Biden Shares Socially Distanced Picture of Himself With Other Leaders at the G7 Summit, Declares That ‘Diplomacy is Back’

President Joe Biden is in England today on his first trip abroad as commander-in chief for the G7 summit and shared a photo of himself with other world leaders on a beach in Cronwall.

In a tweet of the picture, Biden declared that “diplomacy is back.”

Diplomacy is back. pic.twitter.com/27D316PAqB

— President Biden (@POTUS) June 11, 2021

Business Insider reported that featured in the photo was British Prime Minister Boris Johnson front and center, with Biden to his right.

The other leaders in the photo were Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, French President Emmanuel Macron, German Chancellor Angela Merkel, President of the European Council Charles Michel, Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga, Italian Prime Minister Mario Draghi, and President of the European Commission Ursula von der Leyen.

Bloomberg News reporter Jennifer Jacobs tweeted a video of them apparently walking to the photo op and reported that Biden joked, “Everybody in the water,”

“Macron and Biden walked shoulder to shoulder, chatting, an arm draped around each other’s back,” Jacobs added.

“Everybody in the water,” Biden joked to his fellow leaders at the G7 family photo on the oceanfront in Carbis Bay, England.

Macron and Biden walked shoulder to shoulder, chatting, an arm draped around each other’s back. pic.twitter.com/CTpwa8gCjU

— Jennifer Jacobs (@JenniferJJacobs) June 11, 2021

It is clear that Biden was taking a shot at former President Donald Trump with the tweet as Business Insider also noted that they believed there appeared to be less visible tension in this year’s photo among the leaders with Trump out of the picture.

They linked to a 2018 photo which could have been caught in a certain moment that wasn’t just right. In that picture, however, he had Merkel to his left and there was no social distancing.

Trump had a tendency to aggressively confront U.S. allies on a range of issues – especially trade – and his abrasive leadership style placed major strains on relations with key partners, they claimed.

Supporters of the former president would argue that diplomacy is just another word for giving into the demands of the other world leaders and adding more debt to the U.S. budget.

Indeed, it has already been reported that Biden and the G7 leaders have committed to donating 1 billion COVID-19 vaccines for the world, 500 million of which will come for the U.S.