That came a few hours after Biden mistakenly referred to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy as "President Putin".
"Ladies and gentlemen, President Putin," Biden said at the NATO summit in Washington, drawing gasps from those in the room before correcting himself.
NATO members are wrapping up a summit in Washington where they extended support to Ukraine to combat the invasion that Russian President Vladimir Putin launched in February 2022.
Biden's campaign has been on the ropes for two weeks, since his poor debate performance against Donald Trump, his 78-year-old Republican rival.
So far, 13 of the 213 Democrats in the House and one of the Senate's 51 Democrats have appealed publicly to the president to withdraw from the race. More could make their concerns public if he fares poorly.
Biden coughed frequently and occasionally garbled his responses at the outset of the news conference, but his responses grew steadier as he fielded questions from reporters. Biden overcame a childhood stutter and has frequently mangled names and misspoke throughout his political career.
"PACE MYSELF"
Biden said he needed to "pace myself" a little more and complained that his aides sometimes overscheduled him.
"I'm catching hell from my wife," he said.
The news conference gave Biden an opportunity to tout his successes on the world stage and criticise Trump. Biden argued Trump would weaken NATO and drive up prices for US consumers by imposing steep tariffs on imported goods.
He took credit for bringing Sweden and Finland into the NATO alliance and said he brought together 50 nations to support Ukraine.
"I think I'm the best-qualified person to do the job. To make sure that Ukraine does not fall," he said.
United Auto Workers union officials met on Thursday to discuss their concerns with his candidacy, three sources familiar with the matter said, after endorsing Biden in January.
The 400,000-member union has a big presence in industrial states like Michigan that Biden will need to carry to win re-election.
His campaign argued that the debate has not dramatically shifted the race, even as it laid out a narrow path to re-election that acknowledged that it faced an uphill climb in many states he won in 2020.
That did not stop four more Democrats in the House of Representatives from calling on Biden to end his campaign: Brad Schneider of Illinois, Greg Stanton of Arizona, Ed Case of Hawaii, and Hillary Scholten of Michigan.
"For our country's sake, it is time for the President to pass the torch to a new generation of leaders," Stanton said in a prepared statement.
https://news.google.com/rss/articles/CBMifGh0dHBzOi8vd3d3LmNoYW5uZWxuZXdzYXNpYS5jb20vd29ybGQvam9lLWJpZGVuLWNhbGxzLWthbWFsYS1oYXJyaXMtZG9uYWxkLXRydW1wLXVuaXRlZC1zdGF0ZXMtcHJlc2lkZW50aWFsLWVsZWN0aW9uLTQ0NzQ0MjHSAQA?oc=5
2024-07-12 00:18:00Z
CBMifGh0dHBzOi8vd3d3LmNoYW5uZWxuZXdzYXNpYS5jb20vd29ybGQvam9lLWJpZGVuLWNhbGxzLWthbWFsYS1oYXJyaXMtZG9uYWxkLXRydW1wLXVuaXRlZC1zdGF0ZXMtcHJlc2lkZW50aWFsLWVsZWN0aW9uLTQ0NzQ0MjHSAQA
Tidak ada komentar:
Posting Komentar