President Biden Criticizes Trump’s NATO Comments, Urges Urgent Action on Ukraine Aid: Reuters

[1/2]US President Biden said on the 13th that former President Donald Trump’s comments about the possibility of not defending North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) member states from external attacks “sent a dangerous and un-American signal to the world.” criticized. Photographed in March 2022 (2024 Reuters/Jonathan Ernst)

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. President Biden said on the 13th that former President Donald Trump’s comments about the possibility of not defending North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) member states from outside attack “send a dangerous and un-American signal.” “I announced it to the world,” he said.

Furthermore, regarding the Ukraine aid bill that passed the Senate, he acknowledged that the risk to U.S. national security has increased following Trump’s comments, making it more urgent for Congress to pass it.

Mr. Trump, who is likely to face Mr. Biden in the presidential election in November, said at a campaign rally held on the 10th that the leaders of major NATO member countries he had met with in the past told him that if NATO did not pay its contributions and Russia He mentioned that he was asked if the United States would defend him if he was attacked by the United States. “I will not defend your (country). On the contrary, I will tell them (Russia) to do whatever they want. The contributions must be paid,” he said.See more

Biden criticized Trump, saying he was tantamount to encouraging Russia to invade a U.S. ally. “The worst part is that he means business,” he said, adding, “No president in American history has ever surrendered to a Russian dictator. I never will.” He also called Trump’s comments “stupid and shameful.”

Early on the 13th, the U.S. Senate passed a $95.34 billion bill that includes aid to Ukraine, Israel, and Taiwan by a vote of 70 to 29, and sent it to the House of Representatives.See more

Mr. Biden once again called on House Speaker Johnson (Republican) to vote on the bill in the House of Representatives, and stated that failure to provide military aid to Ukraine would benefit Russian President Vladimir Putin and threaten the possibility of an attack beyond Ukraine. He warned that there was a risk that this would extend to Europe.

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2024-02-14 02:54:00