Foreign travel “takes a fair amount out of” the 80-year-old US president, the newspaper’s source says
US President Joe Biden will likely miss out on the coronation of Britain’s King Charles III, the Daily Telegraph reported on Friday.
According to a “source close to the Biden administration” quoted by the newspaper, “foreign travel takes a fair amount out of” the 80-year-old US leader.
He added that Washington was trying to restrict Biden’s foreign trips “to the essentials, and they may just think twice about crossing the Atlantic twice in quick succession,” referring to the president’s upcoming visit to Northern Ireland.
However, Washington wants to avoid the perception of a snub to the UK, and still intends to dispatch a high-level delegation to the ceremony, which could include First Lady Jill Biden, the report says. One Telegraph source also indicated that there “may still be some efforts under way to see if Biden can be…
