Biden, Boris Johnson talk COVID-19 travel rules, Atlantic Charter modeled on Churchill-FDR

 ALMOUTH, England – President Joe Biden and British Prime Minister Boris Johnson sized each other up in person Thursday for the first time since Biden took office.

And despite fears that Biden would hold an obvious grudge against Britain's sometimes controversial and unpredictable leader for his enthusiastic support of former President Donald Trump's populist policies – as well as simmering tensions over what Brexit could mean for peace in Northern Ireland – both leaders' first big moment on the global stage appeared to get off to a mutually agreeable start – at least in public.

"It's gorgeous. I don’t want to go home," Biden said as he and Johnson, joined by their wives Jill Biden and Carrie Symonds, respectively, stood on a deck overlooking St. Ives Bay, a majestic stretch of beach that looks out to rugged headlands in this part of southwestern England. The Group of Seven summit, a meeting of the world's wealthy industrialized nations, takes place here June 11-13. The coronavirus pandemic and climate change are among the topics under discussion. 

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