An innocent sign of piety, albeit randomly displayed? A deliberate insult of a Jewish man? A calculated show of disrespect for a man and a nation he clearly hates? A sign of the regime chief’s galloping dementia? All of the above?
In any case, Biden certainly didn’t make the sign of the cross when he met with his friend Mahmoud Abbas.
BREAKING: Meeting on the sidelines of the @UN in New York, @POTUS — at the outset of remarks by Israeli Prime Minister @netanyahu as the two sat before the U.S. and Israeli flags — oddly performed the sign of the cross, a ritual Christian gesture. Mr. Biden read from notecards;… pic.twitter.com/MmwQHICVAk
— James Rosen (@JamesRosenTV) September 20, 2023
mgoldberg says
Simple pretension…. nothing more, but of course, much less.
Hindu American says
Maybe he was following the instructions in his notecard. Will he do the same when he meets any arab sheiks?
Paul says
Out of context, inappropriate, and disrespectful.
VictorMc says
Simple really. Don’t make too much of it he is a senile old man but we all knew that didn’t we?
somehistory says
Probably all but one of the “above.” Probably not the “innocent sign” of his pretend piety. He pretends to be religious just as he pretends to be president, and as he pretends to be concerned about the safety and health of the American people.
I have my doubts about it being a part of his dementia. Most people with dementia will have moments of clarity; and since he has such disrespect for Israel and its leader, and such ill will for the Jews….shown by giving his buddy all those millions for the program ‘pay to slay,’ I believe he was attempting to offend Mr. Netanyahu, and all the Jews who care about their nation.
Like some liars who “cross my heart and hope to die,” this is the lying psychopath, biden.
Goofy says
I have a strong feeling that if you ask prime minister Netanyahu about his reaction to meeting Joe Alzheimer Biden face to face, he will tell you that for the first time ever he felt a strange and strong urge to display the sign of the cross himself!
Shema says
This plays well in the Arab street.
crown says
I’m Jewish, and, believe me, I loathe Joe as much as anyone, but… this is not a big deal, and it doesn’t offend me. I think it’s just a gesture made by an old guy who barely ever knows what he is doing.
What DOES offend me about Biden is that he has allowed himself to be the dementia-ridden front-man for the Israel-hater Obama, and the policies being pushed by Obama.
somehistory says
As someone who actually believes in, and tries to follow, Christ, biden offends me with his pretense, while going against everything Christ commanded.
He has no respect for Israel, or for anyone else. And though he is not a Jew and not under the Law, he has broken many, if not all, of the Ten Commandments.
And, yes, he is bo’s puppet doing according to the whispers in his ear and according to his own evil heart.
garry pollack says
I M a Joo, 2 & I know exactly what it means… Blatant disrespect & by an enemy of the Jooish people! If I was just another guy I wud’ve gotten up & smashed his face in! U obviously have not! had ure necessary portion of Joo-baiting in this world….
FYI says
Some say Biden isn’t Catholic.
But then some say Pope Francis isn’t either.
somehistory says
The two of them, joined by pelosi and j kerry, make up their own small flock…of buzzard types….or snake pit.
GreekEmpress says
CINOS—Catholic in name only.
They just “identify” as Catholic
somehistory says
Those are the kinds of minds that I cannot understand. May as well identify as chicken soup. or something entirely useless to anyone.
Rarely says
somehistory
Just shows how little you know about chicken soup (and its amazing powers).
somehistory says
Wrong, rarely, as usual.
I pointed out that they could “identify” as “something entirely useless to anyone”
as an alternative to chicken soup.
I happen to eat chicken soup every time I become ill from things other than my auto-immune disorders. And even eat it when the auto thingys get to be too much all at once.
I only used “chicken soup” because it’s something they would never claim….as it’s too lowly for the ‘great ones’ and their living high on the hog, via other people’s money.
tim gallagher says
It is a weird, bizarre and disrespectful thing for Biden to do. However, i think that the leaders of all countries have well and truly figured out that Biden is a demented old man and a bad joke of a leader so they expect the old clown to do bizarre, inappropriate things. Probably nothing the fool would say or do would surprise the leader of any nation. It must be hard for people to keep a straight face when Biden comes out with some of the nonsense he keeps coming up with.
James Lincoln says
Just wondering if Biden has ever made the “sign of the cross” – in public – before this?
somehistory says
Maybe when he was a smarl-alek brat and wanted to convince another kid he wasn’t lying; and said, “it’s no joke; cross my heart and hope to spit.”
Jim McCrudden says
Any day now, he will poke out his tongue at someone when the someone has his/her back turned; then he will grin foolishly. Then his journalists will start the BS machine, the one with the big handle, and suddenly it was Biden’s impish wit. Prostitutes are held higher in higher respect than these presstitutes.
Sherry C Miller says
Biden is just a socially inept, minimally intelligent, narcissistic, pathologically lying old fool who should have been put out to pasture a long time ago before he had a chance to destroy the United States of America. His making the sign of the cross was just a simple cringe act of ignorance and stupidity following and preceding every other act he does on a daily basis. To quote President Trump, “Get him out! Get him outta here!”
tim gallagher says
I was going to say “spot on” Sherry but I think you are being a bit too kind to Biden with your description of him. He really is the bottom of the barrel. He definitely needs to be put out to pasture. What an embarrassment he is.
clem.alford@talk21.com says
Checking for his mobile phone!!