The White House cuts off Joe Biden's microphone in Vietnam after several babblings and ramblings: "I'm going to bed"

“I'll tell you what, I don't know about you, but I'm going to bed.”. This has been one of the phrases that the president of the United States (USA), Joe Biden, has pronounced in a speech in Hanoi (Vietnam). As a result of other babbling and moments of rambling, his team has decided to cut off his microphone and abruptly end his intervention.

The president was in the middle of his appearance, answering questions from journalists, when he was suddenly interrupted. “We talk about stability, we talk about the Third World, sorry, the southern hemisphere has access to change,” said the president.

Faced with this apparent lapse, his press secretary, Karine Jean-Pierre, intervened to put an end to the speech: “Thank you all. With this the press conference ends,” he concluded.. However, the president continued speaking without realizing that his microphone had stopped working.

Even though he attempted to continue answering questions, the background music grew louder, 'forcing' Biden to put away his folder and leave the stage.

A “new stage”

In this way, this Monday the two-day official visit to the Asian country concluded in Hanoi, in which he insisted on “the new stage” of relations between both countries after the signing of a strategic partnership agreement on Sunday.

Biden, who met this Monday with his Vietnamese counterpart, Vo Van Thuong, the Prime Minister of the Asian country, Pham Minh Chinh, and the president of the National Assembly, Vuong Dinh Hue, stressed that it was “extraordinary how far and how “fast” relations between the two former enemies have progressed in recent years.

“It is extraordinary how far and how quickly relations have advanced”

According to the White House, Biden and Thuong discussed business and economic ties, in addition to aspirations for technological cooperation and the Vietnamese energy transition plan.

“This is just the beginning. “This is about creating a free and open Indo-Pacific for all of us,” stressed the US president at the end of his meeting with the Vietnamese president. Thuong, for his part, highlighted that this visit and the signing of the strategic partnership agreement between both countries mark “a momentous occasion” that opens “a new chapter” in their relationship.