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PRESIDENT Joe Biden's final freebie vacation of his term in office has sparked outrage as he prepares to leave the White House an unpopular and diminished statesman. The outgoing Commander-in-Chief, 82, arrived on Thursday in the Caribbean resort of Saint Croix - part of the U.S.
Virgin Islands - for a last vacation before he prepares to leave office. Biden , First Lady Jill Biden, and daughter Ashley were filmed disembarking Air Force One for a post-Christmas sunny getaway. From the tiny airport, they were whisked away in a presidential motorcade to the beachfront villa of Bill and Connie Neville, two wealthy business managers and prominent Democratic donors.
Biden previously spent New Year's Day at the couple's Caribbean home in 2023 and also hosted them at a state dinner in 2022. Wearing a black baseball cap, the outgoing president appeared stony-faced as he made his way to his waiting vehicle. READ MORE ON JOE BIDEN The Nevilles run the US Viking software company, which makes an online content platform called ENPS marketed by The Associated Press and used by various news outlets.
It is the latest of Biden's stays at the home of wealthy backers, drawing accusations of ethics violations. Previously, the Bidens reportedly asked Maria Allwin, the widow of a prominent hedge fund operator, if they could use her vacation mansion in Kiawah Island, South Carolina. Biden also spent four Thanksgiving-week stays at billionaire private equity titan David Rubenstein’s compound in Nantucket, Massachusetts.
Most read in The US Sun This September, President Biden spoke at a lunch hosted by Rubenstein in Washington. The previous month, Biden’s family spent five days for free at the sprawling California ranch of medical technology billionaire Joe Kiani. Kiani has received substantial government contracts during the Biden administration and has been appointed by the president to an advisory board.
Both moves have sparked outrage from Republicans. Biden has also been slammed for avoiding the media or scrutiny from opposition as he brings an end to his 50-year political career. “He’s been disappeared for a long time," GOP strategist Doug Heye told The Hill .
"We saw him go to Africa, didn’t take any questions that anybody could see, and was largely shielded from the press." Democrats have also expressed frustration as Biden's term looks to go out with a whimper. "There’s just such a great level of sort of disappointment on the way this presidency is ending," one Democratic lobbyist said.
"It’s almost like a resignation at this point." Read More on The US Sun Instead, Trump has been able to dominate the media spotlight, through a series of colorful cabinet appointees as well as some high-profile public appearances. As Biden's legacy looks tarnished forever, attention has shifted to Trump who is making presidential statements weeks before he takes office.
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