President Biden appeared confused and unsure of what was going on during a press conference with India's prime minister on Saturday.
The incident happened when Biden was supposed to introduce Prime Minister Narendra Modi in Wilmington, Delaware. Biden seemed confused and thought he was waiting for reporters to ask him questions. Then, after an awkward silence, the announcer introduced PM Modi.
“I want to thank you all for being here,” Biden said. “And now, who would you like me to introduce next?”
“Who's next?” he shouted, and there was a few seconds of silence.
The announcer then stepped in to introduce Modi, who then approached Biden and shook his hand.
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The exchange came a day after President Biden came under heavy criticism for allowing First Lady Jill Biden to run a Cabinet meeting on Friday.
President Biden on Friday convened his Cabinet for the first time since Oct. 2, 2023, with the first lady on hand to talk about the White House's efforts on women's health research.
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Regarding Jill Biden's attendance, the president said, “Here and in previous administrations, first ladies have attended these meetings for specific reasons. This is the first time that Jill will be participating, and it shows how important the issues she's going to talk about are.”
He finally handed it to his wife and said, “It's all yours, boy.”
US First Lady Jill Biden speaks about progress on the White House Women's Health Research Initiative while attending the first Cabinet meeting of her husband, President Joe Biden's, administration, at the White House in Washington, DC, on September 20, 2024. (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)
The New York Post reported that Jill Biden, who was sitting at the head of the executive table in the Cabinet Office, “read for 4 1/2 minutes from a binder on maternal and child health initiatives after her husband spoke for just two minutes at the beginning of the meeting.”
The president traditionally sits at the center of the table, with cabinet members seated in the order of their departments' establishments. Hillary Clinton appears to be the last sitting first lady to attend a meeting of her husband's cabinet.
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The amount of influence the first lady has over Joe Biden and his administration has been a frequent topic of debate, with many commentators criticizing her attendance at the meeting on social media.
President Biden last held a Cabinet meeting in October 2023. (AP/Manuel Balce Senator)
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The New York Post reported that Jill Biden “is considered by insiders to be the most influential first lady since Edith Wilson, who severely limited contact with her husband, President Woodrow Wilson, after he suffered a severe stroke in October 1919.”
Fox News' Alexander Hall contributed to this report.
