No, US President Joe Biden did not snub Modi at the QUAD summit - FACTLY
Sai Krishna Muthyanolla
May 25, 2022
A social media post accompanying a video from the recent QUAD meeting in Japan, which purportedly shows US President Joe Biden ignoring Modi and just talking to Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese, is being shared widely with a claim that Biden snubbed Modi at the QUAD summit. Through this article let’s fact-check the claim made in the post.
Claim: Visuals showing US President Joe Biden snubbing Modi at the QUAD summit in Japan.
Fact: US President Biden did not snub PM Modi at the QUAD summit. In fact, as per the news reports, Biden praised Modi for successfully handling the COVID-19 situation in India. The lengthier version of the viral video clearly shows Biden talking to Modi, immediately after he is done talking to his Australian counterpart. The viral video is clipped, which edited out the part showing Biden’s interaction with Modi. Hence the claim made in the post is MISLEADING.
The viral visuals are from recently held QUAD summit in Japan. However, US President Joe Biden did not snub Modi at any point of time during the summit. In fact, there are reports saying Joe Biden praised Modi for successfully handling the COVID-19 situation in India.
As far as the viral clip is concerned, Google search led us to a news video which reported the same scene of Biden welcoming Anthony Albanese but from a different angle. This video clearly shows Biden talking to Modi in a jovial manner after he was done talking to Albanese. Visuals clearly indicates that Biden and Modi shared a good rapport when all the four QUAD leaders met.
Lengthier version of the viral video also shows Biden interacting with Modi immediately after he is done talking to Albanese. Thus, it evident that Biden did not snub Modi, but spoke to Modi and shared a good rapport through out the summit.
To sum it up, the US President Joe Biden did not snub Modi at the QUAD summit.