Timeline of the Joe Biden presidency (2021 Q2)

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The following is a timeline of the presidency of Joe Biden during the second quarter of 2021, from April 1 to June 30, 2021. For a complete itinerary of his travels, see List of presidential trips made by Joe Biden (2021). To navigate between quarters, see timeline of the Joe Biden presidency. For the Q3 timeline see timeline of the Joe Biden presidency (2021 Q3).

Timeline

April 2021

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Thursday, April 1
President Biden holds a cabinet meeting
Friday, April 2
President Biden delivers remarks about the March jobs report (transcript)
Saturday, April 3
President Biden, Jen Psaki, Brian Deese and Ali Zaidi discuss the American Jobs Plan
Sunday, April 4
Monday, April 5
  • President Biden delivers remarks about the tradition of Easter and continues the Easter Egg Roll tradition, albeit adapted to the ongoing pandemic.[6]
  • President Biden reveals his plan to raise corporate taxes to 28%, which Democratic senator Joe Manchin threatened to block.[7]
President Biden delivers remarks about the tradition of Easter (transcript)
Tuesday, April 6
  • President Biden announces that all adults should be eligible to receive COVID-19 vaccine appointments by April 19, 2021.[8]
President Biden delivers remarks on the COVID-19 vaccination program (transcript)
Wednesday, April 7
President Biden speaks with Jordan's King Abdullah II on the telephone
Thursday, April 8
President Biden, Vice President Harris and Attorney General Merrick Garland deliver remarks on gun violence prevention
Photo of Biden delivering remarks on gun control
Friday, April 9
President Biden's official presidential portrait
Saturday, April 10
Cabinet members discuss the American Jobs Plan
Sunday, April 11
Monday, April 12
  • President Biden discusses the American Jobs Plan with Democratic and Republican members of Congress.[15]
President Biden and Vice President Harris discuss the American Jobs Plan with a bipartisan group of Members of Congress
Tuesday, April 13
  • President Biden and First Lady Jill Biden attend the viewing of remains of slain U.S. Capitol police officer William Evans at the U.S. Capitol.[16]
  • President Biden speaks with Russian president Vladimir Putin to propose a summit meeting.[17][18]
President Biden at a service honoring Officer William Evans
Wednesday, April 14
President Biden delivers remarks on Afghanistan (transcript)
Biden calls President Asraf Ghani
Thursday, April 15
  • President Biden announces sanctions on Russia over a cyber attack.[22]
  • Joe and Jill Biden publish their tax returns.[23]
President Biden delivers remarks on Russia (transcript)
Friday, April 16
  • President Biden holds a bilateral meeting and joint press conference with Japanese prime minister Yoshihide Suga at the White House. Suga is the first foreign leader to visit Biden since his inauguration.[24]
President Biden and Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga
A Joint Press Conference between President Biden and Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga
Saturday, April 17
President Biden speaks in a video call with Susie, a caregiver from Texas
Sunday, April 18
Monday, April 19
  • President Biden releases a statement on the death of former vice president Walter Mondale.[25]
Vice President Harris delivers remarks on the American Jobs Plan at Guilford Technical Community College in North Carolina
Tuesday, April 20
President Biden and Vice President Harris deliver remarks on the verdict of Derek Chauvin's trial (transcript)
President Biden, Second Gentleman Doug Emhoff, Vice President Harris, and First Lady Jill Biden in the Red Room after delivering remarks on the guilty verdict of Chauvin
Wednesday, April 21
  • President Biden offers to fly George Floyd's family to Washington as he promises police reform.[27]
  • President Biden speaks with Canadian prime minister Justin Trudeau.[28]
President Biden delivers remarks on COVID-19 and vaccinations
Thursday, April 22
President Biden participates in the 2021 Leaders Summit on Climate
Friday, April 23
  • President Biden hosts the 2nd and final day of the 2021 Leaders Summit on Climate.
President Biden delivers remarks on the final day of the 2021 Leaders Summit on Climate
Saturday, April 24
Sunday, April 25
Monday, April 26
  • President Biden speaks with Indian prime minister Narendra Modi.[31]
  • President Biden signs an executive order establishing the White House Task Force on Worker Organising and Empowerment.[32]
Tuesday, April 27
  • President Biden delivers remarks on COVID-19 after an announcement by the CDC about wearing masks.[33][34]
President Biden delivers remarks on COVID-19
Wednesday, April 28
President Biden delivers an address during a joint session of Congress (transcript)
Thursday, April 29
Video celebrating the first 100 days of the administration
Friday, April 30
President Biden delivers remarks in Philadelphia
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May 2021

