Kamala Harris Dazzles In Black Costume At Joe Biden State Dinner: Images – Hollywood Life

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Vice President Kamala Harris dressed to impress on the first state dinner held by President Joe Biden and First Girl Jill Biden since his inauguration. The Vice President arrived on the White Home on December 1 for the star-studded dinner sporting a one-shouldered black gown. The highest portion of the robe featured sparkles that twinkled within the mild.

Vice President Harris didn’t stroll the carpet forward of the state dinner. Houston mayor Sylvester Turner posed with Kamala because the festivities unfolded. He posted a sequence of pictures, one in all Kamala, on his Instagram web page.

The grand occasion was marked as an effort to revitalize U.S. ties with France, as each President Emmanuel Macron and his spouse, First Girl Brigitte Macron, have been in attendance. When requested why he selected Macron as his first visitor for a state dinner, President Biden answered, “As a result of he’s my good friend,” in accordance with the BBC. Jill later added, “We hope that the French residents in all places really feel the heat of our welcome. Might our friendship develop stronger, our ties deeper, and our futures brighter as we deepen our partnership.”

Each U.S. and French officers mentioned Vice President Harris was keen to satisfy with Macron throughout his go to to proceed to develop a relationship with the French chief, per CNN. The pair additionally joined as much as talk about their respective nation’s area applications. They even visited NASA headquarters the day earlier than the state dinner to debate America’s dedication to position astronauts again on the moon following the 1972 lunar touchdown. In response to a Twitter video, Emmanuel prompt the following human to take an enormous leap for mankind to be French, as he informed Kamala, “I’ve a candidate for you for flying to the moon.”

In the meantime, the heated tent on the South Garden supplied room for the 300 to 400 visitors, who tucked right into a menu of caviar, stay lobsters, and glowing wine, in accordance with the BBC. The state dinner additionally featured a stay musical efficiency from Jon Batiste, the previous musical director of The Late Present with Stephen Colbert.

The state dinner has been a convention since 1874 when King David Kalakua of the Kingdom of Hawaii was welcomed to the White Home by President Ulysses Grant. The occasion continued to be hosted below a lot of the presidents since 1874. The final state dinner was held in 2019 by then-President Donald Trump, the place he hosted leaders from Australia.