Biden says NATO must protect against 'phony populism'

CNN ^ | June 14, 2021 | Maegan Vazquez and Kevin Liptak

[BenLurkin]

Biden specifically referred to his predecessor's politics as part of a trend of "phony populism," telling reporters that he's attempted to assuage the fears of leaders following President Donald Trump's tenure who have doubted America's role on the world stage.

The President made the comments after meeting with the 30-member defense alliance, as well as a number of leaders one-on-one. He also offered a firm defense of the Article 5 collective defense clause, which indicates that an attack on any of the allies in the alliance would be an attack against them all.

[BenLurkin]

More evidence, as if any were needed, that our erstwhile global masters aver that democracy is too important to be left in the hands of the voters.

[DoughtyOne]

Biden, such a tool...

[rlmorel]

Well, on the bright side, at least it wasn’t white supremacists who were the Goldstein of The Day!

[Lurker]

“who have doubted America’s role on the world stage.”

It couldn’t possibly be that we have very different ideas of what that role is.

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[rainee]

Biden says or his earpiece told him to say that?

[crz]

Makes George Washingtons prophecy of America become even more relevant these days.

Especially the third peril.

[Paladin2]

NATO needs to protect the USA from phoney POTUI.

[VeniVidiVici]

"What I'm saying to them is: Watch me. I mean, I'm not saying anything, quite frankly, I'm just going out. People, as I've said before, don't doubt that I mean what I say," Biden said. "And they believe that I keep my commitments when I say it. I'm not making any promises to anyone that I don't believe are overwhelmingly likely to be kept."

You, Biden Senior, are a liar, a crook and a cheat. You can't even string a coherent sentence together.

[chief lee runamok]

"Biden, such a tool fool...

[Oscar in Batangas]

Nothing spells class like going on a world stage as leader of you country to take shots at your (superior) political opponent

Congrats, America. You come in first in the (cl)assy leader sweepstakes

[Aria]

He calls our desire to preserve the great free prosperous country so many fought and died for “phony populism”???

I hate this SOB. He is completely amoral - he’ll say ANYTHING but I think his only belief is getting what he wants.

[Williams]

He’s destroying our role on the world stage.

[DoughtyOne]

Yep...

And he’s getting fool’s advice by his learned Leftist idiots.

[Democrats hate too much]

Mannnnn, Biden needs to be careful spitting the word phoney out everywhere.

[DesertRhino]

It’s interesting how hated “populism” is, while everybody thinks a self appointed oligarchy exercising centralized power is fine.

Populism is more moral than an elite.

In rough terms, a people should get the government they all desire. The top of the pyramid should not.

[BusterDog]

“Bunch of phonies!”

Holden Caulfied, 1951

[Noumenon]

[rxh4n1]

I can’t think of any “world leader” who has ever insulted his own people like this in front of foreigners.

[GOPJ]

Such a fool too...

[Thunder90]

Biden is about to sell us out to the Russians. And “Phony poplulism” is code for “anti-socialist”. Also Obama just called Ukraine, Poland, the Baltic states and Hungary “Authoritarian populist”. A possible sell out of these countries to Russia is coming, backed by Merkel and the Germans.