If you remember anything at all about last year’s Group of Seven summit, chances are it involves neither the location of the annual gathering of the leaders of the world’s advanced industrialized democracies nor the contents of the meeting’s final communiqué.
Coverage of the summit held in Italy’s Apulia region was dominated by viral videos that appeared to show then U.S. president Joe Biden wandering off as other G7 leaders watched a skydiving demonstration. The videos were dismissed at the time by Mr. Biden’s press secretary as “cheap fakes.” But they would end up playing a role in the 46th U.S. president’s downfall. Only days after the summit, Mr. Biden delivered the catastrophic debate performance against Donald Trump that would lead to his withdrawal from the 2024 presidential race.
