Biden jokes that England’s Euro 2024 semi-final win was ‘all because of the prime minister’

Natalie Chinn

10 July 2024 at 7:36 pm

President Joe Biden and Prime Minister Keir Starmer chatted about England’s Euro 2024 semi-final win during their first meeting in Washington, DC.

England won against the Netherlands 2-1 in an exciting game Wednesday night. Biden joked that it was “all because of the prime minister.”

Starmer was quick to point out that they haven’t lost a game under Labour government in 2024.

The two leaders met for the first time this week as Starmer made his international debut as prime minister at the NATO summit.

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