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Saturday, May 1
Sunday, May 2
Monday, May 3
President Biden delivers remarks in Portsmouth
Tuesday, May 4
President Biden delivers remarks on COVID-19 and vaccinations
Wednesday, May 5
  • President Biden declares May 5 as Missing and Murdered Indigenous Persons Awareness Day.[44]
President Biden delivers remarks the American Rescue Plan
Thursday, May 6
President Biden delivers remarks on the American Jobs Plan
Friday, May 7
President Biden delivers remarks about the April jobs report
Saturday, May 8
Sunday, May 9
Monday, May 10
Tuesday, May 11
  • President Biden holds a bipartisan meeting with governors of the U.S.[48]
President Biden meets with a bipartisan group of governors
Wednesday, May 12
  • Republicans tell President Biden in a meeting in the Oval Office that they're drawing a line to raise taxes to pay for infrastructure.[49]
  • President Biden delivers remarks on the Colonial Pipeline, which he expects good news about it in the next 24 hours, and the COVID-19 vaccine and response program that is partnered with Uber and Lyft.[50][51]
President Biden and Vice President Harris meet with congressional leaders in the Oval office. This ultimately led to the red line drawn by Republicans
Thursday, May 13
  • President Biden talks about the new CDC guideline that makes fully vaccinated people able to not wear masks.[52]
Friday, May 14
Saturday, May 15
President Biden talking with Prime Minister Netanyahu on the phone
Sunday, May 16
Monday, May 17
  • President Biden and Vice President Harris release their tax returns from 2020.[55]
  • President Biden announces that he will share 20 million doses of the vaccine to the world in the following 6 weeks.[56]
  • President Biden approves the sale of $735 million in precision-guided weapons to Israel.[57]
President Biden delivers remarks on COVID-19 and vaccinations
Tuesday, May 18
  • President Biden tours the Ford Rouge Electric Vehicle Center ahead of the reveal of the F-150 Lightning.[58]
President Biden visits Ford's Rouge Electric Vehicle Center
Wednesday, May 19
President Biden at the U.S. Coast Guard Academy's 140th Commencement Exercises
Thursday, May 20
President Biden delivers remarks and signs the COVID-19 Hate Crimes Act
Friday, May 21
  • President Biden holds a bilateral meeting and joint press conference with South Korean president Moon Jae-in at the White House.[61] Moon is the second foreign leader to visit Biden since his inauguration.[62]
  • At the press conference, he awards Korean War veteran Ralph Puckett the Medal of Honor for his bravery during the war.[63]
President Biden and South Korean President Moon Jae-in
A Joint Press Conference between President Biden and South Korean President Moon Jae-in
President Biden awards Ralph Puckett the Medal of Honor
Saturday, May 22
Sunday, May 23
Monday, May 24
President Biden signs the Alaska Tourism Restoration Act into law
President Biden's YouTube Town Hall
Tuesday, May 25
  • The family of George Floyd meets with President Biden in a private conversation in the hopes of him signing the George Floyd Justice in Policing Act on the first anniversary of Floyd's murder, but Biden says he will sign it on a later date.[68]
President Biden meets with the family of George Floyd
Wednesday, May 26
  • President Biden reveals that earlier in 2021, he ordered a closer intelligence review of two possible scenarios on the origin of COVID-19, including the theory that the virus escaped from a Wuhan lab.[69]
Thursday, May 27
Friday, May 28
  • President Biden proposes a 6 trillion dollar budget plan.[70]
Saturday, May 29
Sunday, May 30
Monday, May 31
President Biden, Vice President Harris and Secretary Austin at Arlington National Cemetery
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June 2021

