US President Joe Biden appeared to snap at a British reporter yesterday during a meeting with Sir Keir Starmer, barking at the journalist: "You be quiet".
The two world leaders held a discussions in the Blue Room at the White House in Washington DC on Friday, with reporters invited into the room for the beginning of the meeting.
While the gathered media took pictures and began filming the start of the meeting, journalists attempted to ask questions to the US President.
Biden told the media in the room: "I say you be quiet while I speak, ok, that's what I say. Good idea?"
Joe Biden snapped at a journalist in the Blue Room of the White HouseTWITTER/DANNYCKEMPOne of the journalists then attempted to ask the US President what he thought of Vladimir Putin's threat of war with the US and UK.
Biden snapped back: "You be quiet, I’m going to speak, okay?
"You gotta be quiet, I’m going to make a statement."
He then went on to make opening remarks about the issues that would rediscussed in the meeting, focusing on Ukraine and Gaza.
Biden snapped: "You be quiet, I’m going to speak, okay?'
GB NEWS
A similar opening statement was then made by Starmer.
Afterwards the journalist put his question to Biden again.
"I don’t think much of Vladimir Putin," the President replied on the second time of asking.
Afterwards, Starmer described his meeting with Biden as “long and productive”, but would not be drawn on what the pair had decided regarding Ukraine’s potential use of Western weaponry against Russian targets.
Questioned on what they had decided in relation to Ukraine’s potential use of long-range missiles, Starmer told reporters: “We had a wide-ranging discussion about strategy in Ukraine, of course, in the Middle East and other parts of the world.
“This wasn’t a meeting about a particular capability. That wasn’t why we got our heads down today.
“It was to allow ourselves the space, which we took, the time, which we took, to have a strategic discussion so that tactical decisions could be seen within the wider strategy.
“It was a really good invitation from the President, we’ve had a very productive (meeting) and we’ve come to a strong position. I’m very pleased that we’ve had these discussions.”