Within hours of the American media announcing Joe Biden as the next President of the United States of America, Boris Johnson turned to Twitter to congratulate the Democrat and Kamala Harris “for their historic achievement”. However, a closer look noted that the shared message suggests that the British Prime Minister was preparing to congratulate Donald Trump.
Congratulations @JoeBiden and @KamalaHarris pic.twitter.com/xrpE99W4c4
— Boris Johnson (@BorisJohnson) November 7, 2020
The message is simple: two paragraphs in white letters written on a black background. However, as the The Guardian, if you adjust the brightness and contrast of the image, you can see that there are “traces” of a message prepared for Donald Trump. Looking carefully, above “Joe Biden” is “Trump on”, further down, in the second paragraph, where it reads “look forward [espero ansiosamente]” estava “second term [segundo mandato]”And, finally,“ shared priorities [prioridades partilhadas]” lia-se “on the future of this [no futuro disto]”.
The British government has already responded to the situation, initially discovered by the blog GuidoFawkes, e attributed the “blame” to a technical error: “As you would expect, two statements were prepared in advance for the outcome of this strongly contested election. A technical error means that parts of the alternative message have been incorporated at the bottom of the graph ”.
Boris Johnson announced this Tuesday at Twitter who spoke to Joe Biden to “congratulate him on his election”. Prime Minister says he is “looking forward to strengthening the partnership” between the UK and the US and working with Biden on their common priorities “from combating climate change to promoting democracy and recovering from the pandemic”.
I just spoke to @JoeBiden to congratulate him on his election. I look forward to strengthening the partnership between our countries and to working with him on our shared priorities – from tackling climate change, to promoting democracy and building back better from the pandemic.
— Boris Johnson (@BorisJohnson) November 10, 2020
According to a Downing Street spokesman, among the topics covered in the conversation was also the “close and longstanding relationship” of the two countries, with the leaders committing themselves to develop partnerships in the coming years, in areas such as trade and security. In the same conversation, Boris also took the opportunity to invite the President-elect to participate in the 26th United Nations Conference on Climate Change, COP26, to be held in Glasgow next year.
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