Rishi Sunak greets Joe Biden as US president lands in Belfast

Rishi Sunak met Joe Biden on the runway of RAF Aldergrove on Tuesday evening (11 April) as the US president landed in Northern Ireland for an historic four-day visit to the island of Ireland.

The two world leaders will hold a bilateral meeting in Belfast and take part in engagements to mark the 25th anniversary of the Good Friday Agreement peace deal which largely brought an end to the Troubles in Northern Ireland in 1998.

Northern Ireland secretary Chris Heaton-Harris also greeted Mr Biden as he alighted from the aircraft with US Special Envoy for Northern Ireland Joe Kennedy.

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[SachinSharma-xiot]

He again forgot who rishi sunak is..and got more interested in knowing a junior level officer or maybe he thought that officer is the pm of UK

[Suraj-Verma_]

Rishi sunak is the prime minister of England but old man is treating him like a slave. This is the disrespect of Britain not sunak..

[ericsuperstar]

Hunters able walk through with out being checked for crack

[mechtast]

And they discussed their favourite ways to commit fraud

[RicMura]

Biden has spent a great time in INDIA :P

[James-gfjl]

Americans interfering in other people's affairs? Now there's a new concept.

[richardreese]

Why’d you end it ? Because he wouldn’t let go of that woman?
Weak men create hard times

[rs-dppr]

The master pushed a vessel state head away and thinks that's just an Indian bus boy. Lol..

[johncarr-]

What are you doing about Indian gangs vandalising white and black private hire drivers cars in London and around the UK, putting acid in the oil and partially blocking the exhaust so that fumes gets in the car hurting the driver and passengers.

[plattypus]

Two unelected officials meeting to discuss how they’ll further plunge the world into disarray

[ianmccuaig]

Joe yes rishi I still have my green card am I still legally allowed to come back think I have fecked up the uk

[sirstiffpilchard]

Biden just ignored him. A bit rude I would say.

[iancanty]

If Joe Biden has such great affection for Ireland, (as do many other American politicians of Irish descent) then how does he explain why his ancestors found it so unappealing that they emigrated to America.

[GlosbeNatural]

Did Joe Biden ignore UK PM Rishi Sunak, and push him aside? Here's what happened

[skywalker]

Good grief, is Biden really the best they have

[TayWoode]

What’s the betting that of any speeches he makes the news will just show footage of him and have a reporter telling us what he said, coz they don’t want us to actually hear his incoherent mumbling

[chrisbamo]

is he going back with them
with its green card
I DO HOPE SO

[olebode-hfbw]

This is the way how the american treat the brits nowadays. Europe and UK may really need to wake up

[vinaybhat]

This old grandpa can't even remember who is about to meet😂🤦🏻‍♂️ how can US still silent on this non-sense...

[adambishop]

he needs to pop into greggs for a munch