President Biden stood awkwardly in the back corner of a family photo at the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation Council (APEC) on Saturday, while other prominent world leaders appeared front and center.
Chinese Premier Xi Jinping is placed front and center in the photo, next to Peruvian President Dina Bolarte. Bolarte welcomed world leaders to Lima for this year’s APEC summit.
In the front row to the right of Mr. Xi was Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, along with Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese.
The photo shows Biden smiling and laughing with Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim and Thai Prime Minister Pethunthaan Shinawatra while posing for a family photo. This weekend, Mr. Biden met privately with various leaders, including Mr. Bolarte and Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba.
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In this year’s APEC photo, President Biden was placed in the back corner and Xi Jinping was placed in the foreground. (Getty Images)
The placement of the photo of Biden, who leaves office in January, deviates from the position in which U.S. leaders typically stand. Last year, Biden was at the center of the 2023 APEC family photo shoot in San Francisco. Prime Minister Trudeau and Mr. Xi were to the right of Mr. Biden.
In 2017, former President Trump stood front row center with Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin at that year’s APEC family photo.
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President Biden (above, second from right) and other leaders participate in a family photo at the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) summit in Lima, Peru, on Saturday. (Saul Loeb/AFP via Getty Images)
The meeting was held nearly two weeks after the 2024 presidential election, in which Vice President Harris won a landslide victory over Trump. Biden met with Republican leaders this week to discuss the transition process.
The Democratic president told Trump during the meeting, “I look forward to a smooth transition of power. We will do everything in our power to make sure you have what you need.”
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World leaders, including President Joe Biden, front center, pose for a “family photo” during the 2023 Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Leaders’ Week at the Moscone Center in San Francisco. (Kent Nishimura/Getty Images)
President Trump responded, “I am extremely grateful for such a smooth transition of power.” “We are very grateful that we were able to make this go as smoothly as possible.”
Fox News Digital’s Paul Steinhauser and Brooke Singman contributed to this report.