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Tuesday, June 1
  • President Biden commemorates the 100th anniversary of the Tulsa race massacre by telling America to confront its past and cruel acts towards African-Americans in recent months.[72]
  • The Biden administration officially revokes the "Remain in Mexico" policy set by the previous administration.[73]
  • The Biden administration suspends oil drilling leases in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge.[74]
President Biden delivers remarks on the 100th anniversary of the Tulsa massacre
Wednesday, June 2
  • President Biden declares June "a national month of action" for people to get vaccinated by Independence Day.[75]
Thursday, June 3
  • President Biden announces an executive order that will come into effect by August 2 that will ban Americans investing into 59 Chinese firms, including Huawei. Before it was announced, China said it would retaliate against it.[76]
Friday, June 4
President Biden delivers remarks about the May jobs report
Saturday, June 5
Sunday, June 6
  • Vice President Harris arrives in Guatemala at the start of a Central America diplomatic tour.[79]
Vice President Harris being welcomed in Guatemala
Monday, June 7
  • Vice President Harris arrives in Mexico as part of a Central America diplomatic tour.[80]
Tuesday, June 8
  • The Biden administration announces that they will target China with a new strike force to combat unfair trade practices.[81]
  • President Biden ends infrastructure talks with the Republican senator group, led by Shelley Moore Capito.[82]
Wednesday, June 9
Thursday, June 10
President Biden and British Prime Minister Boris Johnson
Friday, June 11
  • President Biden attends the 47th G7 summit in Carbis Bay.[86]
  • President Biden meets Queen Elizabeth II earlier than expected when she showed up to the G7 summit reception at the Eden Project for a photo-op in the evening. They were originally scheduled to meet for the first time on June 13.[87] Their meeting makes Biden the 13th incumbent US president the Queen has met during her reign.[88]
President Biden and other world leaders at the 47th G7 summit
Saturday, June 12
Sunday, June 13
President Biden and First Lady Dr. Jill Biden with Queen Elizabeth II at Windsor Castle.
Monday, June 14
  • President Biden attends NATO summit and meets with multiple world leaders as part of his 8-day tour in Europe.[91]
Tuesday, June 15
Wednesday, June 16
President Biden and Russian President Vladimir Putin
Thursday, June 17
  • President Biden signs the bill making Juneteenth the eleventh federal holiday.[94]
President Biden signs Juneteenth into law, making it the eleventh federal holiday
Friday, June 18
Saturday, June 19
Sunday, June 20
Monday, June 21
  • President Biden extends the executive order that declares the nuclear plan by North Korea a national emergency for a year.[95]
Tuesday, June 22
Wednesday, June 23
  • President Biden outlines and talks about his plans to curb gun violence crimes.[96]
Thursday, June 24
Friday, June 25
President Biden and Afghan President Ashraf Ghani
President Biden signs the law that designates the Pulse nightclub as a memorial ground.
Saturday, June 26
Sunday, June 27
  • President Biden orders airstrikes in Syria which the military personnel launched in retaliation for drone attacks.[101]
Monday, June 28
  • President Biden holds a bilateral meeting with Israeli president Reuven Rivlin at the White House.[102]
President Biden and Israeli President Reuven Rivlin
Tuesday, June 29
Wednesday, June 30
  • President Biden nominates Amy Gutmann as the U.S. ambassador to Germany.[103]
  • President Biden holds a virtual meeting with state governors.[104]
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