Biden’s cannibal remarks send US-Papua New Guinea relations to ‘low point’
by Radio Free Asia
Radio Free Asia— The Pacific nation’s foreign minister says he hopes the White House can put the record straight.
Time—Papua New Guinea’s Leader Calls Joe Biden’s ‘Cannibals’ Claim an Unfair ‘Punchline’. Papua New Guinea “does not deserve” to be stereotyped, its leader said, after Biden suggested his aviator uncle was eaten there during WWII.
POLITICO—Papua New Guinea PM slams Joe Biden over ‘cannibals’ comment. “My country does not deserve to be labeled as such,” James Marape hit back at the U.S. president.
Fox News—Papua New Guinea leader blasts Biden for claiming his uncle was eaten by cannibals. Papua New Guinea Prime Minister James Marape said Monday that he was offended by President Biden's recent comments suggesting his uncle was eaten by cannibals in the Oceanic nation during World War II. Marape expressed disappointment in a statement Monday that Biden would suggest his nation was rife with cannibals, noting also that Papua New Guinea was unwillingly pulled into the global conflict in the 1940s. Biden's comments suggesting his uncle, 2nd Lt. Ambrose J. Finnegan Jr., was eaten in...