Joe Biden

Remarks in an Exchange With Reporters Prior to Departure for Greenville, Delaware

December 17, 2024

The President's Schedule

Q. President Biden, do you have any plans to speak to the press before you leave office?

The President. Sure.

I'm heading home now for a memorial service.

Q. Will you hold a press conference before the end of the year?

Reported Drone Sightings in New Jersey

Q. Mr. President, what's the explanation for all of those drones over New Jersey? What—what's behind all of that?

The President. Nothing nefarious, apparently, but they're checking it all out. There's a—they think it's just one—there's a lot of drones authorized to be up there. And I think one started, and they all got—everybody wanted to get in the deal.

But I'm—we're following it closely. So far, no sense of a danger.

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel

Q. Will you speak to Prime Minister Netanyahu about a cease-fire deal in the next month?

The President. I've spoken to him, and I'll—we'll speak again.

Q. When did you last speak?

The President. Thank you. Thank you, guys.

NOTE: The President spoke at approximately 8:50 p.m. on the South Lawn at the White House prior to boarding Marine One. The transcript was released by the Office of the Press Secretary on December 18.

Joseph R. Biden, Jr., Remarks in an Exchange With Reporters Prior to Departure for Greenville, Delaware Online by Gerhard Peters and John T. Woolley, The American Presidency Project https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/node/375455

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