FORT WORTH, Texas — President Joe Biden arrived in Fort Worth on Tuesday afternoon to promote health care for veterans exposed to toxic fumes. But he will snub the parents of one local veteran – former Marine Trevor Reed, who’s languishing in a Russian prison on charges that U.S. officials call bogus.
Before leaving the White House, the president announced an immediate ban on oil and gas imports from Russia to step up pressure over the Ukraine war.
Increasingly desperate since the invasion, Reed’s parents, from nearby Granbury, resorted to parking outside his event with a huge sign, hoping to draw Biden’s attention since their request for a meeting was rejected. Reed’s father called it “an act of desperation.”
