On July 21, President Joe Biden announced he would not seek another term, and offered his “full support and endorsement for Kamala Harris.” The Harris campaign clearly doesn’t see Biden –with his current 41 percent approval rating – as much of an asset in a closely-fought presidential race. Biden did not appear with Harris on the campaign trail until September 2.

President Biden will be spending the middle of next month, about three weeks to Election Day, traveling to Germany and Angola. If you’re wondering why the president is going to Angola:

On October 13-15, President Biden will travel to Luanda, Angola, where he will meet with President João Lourenço of Angola to discuss increased collaboration on shared priorities, including bolstering our economic partnerships that keep our companies competitive and protect workers; celebrating a signature project of the G7’s Partnership for Global Infrastructure and Investment (PGI), which advances our joint vision for Africa’s first trans-continental open-access rail network that starts in Lobito and ultimately will connect the Atlantic Ocean to the Indian Ocean.

Also note that the end of 2022, Biden said to the U.S.-Africa Summit Leaders Session:

As I told some of you — you invited me to your countries.  I said, “Be careful what you wish for because I may show up.”  The poor relatives always show up.  The wealthy ones never show up.  The poor come and they eat your food and stay longer than they should.  Well, I’m looking forward to seeing many of you in your home countries.

But Biden didn’t make it to sub-Saharan Africa in 2023, and with 2024 now in its final four months, there was some concern that Biden wouldn’t make it to any of those countries during what will be his only term as president.

This appears to be the first time an American president has visited Angola.

If you’re the Harris campaign, you want Joe Biden to be out of sight, and out of mind. Sending Biden to Angola in the middle of the month will do the trick.