Lame-duck Biden humiliated with back-corner spot in APEC family photo as China’s Xi gets place of honor in front row

NEW YORK POST | Published November 17, 2024

LIMA — Lame-duck President Biden was relegated to the back corner of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation conference’s annual family photo in Peru, as Chinese President Xi Jinping enjoyed a front-and-center position next to the host country’s President Dina Boluarte.

The petty humiliation of America’s leader came ahead of his Saturday afternoon meeting with Xi, who has been feted with relative pomp throughout the APEC event in Lima as thanks for his country’s financing of a large new port on Peru’s coast.

Biden, 81, whose increasing irrelevance domestically and on the world stage has earned him the moniker of “super lame duck,” arrived last to the family photo before taking his position between the fellow back-row leaders of Thailand and Vietnam.

The order of world leaders is alphabetical by country, although a review of past APEC family photos show national positions aren’t fixed. In 2017, then-President Donald Trump took a choice center spot in two group photos — once in the front row, once in the back — for the APEC summit in Vietnam, the only such gathering he attended.

This year, New Zealand Prime Minister Christopher Luxon and Papua New Guinea’s Deputy Prime Minister John Rosso stood out of order, maneuvering behind Boluarte and Xi.

Biden’s position was a clear sign that the world’s leaders don’t take him “seriously anymore ever since Nancy Pelosi threw him out,” Rep. Claudia Tenney (R-NY) told The Post

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RELATED: Biden presses China’s Xi over trade after making major flub at Peru summit

The two leaders met behind closed doors for the third and final time of Biden’s presidency. REUTERS

NEWSBREAK | Published November 17, 2024

President Joe Biden pressed Chinese President Xi Jinping during a private meeting Saturday on the People’s Republic of China’s unfair trade policies after President-elect Donald Trump made ceasing the country’s trade practices a key part of his winning platform.

The outgoing Biden, 81, emphasized how federal officials will take necessary actions to intercept any use of advanced technology that undermines national security of the United States or its allies, the White House said in a statement.

Biden met with Xi at the Chinese leader’s hotel for the third and final time of his presidency toward the end of an Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation summit in South America.

The private discussion came after Biden made a major flub in his public comments to Xi, calling the relationship between the two countries an “alliance,” before quickly correcting himself.

“We are the most important alliance – or the most important relationship in the entire world, and how we’re getting along together can impact the rest of the world,” Biden said, according to multiple outlets.

“And so our two countries can not let any of this competition veer into conflict. That’s our responsibility and over the last four years I think we’ve proven it’s possible to have this relationship.”