gaffes from the President and his slip in Louth has been largely forgotten. Those watching social media might have observed the memeification of the "lick the world" (it's a reference to an Irish play and could have done with being put into context) phrase he used in his Dublin Castle remarks - something that has already been twisted into "Crazy Joe, not fit for office anymore". They might not be entirely happy that his emotion at Knock was reported on either, though they can use that to show the human, father side of the man as well. That said WH press photography did release an emotional picture at the Hospice so maybe not.

They are probably most disappointed with the depth of coverage the visit has received at home. After the speech in NI, it's seemingly got little attention beyond "what the president does is newsworthy because he's the president", mentioned in passing and buried inside the papers. I think it was a missed opportunity not to at least obliquely reference re-election in Ballina as it would have sent the crowd into raptures, one of the easiest crowds he'll likely ever address.

It's been an easy week politically though for Biden, able to escape the Pentagon leaks fallout largely and receive "a welcome like a diety" as the Guardian put it. He looked at ease, energetic, and a man genuinely honoured by the whole occasion. It was lovely to witness it, we may never see the likes ever again.

Lies lies and more lies.

We are expected to believe then that the US didnt blow up Nordstream 2, please.

Saw 2 vids from Beau about this today. The first was published yesterday, the latter from 5 months ago, referenced in the former.

Literally, Russia demanded oversight on US weapons in Ukraine - so we sent overseers.