JAKARTA - United States (US) President Joe Biden is reportedly not attending the dinner of the leaders of the Group of Seven (G7) in Italy, the White House said.

When asked by reporters about the president's decision to board Air Force One on Wednesday, June 12, White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre said the president would have a 'difficult two days'.

Reported by CNN, Thursday, June 13, US President Biden arrived in Italy Wednesday, June 12 evening after nearly eight hours of flight, and this week's summit was held after a trip to France last week to commemorate D-Day and state visits in Paris.

This is at least the fourth time, according to CNN calculations, President Biden will miss or return early from an official dinner with other world leaders. In 2022, the President will not attend the G20 dinner in Bali.

In 2023, the president returned early from a G7 dinner in Hiroshima and returned to his hotel to receive a briefing from his debt ceiling negotiating team. The president also missed a NATO summit dinner in Lithuania in 2023.

Biden, the oldest US president to take office, is 81 years old and faces questions and criticisms about whether he is too old to run for re-election.

The majority of 59 percent of Americans think Biden and former President Donald Trump are too old for their next term as president, according to an ABC News/Ipsos poll released earlier this year.


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