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APRIL 16, 2021
President Biden and Japanese Prime Minister Hold News Conference
President Biden and Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga held a joint news conference in the White House Rose Garden. Both leaders reaffirmed the commitment of partnership and shared values and answered questions on the Tokyo Olympic Games, climate change, relations with China and Iran, and the president’s gun control policy.
President Biden and Japanese Prime Minister Hold News Conference
President Biden and Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga held a joint news conference in the White House Rose Garden. Both leaders reaffirmed the commitment of partnership and shared values and answered questions on the Tokyo Olympic Games, climate change, relations with China and Iran, and the president’s gun control policy.
Biden, Suga Hold 'Serious Talks' on China After Beijing Warns Japan to Stand Asid
Apr. 17 - President Joe Biden and Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga had "serious talks" about China hours after the country warned Japan not to escalate hostilities over a disputed territory.
Biden and Suga met at the White House on Friday, Biden's first in-person meeting with a foreign leader since becoming president. While many issues were discussed, the meeting was said to include a discussion on "the impact of China's actions on peace and prosperity in the Indo-Pacific region and the world," with the leaders sharing their "concerns over Chinese activities that are inconsistent with the international rules-based order, including the use of economic and other forms of coercion."
"We committed to working together to take on the challenges from China and on issues like the East China Sea, the South China Sea, as well as North Korea, to ensure a future of a free and open Indo-Pacific," Biden said at a press conference following the meeting. "We're committed to defending and advancing our shared values, including human rights and the rule of law." more
Apr. 17 - President Joe Biden and Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga had "serious talks" about China hours after the country warned Japan not to escalate hostilities over a disputed territory.
Biden and Suga met at the White House on Friday, Biden's first in-person meeting with a foreign leader since becoming president. While many issues were discussed, the meeting was said to include a discussion on "the impact of China's actions on peace and prosperity in the Indo-Pacific region and the world," with the leaders sharing their "concerns over Chinese activities that are inconsistent with the international rules-based order, including the use of economic and other forms of coercion."
"We committed to working together to take on the challenges from China and on issues like the East China Sea, the South China Sea, as well as North Korea, to ensure a future of a free and open Indo-Pacific," Biden said at a press conference following the meeting. "We're committed to defending and advancing our shared values, including human rights and the rule of law." more
APRIL 16, 2021
White House Daily Briefing
White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki held a briefing on the president’s agenda. She spoke about the recent shooting at a FedEx facility in Indianapolis, Indiana, that left eight people dead. She went on to call for the Senate to pass House legislation on background checks. She also previewed President Biden’s meeting with Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga, saying they would discuss a range of topics including climate change, North Korea, and the upcoming Olympics.
White House Daily Briefing
White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki held a briefing on the president’s agenda. She spoke about the recent shooting at a FedEx facility in Indianapolis, Indiana, that left eight people dead. She went on to call for the Senate to pass House legislation on background checks. She also previewed President Biden’s meeting with Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga, saying they would discuss a range of topics including climate change, North Korea, and the upcoming Olympics.
Press Secretary Jen Psaki brilliantly smacks down Newsmax reporter trying to get Black UN Ambassador fired
White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki responded to a reporter from the right wing website Newsmax who asked if President Joe Biden will fire the U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations.
Apr. 17 - Ambassador Linda Thomas-Greenfield joined the U.S. Foreign Service four decades ago, in 1982. Her extensive resume includes serving as United States Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs, Director General of the United States Foreign Service and Director of Human Resources, United States Ambassador to Liberia, Deputy Assistant Secretary, Bureau of Population, Refugees and Migration, and Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary for African Affairs, among others.
She was confirmed for her current post by a highly partisan U.S. Senate in a strongly bipartisan 78–20 vote.
Newsmax White House Correspondent Emerald Robinson suggested President Joe Biden should bow down to any criticism or attacks from China, telling Psaki that Ambassador Linda Thomas-Greenfield "essentially said that white supremacy is woven into our founding documents and principles."
"This statement," Robinson claimed, "is getting widely criticized as essentially parroting Chinese Communist Party talking points. So is the President going to remove her from her position as the representative before that body to promote United States values?"
Psaki, calmly, told her no.
