7/12/2023 0 Comments Joe biden press conference 2021He said in the wake of North Korea’s launch of two ballistic missiles into the Sea of Japan on Thursday, the US is “consulting with our allies and our partners and there will be responses if they choose to escalate. #BREAKING North Korea fires 'unidentified projectile' into sea: South's military /ORCb7PfC3l When asked if he agreed with his predecessor, Donald Trump, who said North Korea was the top foreign policy issue that he was watching during his presidency, Biden said, “Yes.” 18:09 GMT Biden: North Korea is top foreign policy issue “I’m convinced that we’ll be able to stop this because it is the most pernicious thing,” reminiscent of Jim Crow laws that disenfranchised Black voters in the south after the Civil War, he continued. President Joe Biden said efforts by Republicans in state legislatures to restrict voting following Donald Trump’s defeat in the 2020 election is “sick”.īiden claimed the “Republican voters I know find this despicable”. 18:12 GMT Biden denounces Republican drives to limit voting in US states I have no idea whether there will be a Republican Party.” She’s a great partner.”Īs for whether he is anticipating a rematch with Donald Trump, Biden chuckled and said, “I don’t even think about it. I’ve never been able to plan four and a half – three and a half years in advance for certain.”īiden added that he “would fully expect” Kamala Harris to be his running mate if he does run again. When pressed on it, he added a caveat: “I’m a great respecter of fate. President Joe Biden speaks during his first news conference in the East Room of the White House on Ma 18:15 GMT Biden’s ‘expectation’ is to run for re-election in 2024Īmid speculation that the 78-year-old Biden will only serve one term as president, he was asked what his plans were for the next presidential election in 2024. “We have got to prove that democracy works.” “This is a battle between the utility of democracies in the 21st Century and autocracies,” Biden said. Chinese President Xi Jinping, right, shakes hands with then-US Vice President Joe Biden as they pose for photos at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, China on Decemīiden said he made it clear to Xi that the US will invest in its economy and democracy at home, compete with China in investment in future technologies and advocate for human rights. “He is one of the guys like Putin who thinks that autocracy is the wave of the future, democracy can’t function in an ever more complex world,” Biden said. The president said he has a good relationship with his Chinese counterpart XI Jinping, with whom Biden had a two-hour initial telephone conversation that surprised China watchers. 18:22 GMT US will compete with China and President Xi Jinping “I’ll be announcing the fight in Pittsburgh in detail is to rebuild the infrastructure both physical and technological infrastructure in this country so that we can compete and create significant numbers of really good paying jobs,” Biden said. President Joe Biden said his next major political initiative to promote infrastructure development in the US will be unveiled when he visits Pittsburgh next week. 18:32 GMT Biden says next major initiative will be infrastructure, jobs “I think that there was overall a very good performance by this president as he handled a number of different complex policy issues.” “He showed the world that he was very adept about various ranges of policy in a detailed way,” Halkett said. 18:38 GMT ‘Very good performance’: Al Jazeera correspondentĪmid “murmuring here in the United States” about the 78-year-old Biden’s delay in holding his first formal news conference with some suggesting “he wasn’t capable, he might not be able to hold a thought, there were questions about his health”, Al Jazeera White House correspondent Kimberly Halkett gave his performance a positive review. This is William Roberts, Steve Chaggaris and Creede Newton. Welcome to Al Jazeera’s coverage of President Joe Biden’s first formal news conference.
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