President Biden was minimize off Sunday as he spoke at a Hanoi press convention in Vietnam and shuffled off the stage, award-show type, as jazz music performed within the background.

Mr. Biden was discussing a chat he had with Chinese Premier Li Qiang when his press secretary, Karine Jean-Pierre, interrupted him mid-sentence to finish the press convention.

“We talked about stability, we talked about the Third World, excuse me, the Southern Hemisphere has access to change. It wasn’t confrontational at all. He came up to me, he said …,” mentioned Mr. Biden earlier than Ms. Jean-Pierre minimize in and comfortable piano music started to play.“Thank you, thank you,” Mr. Biden mentioned and put down the mic.

He tried to area one other query from reporters however then walked off the stage.

The weird clip circulated on the web as Mr. Biden faces questions on his superior age and is hammered by critics as “Sleepy Joe” over off-script feedback that generally ramble.

Prior to the Li query, Mr. Biden signaled he was prepared to go out.

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“I tell you what, I don’t know about you, but I’m going to go to bed,” Mr. Biden mentioned.

Mr. Biden was in Hanoi for a go to with Vietnamese leaders to debate financial partnerships and commerce. He had arrived from the G20 summit in India and can cease in Alaska on his means again to Washington Monday to mark the anniversary of the Sept. 11, 2001, terror assaults.

A reporter from Fox News acknowledged that Mr. Biden was maintaining a busy schedule.

“He has been basically working all through the night, the equivalent of an all-nighter, Eastern time,” correspondent Peter Doocy mentioned forward of the press convention in Vietnam. “So, he’s probably pretty tired. Pretty jet-lagged.”

The White House seized on the feedback.

Ms. Jean-Pierre posted a clip of Mr. Doocy’s reside shot from Vietnam and wrote, “Thank you, Peter,” on her X-platform account.

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