Biden mocks the press and claims reporters ask irrelevant questions

President Joe Biden took a shot at the press during his meeting Wednesday with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. As reporters were escorted from the room, several Israel-related questions shouted at the two leaders. Biden has been in New York since Sunday evening to participate in the United Nations General Assembly and has used the trip to raise money for his re-election campaign.

‘Surprised they didn’t ask me about the car strike. They usually ask about things that have nothing to do with what we are talking about,” Biden was heard telling the Israeli leader as journalists were removed from the room. At the next event – ​​this time a meeting with Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva – reporters asked Biden about the ongoing United Auto Workers strike, and he declined to answer their questions. The criticism of the press comes at a time when Biden has remained tight-lipped for six days about the charges against son Hunter Biden.

At a White House event Friday, Biden sidestepped questions about whether he would pardon his son. At the press conference that day, White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre said the answer was no. ‘I’ve answered this question before and I was very clear. I said no,” she said during the briefing.

She answered the question earlier in July, before Delaware’s U.S. Attorney David Weiss was elevated to the position of special counsel. Weiss has been charged with investigating Hunter’s foreign business deals, taxes and claims that the first son lied on a form about his crack cocaine addiction to obtain a gun.

The charges against Hunter Thursday related to the gun. Later Friday, Biden headed to Wilmington, Delaware, where his only public appearance was attending Saturday church services. He didn’t even look in the direction of reporters when someone shouted a question and asked again whether Biden would pardon his son.

Biden returned to the White House on Sunday and answered one question about the impeachment inquiry that Republicans opened a week ago on Tuesday. The president chuckled and wished them “good luck” as he crossed the South Lawn, ignoring Hunter’s questions.

Biden has not taken any questions from the press since arriving in New York on Sunday evening. He celebrated his granddaughter Finnegan’s birthday — and crashed another birthday party in the process — at the chic Il Cantinori, along with daughter Ashley and first lady Jill Biden.

On Monday, Biden headlined two fundraisers for his re-election campaign, including one that featured Broadway’s biggest stars. There he railed against former President Donald Trump and the “MAGA Republicans,” saying they are “determined to destroy American democracy” and “bow down” to Russian President Vladimir Putin.

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