"Is the President going to remove an African American woman with decades of experience in the Foreign Service who is widely respected around the world from her position as Ambassador to the UN? He is not," Psaki replied. "He is proud to have her in that position. She is not only qualified, he believes she is exactly the right person in that role at this moment in time. I have not seen her comments, I will say that there's no question that there has been a history of institutional racism in this country, and that doesn't require the UN ambassador to confirm that." source from
White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki responded to a reporter from the right wing website Newsmax who asked if President Joe Biden will fire the U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations.
Apr. 17 - Ambassador Linda Thomas-Greenfield joined the U.S. Foreign Service four decades ago, in 1982. Her extensive resume includes serving as United States Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs, Director General of the United States Foreign Service and Director of Human Resources, United States Ambassador to Liberia, Deputy Assistant Secretary, Bureau of Population, Refugees and Migration, and Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary for African Affairs, among others.
She was confirmed for her current post by a highly partisan U.S. Senate in a strongly bipartisan 78–20 vote.
Newsmax White House Correspondent Emerald Robinson suggested President Joe Biden should bow down to any criticism or attacks from China, telling Psaki that Ambassador Linda Thomas-Greenfield "essentially said that white supremacy is woven into our founding documents and principles."
"This statement," Robinson claimed, "is getting widely criticized as essentially parroting Chinese Communist Party talking points. So is the President going to remove her from her position as the representative before that body to promote United States values?"
Psaki, calmly, told her no.
"Is the President going to remove an African American woman with decades of experience in the Foreign Service who is widely respected around the world from her position as Ambassador to the UN? He is not," Psaki replied. "He is proud to have her in that position. She is not only qualified, he believes she is exactly the right person in that role at this moment in time. I have not seen her comments, I will say that there's no question that there has been a history of institutional racism in this country, and that doesn't require the UN ambassador to confirm that." source from
APRIL 16, 2021
President Biden Meeting with Japanese Prime Minister
President Biden held a meeting with Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga. The leaders spoke briefly about the countries' common interests and the importance of the Indo-Pacific region.
President Biden Meeting with Japanese Prime Minister
President Biden held a meeting with Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga. The leaders spoke briefly about the countries' common interests and the importance of the Indo-Pacific region.
President Joe Biden signs a series of executive orders on climate change, in the State Dining Room of the White House in Washington, Jan. 27, 2021
Biden's Earth Day Summit Aims for Reset on Climate Change
Apr. 17 - A "coming-out party for the United States on climate change."
That's how University of Maryland Center for Global Sustainability Director Nathan Hultman describes the virtual summit President Joe Biden is hosting with dozens of world leaders April 22-23.
After four years of disregard for the issue under former President Donald Trump, the summit will be "an opportunity for the U.S. to come back onto the scene to show it is taking climate change seriously," said David Waskow, International Climate Initiative director at the World Resources Institute, a Washington-based environmental research and advocacy group.
The White House said it will announce an "ambitious" 2030 target for greenhouse gas emissions before the summit.
Advocates are calling for a 50% cut from 2005 levels, a "highly ambitious but still achievable" goal, Hultman said.
And it would show other major polluters that the largest cumulative contributor to global warming is ready to take action.
"Certainly China is looking to see what the United States is going to do," Waskow said. "We know that some of these other countries — Japan, South Korea, Canada, India — are watching to see how the United States will move." more
Biden's Earth Day Summit Aims for Reset on Climate Change
Apr. 17 - A "coming-out party for the United States on climate change."
That's how University of Maryland Center for Global Sustainability Director Nathan Hultman describes the virtual summit President Joe Biden is hosting with dozens of world leaders April 22-23.
After four years of disregard for the issue under former President Donald Trump, the summit will be "an opportunity for the U.S. to come back onto the scene to show it is taking climate change seriously," said David Waskow, International Climate Initiative director at the World Resources Institute, a Washington-based environmental research and advocacy group.
The White House said it will announce an "ambitious" 2030 target for greenhouse gas emissions before the summit.
Advocates are calling for a 50% cut from 2005 levels, a "highly ambitious but still achievable" goal, Hultman said.
And it would show other major polluters that the largest cumulative contributor to global warming is ready to take action.
"Certainly China is looking to see what the United States is going to do," Waskow said. "We know that some of these other countries — Japan, South Korea, Canada, India — are watching to see how the United States will move." more
