Biden Goes MISSING During G20 Summit Group Photo

Joe Biden missed the final group photo for the G20 Summit.

Biden was nowhere to be found during the final group photo for the G20 Summit, so the United States was not represented in the final snapshot.

Biden’s disappearance caused reporters covering the event to shout, “Where’s Biden?”.

One reporter located Biden and shared “he’s behind the palm tree.”

Take a look:

BREAKING: World leaders at G20 take the group photo without Biden, then walk off

"WHERE'S BIDEN??" – cameraman pic.twitter.com/lXsZBL1nZR

— End Wokeness (@EndWokeness) November 18, 2024

Biden misses G20 group photo in latest embarrassment: ‘He’s behind the palm tree!’ https://t.co/y7WrH12inw pic.twitter.com/RgAAHJlsfj

— New York Post (@nypost) November 18, 2024

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau also missed the annual group photo.

Here's Biden wandering around after missing the group photo at the G20 Summit in Brazil pic.twitter.com/nBYwIz7ttO

— RNC Research (@RNCResearch) November 18, 2024

Per AP:

President Joe Biden inadvertently was a missing man in the traditional photo of world leaders at the final Group of 20 summit of his presidency Monday, a photo-shoot fail that U.S. officials attributed to timing.

Instead, Biden and Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau strolled up after photographers had already taken the official picture, as other world leaders milled about chatting after having smiled and raised linked hands for the photo.

The timing left Chinese President Xi Jinping front and center among the rows of leaders posed against blue skies and blue water in Rio de Janeiro.

Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov stood, less visible, in a back row.

A senior Biden administration official, who was not authorized to comment publicly, said Biden and other leaders missed the photo because of “logistical issues.” Biden had intended to be part of the photo, but it occurred earlier than scheduled.

Biden and Trudeau arrived together at the designated spot for the photo, standing and looking about for a time. Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni also did not join in the group photo, a set piece of such summits.

Earlier in the day, Biden wandered into the Amazon jungle after refusing to answer questions at a press conference:

Where you going Joe?

Biden finishes press conference, answers no questions, wanders off into the Amazon Jungle pic.twitter.com/r2Hl5NoUhi

— RT (@RT_com) November 18, 2024

Per The New York Post:

President Biden missed a group photo of world leaders at the G20 summit on Monday — as a perplexed pool reporter could be heard telling colleagues that the commander in chief was “behind the palm tree!”

Biden, 81, skipped the family picture after buzz ahead of time that he would do so to avoid being seen smiling alongside Russian foreign minister Sergey Lavrov during the ongoing Ukraine war.

The White House blamed “logistical issues” afterward and said it was simply a matter of bad timing that Biden missed the photo.