Watch: Biden Leaves Press Meet Midway, Ignores Questions On Banking Crisis

US President Joe Biden is thought to depart press meets halfway however a video exhibiting him ducking out of a briefing on the Silicon Valley Bank collapse on Monday, mid-question, has sparked criticism.

When President Biden ended his remarks on “sustaining a resilient banking system and defending our historic financial restoration”, a reporter requested, “President, what have you learnt proper now about why this occurred? And may you guarantee People that there will not be a ripple impact?”

“Are you able to guarantee People that there will not be a ripple impact? Do you count on different banks to fail?”

BIDEN: *shuts door* pic.twitter.com/CNuUhPbJAi

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And not using a second look, the President began strolling away. “Will different banks fail, Mr President,” requested one other reporter, however Mr Biden had left the room.

The video of Mr Biden strolling out, on the White Home’s YouTube channel, has gone viral with over 4 million views. Feedback have been turned off, which has triggered a backlash on Twitter.

This isn’t the primary time that the US President has left a room stuffed with reporters wanting extra. After making a press release on the China “spy balloon” incident, journalists leapt at Mr Biden with questions. After being requested by a reporter, “Are you compromised by your loved ones’s enterprise relationships?” Mr Biden stated, “give me a break, man” and walked off.

Final yr, a clip of him smiling at reporters as they roared questions at him after his assembly with the Colombian president went viral as nicely. Many on social media stated he “refuses to talk to journalists as a result of he does not have the solutions”.

In 2021, a reporter known as out the President for not taking questions. A CBS reporter stated as Joe Biden turned to depart the room, “When will you reply questions on your assembly with Xi Jinping and different leaders? When will you reply our questions, sir?”