Watch: Joe Biden Calls Rishi Sunak 'Mr President' In Latest Gaffe

Rishi Sunak arrives at the White House to meet Joe Biden. Photo: AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta

He reflected on a similar meeting between the couple's predecessors Winston Churchill and Franklin D. Roosevelt, where they “asserted the strength of the partnership between Britain and the United States and the strength of the free world.”

< p>He said there is still “truth in this suspicion”, citing cooperation in military and humanitarian assistance to Ukraine and the work done by the defense alliance Aukus in the Indian Ocean as evidence that the special relationship remains in “great shape”.

Mr. Biden added: “As NATO Allies, we are working together to help ensure the collective defense of all of us, and I hope that today we can discuss plans to further strengthen our economic relations, and global the economy is undergoing, I think, the greatest transformation that has taken place since then. industrial revolution.

“And what you know a lot about, AI, will play a big role in that… We don’t have a closer ally than the UK and I’m very happy to have you here.”

Mr Sunak said that the country's economy is undergoing “perhaps the biggest transformation since the industrial revolution, as new technologies open up incredible possibilities, but also give our adversaries more tools to wreak havoc.”

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“The only thing , as I know will not change, I am sure that will not change – this is the strength of our partnership, our friendship, and we will put our values ​​​​at the forefront, as always done for the British and American people, ”he added.

He thanked the President for his “kind words” and for allowing him to stay at Blair House, which he joked was preferable to a spare room at 10 Downing Street.

In response Mr. Biden remembered how Harry S. Truman, the former President of the United States, also stayed at the guest house while his own apartment was undergoing renovations.