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Congratulations to our presumptive Democratic nominee, Joe Biden!
Biden: Trump is 'incredibly dangerous and irresponsible' as the 'walls close in' (UPDATE: VIDEO)
The link below is to the Politico article whose headline is quoted in the thread title.
I'll post the link to a tweet from CBS's Bo Erickson after the excerpt, since it has video, more than two minutes long, of Biden's remarks to the media (you might want to turn the volume down toward the end as reporters shout questions at him).
https://www.politico.com/news/2020/01/04/joe-biden-trump-iran-093805
DES MOINES — Joe Biden lit into President Donald Trump’s tweeting about the possibility of retaliating against Iran Saturday night, calling it “incredibly dangerous and irresponsible.”
Speaking before a campaign event here, Biden accused Trump of taking reckless action as “the walls close in on this guy.”
“No president has a right to take our country to war without the informed consent of Americans — informed consent. And right now we have no idea what this guy has in mind, we have no idea,” Biden said. “He's isolated us from our partners. He's isolated us from our NATO allies.”
“He's going off on a tweet storm on his own,” Biden said. “And it's incredibly dangerous and irresponsible.”
Biden took no questions from reporters after his brief remarks.
On Saturday, Trump tweeted a defense of his order to kill Qassem Soleimani.
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Biden referred to Trump’s remarks on social media as a “tweet storm,” and said it was unclear whether the president was acting with or without the counsel of his advisers.
“This is a guy who seems to be unmoored. You may remember some of you asked me this question a long time ago. I said, ‘the more the walls close in on this guy the thing I worried most about him doing something irrational, maybe getting us into a war.’”
Speaking before a campaign event here, Biden accused Trump of taking reckless action as “the walls close in on this guy.”
“No president has a right to take our country to war without the informed consent of Americans — informed consent. And right now we have no idea what this guy has in mind, we have no idea,” Biden said. “He's isolated us from our partners. He's isolated us from our NATO allies.”
“He's going off on a tweet storm on his own,” Biden said. “And it's incredibly dangerous and irresponsible.”
Biden took no questions from reporters after his brief remarks.
On Saturday, Trump tweeted a defense of his order to kill Qassem Soleimani.
-snip-
Biden referred to Trump’s remarks on social media as a “tweet storm,” and said it was unclear whether the president was acting with or without the counsel of his advisers.
“This is a guy who seems to be unmoored. You may remember some of you asked me this question a long time ago. I said, ‘the more the walls close in on this guy the thing I worried most about him doing something irrational, maybe getting us into a war.’”
Bo Erickson's tweet, with video:
Link to tweet
If I were to vote in a presidentialprimary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
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If I were to vote in a presidentialprimary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
If I were to vote in a presidentialprimary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
If I were to vote in a presidentialprimary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
If I were to vote in a presidentialprimary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
If I were to vote in a presidentialprimary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
If I were to vote in a presidentialprimary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
If I were to vote in a presidentialprimary today, I would vote for: Undecided
If I were to vote in a presidentialprimary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
If I were to vote in a presidentialprimary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
If I were to vote in a presidentialprimary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
If I were to vote in a presidentialprimary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
