A picture posted on Facebook shows Joe Biden and Boris Johnson asleep while attending the United Nations Climate Summit (COP26) from October 31 to November 12. In the case of the North American leader, the image that accompanies the publication “COP26 is the best” seems to have been captured on the same video released by a journalist covering the event.
Zack Purser Brown, a political journalist for the Washington Post, published the video on November 1. in the beginning Clip For more than a minute, Joe Biden seemed to have trouble sleeping, and he closed his eyes until he was interrupted by an assistant within 30 seconds of the video.
Biden seems to be asleep during the COP26 opening speeches pic.twitter.com/az8NZTWanI
– Zach Burzer Brown (achzachjourno) November 1, 2021
This video of the American leader was recorded when Joe Biden heard a disabled rights activist speak. Eddie Endobu warned that global warming threatens “the ability of food to grow and survive.”
The clip received over 5 million views Tweet Journalist Zack Purser Brown’s original was shared 16,000 times. Forbes Magazine Can still handle After this video was shared, The Hashtag “Sleepy Joe” is a sensational title (also known as Trend) nThe Twitter. This is the name given to Joe Biden by former US President Donald Trump during the 2020 presidential election campaign.
According to the British Prime Minister, in the case of Boris Johnson, there are only photographs of the moment he allegedly slept.
At the time, the film showing the Prime Minister sitting between Antonio Guterres and David Attenborough created controversy and drew reactions from many British politicians. Published by Labor MP David Lammy Tweet I urge Boris Johnson to stay awake and focus on the climate crisis.
Time to get up Boris Johnson The world is on fire. Sir David Attenborough is focusing on the climate crisis, and it is time for your government to do the same # Guard26 pic.twitter.com/NwblaibP6n
– David Lammy (avDavidLammy) November 1, 2021
But other pictures of the conference contribute to the theory that the British leader was photographed only at a moment when he closed his eyes. Because, apart from the photo used in this publication, Boris Johnson seems to be focusing on the conference he attended.
However, the photo shared in the analyzed publication shows a British Prime Minister resting his eyes and the fact that Boris Johnson found himself contributes to the theory that the UK head of state fainted.
But the theory that the British leader was asleep has already been rejected. To the British newspaper The Mirror Boris Johnson government source says The accusation that the British Prime Minister was asleep during this session of the United Nations Climate Summit is “nonsense”.
The pictures point to moments when Joe Biden and Boris Johnson closed their eyes. But it is difficult to say whether the President of the United States and the President of the United Kingdom were really asleep.
As for the US president, he knows how long Joe Biden has been blindfolded – he can at least conclude that he was fainting or struggling with sleep.
According to the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom – the only sign that Boris Johnson was asleep was a photograph. But this film is a moment when the ruler closed his eyes. Because other photographs of the moment show that the head of the British government was watching the session with his eyes open.
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