Biden dodges reporters and misses photo-ops to secure 'super lame duck' status on the world stage

'Mr. President. President Biden. Please, we haven't heard from you each trip. Mr. President!'

Those were the screams from a newsman astatine the 81-year-old president, who turns 82 connected Wednesday, arsenic helium boarded Air Force One to people the extremity of past large rotation connected the satellite stage.

Instead of responding, the commander-in-chief boarded the statesmanlike craft successful silence. 

It capped disconnected a travel to Peru and Brazil - with a halt successful the Amazon - wherever helium answered the bulk of questions with a blank stare. 

It cemented Biden's 'super lame duck' presumption connected the satellite signifier - arsenic satellite leaders didn't hold for him to look astatine a photo-op and the White House didn't fuss scheduling a property league to assistance with aboriginal agenda-setting. 

The president headed backmost to Washington, D.C. aft spending six days successful South America attending the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation acme successful Lima, Peru and the G20 successful Rio de Janeiro. 

He became the archetypal sitting U.S. president to circuit a conception of the Amazon rainforest - which became 1 of respective viral moments from the trip, as helium appeared to 'wander off' into the Brazilian jungle. 

As helium walked onto the level for his formation back, the vexation of the media was encapsulated by 1 journalist. 

'Mr. President, blessed aboriginal birthday. For your birthday, volition you speech to us, sir?' asked the reporter, a subordinate of his traveling property pool. 'As a acquisition to the press, volition you delight speech to us?'

'Mr. President. President Biden. Please, we haven't heard from you each trip. Mr. President!' she screamed. 

That last plea came aft reporters held up insubstantial signs aft his circuit of the Amazon wood Sunday to promote him to speak. 

Earlier that day, the indigenous circuit guides who had taken Biden, his girl Ashley and his granddaughter Natalie astir the Museu da Amazônia successful Manaus, Brazil drowned retired shouted questions by playing the maracas arsenic Biden wrapped up his speech.

Perhaps it was Trump's specter that kept Biden truthful tight-lipped. 

He ignored each azygous Trump-themed question hurled astatine him connected the trip, though gave a one-word reply to 1 newsman connected however helium and Chinese President Xi Jinping - who helium met connected the sidelines of APEC connected Saturday - planned to woody with the North Korean threat. 

'Peacefully,' helium mouthed. 

That was the archetypal query Biden had answered since earlier Election Day.

Senior medication officials told reporters during inheritance briefings that Trump simply wasn't coming up during Biden's meetings with satellite leaders.

The president-elect wasn't adjacent mentioned erstwhile Biden and the leaders of South Korea and Japan were discussing North Korea, a White House authoritative claimed. 

Trump famously forged a bizarre relationship of sorts with North Korean person Kim Jong Un. 

While Biden avoided Trump questions, helium besides refused to talk connected his decision, which was archetypal reported Sunday, to let Ukraine to onslaught Russian territory utilizing long-range weapons. 

He gave a blank look Tuesday when, again, helium was asked astir permitting Ukraine to usage the weapons during a meet-and-greet Tuesday with G20 host, Brazil's President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva. 

Russia reported Tuesday greeting that Ukraine had targeted the Bryansk portion overnight. 

The heightened tensions stoked World War III fears and angered Trump allies, who feared Biden would bumble the state into greater struggle with conscionable 2 months of his word to go. 

His diminished beingness was connected afloat show Monday, erstwhile satellite leaders didn't fuss waiting for him to instrumentality 1 of the G2O radical photos, where China's Xi and India's Narendra Modi got beforehand enactment positions. 

An American writer got caught narrating the embarrassing moment.

'Where was he? They're telling them to hold for Biden, guys,' she said. 'Oh my God!' she intoned.  

She past spotted Biden. 

'Do you spot him to the left? To the near of the thenar tree,' she exclaimed. 'Oh my deity ... He's down the thenar histrion close now.' 

The 81-year-old sauntered up to the crowd, who was breaking up aft the photo-op, alongside Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni. 

The White House astir instantly started playing harm control. 

'Due to logistical issues, they took the photograph aboriginal earlier each the leaders arrived,' a elder authoritative told reporters traveling with Biden aft the diss. 'So a fig of leaders weren’t really determination erstwhile they took the photo.' 

But connected Tuesday - arsenic Biden was lining up for yet different radical photograph - Paolo Pimenta, Brazil's curate of communications, countered that by telling DailyMail.com that the representation wasn't taken prematurely.

'Biden was talking to Trudeau,' Pimenta said successful his native Brazilian Portugese. 'Because Brazil is similar this. When it's time, it's time.' 

'It's British punctuality. But it volition beryllium sorted out,' helium added. 'The photograph yesterday was not a G20 photo...everyone thought it was the authoritative photograph but it wasn't.'

Just days before, successful the APEC authoritative 'family photo,' Biden's presumption was successful the 2nd enactment and implicit toward the broadside - which the White House said was owed to leaders appearing successful alphabetical order. 

But past a spokesperson for the National Security Council besides had to concede that immoderate of the leaders were retired of bid owed to their ain breaches successful protocol. 

Biden arrived 5 minutes precocious for that photograph to beryllium snapped. 

The representation spoke louder than words, with China's Xi lasting front-and-center alongside the APEC host, Peruvian President Dina Boluarte. 

The one-and-only clip Trump went to APEC, the photograph was centered astir the American leader. 

Biden besides raised eyebrows erstwhile helium arrived astatine the G20 acme tract and appeared to veer disconnected the reddish carpet and locomotion a antithetic mode than different satellite leaders. 

A elder medication authoritative had to play harm power determination excessively - explaining that immoderate leaders took the antithetic way if determination were enhanced information concerns. 

And past determination was Biden's locomotion successful the jungle. 

A clip of the president went viral that suggested helium had gotten mislaid successful the Amazon rainforest. 

In fact, helium was cutting down the aforesaid way helium had taken to get to his podium - and teleprompter set-up - to springiness remarks astir preserving the past wood for generations to come. 

But net users suggested helium was gone for good. 

'And helium was ne'er seen again ...' 1 idiosyncratic connected X posted, showing Biden's backside slinking into the greenery.