.PressSec defended POTUS's planned trip abroad as the debt ceiling battle rages at home. '[Biden] is president wherever he is, and as it relates to the American economy, that is always a top priority for him,' Jean-Pierre said.
"[Biden] is president wherever he is, and as it relates to the American economy, that is always a top priority for him," she told reporters at the press briefing Tuesday.A reporter noted that Biden delayed a foreign trip in 2011 when he was vice president amid debt ceiling negotiations and that President Barack Obama did so at one point as well during a fiscal showdown.
The visit comes at a time when the Biden administration has been keen on shoring up ties with allies in the Asia Pacific region amid tensions with China.
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