The Shoving Match Began at a Side Entrance Immediately as the Two Presidents Entered the Geneva Villa From the Front Door (Video)

(from a friend in Geneva, Switzerland)

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June 16, 2021

Here’s more of a description of the villa as the pool was waiting:

The shoving match began at a side entrance immediately as the two presidents entered the villa from the front door.

Journalists from both countries rushed to enter the building but were stopped by US and Russian security and government officials. The pool was repeatedly told to line up separately and in single file but neither side did. Instead, the journalists pushed and shoved trying to enter the building. There was screaming and yelling as a Swiss official kept asking everyone to be quiet. Poolers was told by the US and Russia officials several times that they would not be allowed inside unless everyone was orderly. That never happened. White House officials repeatedly tried to get the US pool inside, saying that the US and Russia had agreed on the numbers. Meanwhile, we learned while standing there that the leaders had started speaking without media inside the room. Finally at 1:39 pm, nine of the 13-member US pool got into the room.

Biden and Putin were seated in a library with books lining at least three of the walls. The two presidents had a small wooden table in between them. Flowers were on the table. A large globe was just behind the table. Large US and Russian flags were erected on each side of the globe.

Biden was seated with his legs crossed. To his right, a female interpreter sat in a chair. To her right, Secretary of State Antony Blinken was seated.

Putin was seated with his hands on his legs. To his left, a female interpreter sat in a chair. To her left was Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov.

The media scuffle was the most chaotic your pooler has seen at a presidential event in nine years. Journalists pushed and shoved, yelling at each other to move but no one did. After just a minute or two, Russian security pulled the red rope separating the media from the leaders back to try to keep them away from the presidents. Russian security yelled at journalists to get out and began pushing journalists. Journalists and White House officials screamed back that the Russian security should stop touching us. Your pooler was pushed multiple times, nearly to the ground, as many poolers tripped over the red rope, which was now almost to the ground.

Both presidents watched and listened to the media scuffle in front of them. They appeared amused by the scene. At one point, Biden leaned over and spoke to the interpreter and smiled.