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AMLO baffles Biden and Trudeau with a 28-minute monologue to answer a question

AMLO baffles Biden and Trudeau with a 28-minute monologue to answer a question

Standing between US President Joe Biden and Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau at the closing press conference of the summit in Mexico City, the Mexican leader, known as AMLO, spent about 28 minutes on Tuesday to answer the questions of a single reporter while his guests looked uncomfortable at their podiums.

AMLO talked about vaccines against malaria, scholarships for disabled children, his Mayan Train project and television police dramas.

He talked about fentanyl and vaporizers and, near the end, asked Biden to help Mexican immigrants in the United States.

Unaccustomed to López Obrador’s daily press conferences, which often last nearly three hours, Biden and Trudeau politely eyed their podiums, their feet, the sky. Anything that could serve as a distraction.

The awkward press conference was in keeping with the tone of the summit, colloquially dubbed the “Three Amigos” conference. On Monday, AMLO began a meeting with Biden expressing a complaint about the indifference of the United States towards Mexico and Latin America. The US president, clearly upset, replied that he could not afford to focus only on the countries of the Americas.

The United States provides more foreign aid than all other countries, almost combined, in the world, not just to the hemisphere, but to the entire world.Biden told his counterpart at the meeting. “Unfortunately, our responsibility does not end with the Western Hemisphere.”.

As the question-and-answer session ended, AMLO finally seemed to feel the January chill outside Mexico’s National Palace.

Well, all this is what we have discussed. I’m past time, it’s very coldAMLO said.

oh no noTrudeau murmured, with a slight smile.

The most powerful person in the world, meanwhile, hadn’t had the chance to answer all the questions he was asked.

I want for the record that I don’t know what questions I didn’t answer.” Biden said. “I am prepared for later. Many thanks”.

Trudeau managed to smile with AMLO as the three men posed for a photo. Biden’s jaw dropped in bewilderment.

Source: Gestion

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