President Biden awkwardly stood within the again nook of the Asia-Pacific Financial Cooperation (APEC) household picture on Saturday, as different outstanding world leaders had been noticed entrance and heart.
Chinese language Premier Xi Jinping was positioned within the front-center of the picture, subsequent to Peruvian president Dina Boluarte. Boluarte hosted the world leaders in Lima for this yr’s APEC summit.
Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau was seen within the entrance row on Xi’s proper, together with Australia’s Prime Minister Anthony Albanese.
Photos present Biden smiling and laughing with Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim and Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra of Thailand whereas the household picture was being taken. This weekend, Biden had closed-door conferences with quite a lot of leaders, together with Boluarte and Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba.
TRUMP APPOINTS TULSI GABBARD AS DIRECTOR OF NATIONAL INTELLIGENCE: ‘FEARLESS SPIRIT’
President Biden was positioned within the again nook of this yr’s APEC picture, whereas Xi Jinping was positioned within the entrance. (Getty Pictures)
The {photograph}’s placement of Biden, who’s leaving workplace in January, departs from the place American leaders sometimes stand. Final yr, Biden was heart within the 2023 APEC household picture, which was hosted in San Francisco. Trudeau and Xi had been on Biden’s proper.
In 2017, former President Trump stood in the direction of the front-center of that yr’s APEC household picture, together with Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin.
HERE ARE THE MOST TALKED-ABOUT CANDIDATES FOR TOP POSTS IN TRUMP’S ADMINISTRATION
US President Joe Biden (high, second proper) and different leaders take part in a household picture in the course of the Asia-Pacific Financial Cooperation (APEC) Leaders’ Retreat summit in Lima, Peru, Saturday. (Saul Loeb/AFP by way of Getty Pictures)
The convention got here almost two weeks after the 2024 presidential election, the place Vice President Harris misplaced to Trump in an enormous upset victory. Biden met with the Republican chief this week to debate the transition course of.
“I look ahead… to having a easy transition. We’ll do every part we will to be sure to’re accommodated, what you want,” the Democratic president mentioned to Trump in the course of the assembly.
CLICK HERE TO GET THE FOX NEWS APP
World leaders, together with President Joe Biden, entrance heart, stand for a “household picture” in the course of the 2023 Asia-Pacific Financial Cooperation (APEC) Leaders’ Week at Moscone Middle in San Francisco. (Kent Nishimura/Getty Pictures)
“I recognize very a lot the transition that is so easy,” Trump replied. “Will probably be as easy as it may well get, and I very a lot recognize that.”
Fox Information Digital’s Paul Steinhauser and Brooke Singman contributed to this report.