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Obama holds surprise meeting with world leader after report about Biden 'rivalry'
Former President Barack Obama met with U.K. Prime Minister Rishi Sunak on Monday, just hours after a report came out about a rivalry between Obama and President Biden.
The Monday meeting was Obama's first in-person meeting with Sunak since he became prime minister. Obama was only spotted when he was leaving Sunak's residence Monday afternoon. He said only that it was a "courtesy visit" made while conducting other business in London.
The meeting comes less than a day after a report detailing a decade long rivalry between Obama, Biden and their aides.
Biden aides have complained that "Obama and his team did not fully appreciate Biden's experience with foreign policy, Congress and grip-and-grin politicking — and were disrespectful," Axios reported this weekend.
"The Obama people thought Biden would suck as president," one former Biden aide told Axios. "They didn't think he'd be organized enough to execute."
"We do have too many Obama people who don't care about Joe Biden. It's about them," a former White House official said.
"When people say, 'This is what worked for Obama,' their first response is often, 'We're not Obama,'" a "senior Democrat" reportedly said, referring to Biden's staff....
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Sounds like Obama is doing some back door foreign policy behind Joe's back. Obama's team is correct about Joe not being up to the task.
Former President Barack Obama met with U.K. Prime Minister Rishi Sunak on Monday, just hours after a report came out about a rivalry between Obama and President Biden.
The Monday meeting was Obama's first in-person meeting with Sunak since he became prime minister. Obama was only spotted when he was leaving Sunak's residence Monday afternoon. He said only that it was a "courtesy visit" made while conducting other business in London.
The meeting comes less than a day after a report detailing a decade long rivalry between Obama, Biden and their aides.
Biden aides have complained that "Obama and his team did not fully appreciate Biden's experience with foreign policy, Congress and grip-and-grin politicking — and were disrespectful," Axios reported this weekend.
"The Obama people thought Biden would suck as president," one former Biden aide told Axios. "They didn't think he'd be organized enough to execute."
"We do have too many Obama people who don't care about Joe Biden. It's about them," a former White House official said.
"When people say, 'This is what worked for Obama,' their first response is often, 'We're not Obama,'" a "senior Democrat" reportedly said, referring to Biden's staff....
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Sounds like Obama is doing some back door foreign policy behind Joe's back. Obama's team is correct about Joe not being up to the task.