US President Biden: White House Considers Boycotting Beijing Olympics
US President Joe Biden said the possibility of a diplomatic boycott of the Olympics in Beijing, China. This is reported by TASS.
“This is under consideration,” Biden said, answering a question about whether the American administration is studying the possibility of a boycott.
Earlier, Biden confused journalists with his the answer to the question of whether Washington will send a delegation to the Winter Olympics in Beijing. “I am a delegation,” Biden said, commenting on a possible boycott of the event by the US administration. According to the puzzled journalists of the presidential pool, it was not clear what the head of state meant and whether he understood the question.
On November 16, The Washington Post reported that the US presidential administration intends to announce a diplomatic boycott of the Winter Olympics. According to the newspaper, the technical solution has not yet been finalized, but the American leader was given appropriate recommendations. Administration sources said he would receive them by the end of the month. In the event of a boycott, the President and other Washington officials will not attend the Olympic Games in the Chinese capital.