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Biden’s presidential notecard keeps it simple: ‘Say hello’

The White House on Thursday provided President Biden with a printed notecard detailing six bullet-pointed, highly specific instructions for how to handle himself during his meeting with off-shore wind executives — including a reminder to offer a presidential “hello” and then sit down.

“YOU enter the Roosevelt Room and say hello to participants,” the first bullet point read, followed by a second bullet point that read “YOU take YOUR seat.”

Thursday’s White House meeting, which also included senior administration officials, labor leaders and several East Coast governors, marked the White House’s launch of a new federal-state offshore wind partnership meant to “jumpstart the American offshore wind industry.