President Biden unexpectedly skipped Tuesday’s gala dinner at the G-20 summit in Bali, Indonesia, and returned to his hotel room for the evening.
It is unclear why Mr. Biden decided on the last-minute change to his schedule, which came at the end of a full day of meetings.
A White House official stressed that Mr. Biden does not have COVID-19 but offered little explanation for the sudden move. The official said the president had spent a full day in meetings and needed to attend to a few things, but did not elaborate beyond stressing that there was “nothing urgent that commanded” Mr.