Politicians and celebrities flocked to the White House for a state dinner of which French President Emmanuel Macron is the guest of honor.
Biden said France was the United States’s “best friend” and told Macron that he could not have had a better guest at his first state dinner as commander in chief. The state dinner is the first of Joe Biden’s presidency and is pivotal for the president as he attempts to smooth tensions between the U.S. and France relating to trade subsidies and China.
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The state dinner faced controversy after Rep. Jared Golden (D-ME) called on Biden to meet with some of Maine’s fishermen before the dinner Thursday as the lobster community faces an onslaught from whale conservationists.
“If the Biden White House can prioritize purchasing 200 Maine lobsters for a fancy dinner, [Biden] should also take the time to meet with the Maine lobstermen his administration is currently regulating out of business,” Golden tweeted on Wednesday.
Here are some of the other key invited guests who attended the dinner:
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) accompanied by her daughter Alexandra Pelosi
House Republican Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-CA)
Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) and his daughter Jessica Schumer
Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg and his partner, Chasten Buttigieg
White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre
Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas
Joint Chiefs Chairman Gen. Mark Milley
Academy Award-winning actress Ariana DeBose and former DNC Finance Chairman Henry Munoz III
Musician John Legend and his wife, Chrissy Teigen
Actress Julia Louis-Dreyfus and her son Charlie Hall
Host of CBS’s The Late Show Stephen Colbert and wife Evelyn McGee-Colbert
Apple CEO Tim Cook and former EPA Administrator Lisa Jackson
Laurene Powell Jobs, widow of Apple co-founder Steve Jobs
Vogue Editor-in-Chief Anna Wintour and Baz Luhrmann
Grammy award-winning musician Jon Batiste and his family
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Co-hosts of MSNBC’s Morning Joe Joe Scarborough and his wife, Mika Brzezinski
