July 9, Washington, DC – At the NATO summit in Washington on Tuesday, U.S. President Joe Biden promised to vigorously defend Ukraine against Russia’s invasion, hoping to demonstrate to allies both domestically and internationally that he is still capable of leading.
While some of his fellow Democrats on Capitol Hill and campaign donors worry that Biden, 81, will lose the Nov. 5 election following a lackluster debate performance on June 27, he has been subjected to withering questions about his suitability for office for the past 12 days.
Greeting NATO members at the summit, President Biden stated, “(Vladimir) Putin wants nothing less, nothing less than Ukraine’s total subjugation… and to wipe Ukraine off the map.”Ukraine can and will stop Putin.” With his most prominent policy speech since the debate, the White House hopes he can end a challenging time in his presidency, though some summit diplomats expressed concern that the damage would be difficult to repair.
Biden’s speech on Tuesday was delivered using a teleprompter, but he mostly avoided the grammatical errors and expressions of bewilderment that characterized his debate performance.
The stately walls of the federal hall where the NATO treaty was signed framed Biden, and the U.S. Marine Corps band provided powerful musical interludes between his remarks.
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