Posted on 06/04/2024 10:02:39 AM PDT by bitt
President Joe Biden bristled when asked if he could meet the challenges of a second term during a rare print interview that attracted attention for his notably weaker defense of Israel’s war in Gaza.
Biden, the oldest man to serve as president, has faced scrutiny over his age. He would be 86 at the end of his presidency if he beats presumptive Republican nominee former President Donald Trump in November.
“I can do it better than anybody you know,” Biden told Time in a profile published Tuesday. “You’re looking at me. I can take you, too.”
At the same time, interviewer Massimo Calabresi wrote how Biden’s “stiff gait, muffled voice, and fitful syntax … cut a striking contrast with the intense, loquacious figure who served as senator and vice president” after their sit-down last week.
During the over 90-minute appointment and 35-minute interview, which concentrated on Biden’s foreign policy, the president reflected on his approach to international relationships, describing alliances that are “values-based” and “practical-based.”
Nine months into Israel‘s war against Hamas, sparked by the terrorist organization‘s Oct. 7 attack, Biden said it is “uncertain” whether Israeli military forces have committed war crimes in Gaza, adding it “has been investigated by the Israelis themselves” and that the United States did not recognize the jurisdiction of the International Criminal Court, which is seeking arrest warrants for senior Israeli and Hamas figures.
Despite Biden’s original support of Israel’s right to defend itself after the attack, his already-tenuous relationship with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has soured the longer the war has dragged on, in part because of domestic political pressures amid poor humanitarian conditions in Gaza.
When asked if Netanyahu was prolonging the war for his own political reasons, Biden responded, “I’m not going to comment on that. There is every reason for people to draw that conclusion.”
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“So I learned about roaches! I learned about kids jumping in my lap! And I love kids jumping in my lap!”
“When asked if Netanyahu was prolonging the war for his own political reasons, Biden responded, “I’m not going to comment on that. There is every reason for people to draw that conclusion.”
if Netanyahu was prolonging the war for his own political reasons, Biden responded, “I’m not going to comment on that. There is every reason for people to draw that conclusion.”
What a disingenuous scumbag. He’s not going to comment but does so by implication. God help me l hate this prick more with each passing day.
I would love to see him sit down for an interview about the interview he just completed...he wouldn’t have a clue about what took place. Someone could easily lead him off in a different direction and he’d follow.
Biden can’t defend Dementia!
He wins every game of “I’m old enough to remember” even though he can’t remember, you know, the thing…
What does that even mean? Is Biden challenging the interviewer to a fist fight?
Sure, Biden knocked the crap out of Corn Pop. And I think he beat up all of the Bowery Boys as well. But that was 50+ years ago.
Heck, I used to wrestle bears in a circus 50 years ago. But I’m smart enough to know I can’t do anything like that now.
“You’re looking at me. I can take you, too.”
Yeah, that doesn’t sound weird and demented at all. Lol. /s
Is there ALWAYS a trained Biden staffer whispering what to say to him through an earpiece disguised as a hearing aid?
All of this bravado coming from a guy who needs to wear special shoes so he doesn’t fall on his face.
Biden’s age is not the issue. Look at Fauci; he is older than Biden and can hold forth in a conversation as good as anyone. In Fauci’s case, he can lie with intricacy.
**Sure, Biden knocked the crap out of Corn Pop.**
Are there witnesses, or cornpop family and friends that have testified of the beat down Xiden supposedly gave cornpop?
If so, one fight on a beach and all these years he talks like he’s the reincarnation of Rocky Marciano.
“”Is there ALWAYS a trained Biden staffer whispering what to say to him through an earpiece disguised as a hearing aid?””
I don’t know about “trained” - is there anyone there who is trained - but always a possibility. I’m reading a Stephen Coonts book where intelligence officers have implants and can hear NSC or CIA speak to them aboard ocean liners so why not? “Deep Black, Sea of Terror”. They are even able to visualize terrorists onboard and report where they are..Beats me HOW but I skip past the technology. Why read what I wouldn’t understand anyway?
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