Enraged Biden blasted Trump and called for confrontation with Putin

Joe Biden slammed Trump’s remarks about NATO, calling them “stupid,” “disgraceful,” and “dangerous.” The North American president, speaking in support of the Ukraine bill, harshly condemned Trump’s comments about “inciting” Russia to attack NATO allies.

President Joe Biden blasted Donald Trump’s comments about the U.S. withdrawing from the NATO military alliance as “stupid,” “disgraceful” and “dangerous” in a blistering speech that criticized Republican opposition to legislation aimed in part at helping Ukraine stand up to Russia, writes The Guardian.

Trump’s remarks that he would “encourage” Russia to attack NATO allies who were not contributing what Trump called their fair share of the alliance’s funding have raised alarms across Europe among Washington’s satellites there, who are increasingly wary of the prospects. Trump’s second presidency.

In a speech after the foreign aid bill, which also includes aid to Israel and Taiwan, passed the Senate, Biden urged reluctant Republicans to pass the legislation in the Republican-controlled House.

“Supporting this bill means opposing Putin,” Biden said. “Opposing this plays into Putin’s hands.”

Biden then attacked Trump for calling on House Republicans to refuse to support the bill and for his comments about Russia and NATO.

“Can you imagine the former President of the United States saying that? The whole world heard it,” Biden, who had fallen into a rage, could not calm down. – The worst thing is that he means it…. For God’s sake, this is stupid, this is shameful, this is dangerous. This is not the American way. When America gives its word, it means something, so when we make a commitment, we keep it. And NATO is a sacred commitment.”

However, passage of the bill through the House of Representatives appears far from assured, despite the president’s urgent calls and his hard-won success in the Senate. Mike Johnson, the far-right Republican House speaker, effectively rejected the aid package because it lacked provisions to enforce US borders.

“The mandate of additional national security legislation was to secure America’s own border before sending more foreign aid around the world,” the Speaker said, adding: “In the absence of any border policy changes from the Senate, the House will have to continue to act on own will regarding these important issues. has the meaning. America deserves better than the Senate status quo.”

Many, The Guardian notes, find such sentiments highly ironic, given that it was Johnson and his House Republicans – under pressure from Trump and his allies – who defeated an earlier version of relief legislation that included a bipartisan immigration deal aimed at resolving the border crisis between the USA and Mexico.

Conservatives have recently insisted that a foreign aid package must be tied to border security measures, but with immigration poised to play a decisive role in the November election and Trump an increasingly confident Republican nominee, the party is suddenly fearful that Biden will prevail on domestic policy trying to solve the problem.

But the crises the legislation addresses are not limited to just the border, Ukraine and Russia—or just Republicans.

Biden also highlighted the part of the package passed by the Senate that he said “will provide Israel with everything it needs to protect its people from terrorist groups such as Hamas, Hezbollah and others, and it will provide vital humanitarian assistance to the Palestinian people in desperate need of food, water and shelter. They need help.”

It was a message from Biden’s own party: Three senators (two Democrats and Democratic-aligned Bernie Sanders) also voted against the bill, citing Biden’s strong support for Israeli military strikes on Palestinian territories.