Q. Mr. President——
Q. French election——
Q. French election——
France's Presidential Election
Q. [Inaudible]—the French election, sir?
The President. Well, we feel good about the French election, number one.
Number two, I tried to talk to him last night. We spoke with his staff, but he was at the Eiffel Tower having a good time. So I'm going to be talking to him today.
Senior Administration Officials' Travel to Ukraine
Q. And did you speak with Secretary Blinken or Secretary Austin after their trip to Ukraine?
The President. We're going to be doing that now. I haven't spoke—I've spoken to them before and on the way, but I haven't to them—[inaudible].
Q. And what did you think of their trip?
Q. How do you think it went, sir?
The President. It went good.
NOTE: The President spoke at approximately 10:40 a.m. on the tarmac upon returning from New Castle, DE. In his remarks, he referred to President Emmanuel Macron of France. A portion of these remarks could not be verified because the audio was incomplete.
Joseph R. Biden, Remarks in an Exchange With Reporters at Joint Base Andrews, Maryland Online by Gerhard Peters and John T. Woolley, The American Presidency Project https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/node/355534
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