Oyes, there is indeed a question of age at the center of the 2024 election: I am an adult man who is running against a 6 year old kid! » It was a rather fit Joe Biden who made some well-intentioned jokes during the annual dinner of the Correspondents’ Association at the White House. Humor and (self)mockery are traditionally on the menu for this evening which offers political leaders and journalists alike a welcome break in the midst of tense current affairs. Barack Obama was brilliant at this game during his two terms, but Donald Trump refused to comply with the exercise. The occupant of the White House is in fact also asked to listen with a smile to the second-degree nonsense that a comedian unfolds, this time Colin Jost, husband of Scarlett Johansson, who was present at this evening. “I would like to point out that it is past 10 p.m.: Sleepy Joe is still up, while Donald Trump has spent the week falling asleep in court every morning,” said Colin Jost. The current American president joked again when talking about the stormy weather that his rival Donald Trump faced, in the middle of the trial relating to the Stormy Daniels affair. A little last one? Not a fan of interviews, Biden said: “Several of you are complaining that I hardly answer your questions? » Before answering: “No comment! » The atmosphere was much less relaxed outside the room, where demonstrators continued to proclaim their disgust at the Biden administration’s support for Israel despite the martyrdom in Gaza.
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