Barack Obama celebrated his milestone birthday. The party for the 60th should now be much smaller than originally planned.
Washington – Former US President Barack Obama has turned 60. The Democrat celebrated his birthday on Wednesday.
In the past few days, reports of a planned birthday party on the weekend with allegedly hundreds of invited guests due to rising corona numbers in the USA had caused a stir. A spokeswoman for Obamas announced on Wednesday that the outdoor celebration was planned months ago, taking into account all official Covid requirements. In view of the spread of the Delta variant in the past week, however, the Obamas have now decided to make the festival much smaller and only celebrate with family members and close friends.
US media had previously reported that Obama had planned to hold a big party with hundreds of guests on Martha’s Vineyard over the weekend. The White House was also confronted with inquiries as to whether Obama would not send the wrong signal with a big festival in times of increasing corona infections in the USA.
Obama was President of the United States from 2009 to 2017. Acting President Joe Biden was his deputy during Obama’s tenure. dpa
