

Honed over decades in the Senate and eight years as vice president, the president's personal appeal has emerged as one of his strongest assets on the world stage, allowing him to smooth ruffled feathers and lead a coalition of allies that has managed to remain remarkably united in its response to the Russian invasion of Ukraine.Įxperts said this approach will be put to the test once again this week with Mr.

"My granddaughters, who are bright young women, who are college and law school graduates … still talk to me about their meeting with the prime minister," Mr. President Joe Biden meets with Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen of Denmark in the Oval Office at the White House on June 5, 2023. The Oval Office meeting lasted more than two hours - much longer than expected - and the prime minister was given the Biden family seal of approval by his granddaughters, who had met with Frederiksen briefly a year ago at the NATO summit in Madrid. He personally wrote a note to Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen, which translated into an invitation to the White House in early June for the 45-year-old leader. London - When President Biden realized he wouldn't be able to sit down with one of Europe's youngest leaders at last year's NATO summit in Madrid, he didn't send an email or a text.
