Politicians are supposed to be really serious and thus, should always look professional, especially to the eyes of the people and their country. Especially for a president, you are supposed to an act in a proper manner especially if you are in another territory, like the United States of America However, this president from Russia named Boris Yeltsin, is clearly a very different president. Read this article below to know what really happened during his visit.
The 1990s were an
important decade for US and Russian relations. The communist Soviet Union had
broken up, and by 1991 the Cold War was officially over. This paved the way for
regular dialogue between the two countries. In 1995, the president of Russia,
Boris Yeltsin, made a diplomatic visit to the White House to meet with Bill
Clinton. Yeltsin stayed overnight in Blair House, the government guest quarters
adjacent to the White House.
In President
Clinton’s memoirs, he recalls how Yeltsin was located by Secret Service employees
on Pennsylvania Avenue, drunk and apparently without his pants on. It was late at night and Yeltsin was
attempting to hail a cab so he could go and grab a pizza after a drinking
session. The next night, Yeltsin gave the Secret Service another scare as he
was caught scaling the back stairs of Blair House in an attempt to get into the
basement. The Secret Service believed that the shadowy figure was an intruder
and rushed to Yeltsin, who was, once again, drunk.
Yeltsin admitted in
his memoirs that he had a weakness for alcohol, citing that it was the easiest
way to eliminate the stress of being president. For many, his
drinking was a sign of presidential weakness, with one of his allies stating,
“After he’s had a few drinks, Yeltsin would sign anything.”
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