Biden is uncompromisingly on the side of Nato when hosting the chiefs of Nato’s summit
US president has announced a brand new round of military support for Ukraine as well as warns “autocrats have overturned global order”.
By Kayla Epstein
Jul 10, 2024 05:01 AM
By Kayla Epstein, BBC News
US American President Joe Biden has been welcoming Nato officials in Washington DC with a forceful speech that appeared designed to assure his friends overseas and in the United States that he will be able to resist an election challenge from Donald Trump.
In brief, yet powerful remarks made at the beginning of the of the meeting Obama declared the partnership “more powerful than ever.” Obama declared the alliance “more powerful than ever” to face the possibility of the possibility of a “pivotal moment” with the conflict that is currently raging between Russia and Ukraine.
In announcing the “autocrats” had overturned global order” Biden announced that “autocrats” had overturned global order.” Biden said he would provide more military aid to Kyiv.
US president as well as the heads of Germany, Italy, the Netherlands and Romania are providing Patriot missile batteries and other systems to aid the Ukrainian air defences that require repair.
All in all, Nato plans to donate five air defence systems, which are strategic, as and dozens of anti-air batteries that are smaller in size over the next few years according to what the White House said.
This announcement is made 2 days following the firing of the Russian missile that destroyed an infancy hospital Kyiv Kyiv, Kyiv, the Ukrainian capital Kyiv. About 43 people were killed across Ukraine in the attack Monday. More than 100 wounded, according to official reports.
the president Volodymyr Zelensky spent months in an argument with President Zelensky’s Western allies to increase defenses against air strikes.
“The war will end with Ukraine remaining a free and independent country,” Vice President Joe Biden stated in remarks that were read on a teleprompter in the afternoon of Tuesday. “Russia won’t prevail. Ukraine will be victorious. “
Mr. Biden talked for 13 minutes, speaking in his voice clear and crisp, which is a marked difference from his unpredictable tone in the presidential debate in November with Trump.
In the moment, Congress Democrats have a private meeting to discuss Biden’s leadership roles within the party, and Biden’s mood of the group was “sad”, lawmakers told the Associated Press news agency.
On the 7th of July, House of Representatives Democrat – Mikie Sherrill, from New Jersey – publicly called for Mr. Biden to not run for another term, asserting that the cost would be “too high”.
Diplomatic diplomats from abroad who have visited the country expressed doubts over Biden’s future according to reports.
“We don’t see how he can come back after the debate,” an unidentified European representative told Reuters the news agency. “I cannot imagine that he would be in charge over Nato or the US as well as Nato for another four years. “
It seems that the Biden team has been trying to show that he’s still tough enough to withstand the responsibilities of the office of the president.
White House has credited Mr Biden’s leadership for the expansion of Nato following Russia struck Ukraine during the last two years. This led to Finland and Sweden being a part of Nato.
The leaders of 32 members are converging on the US capital for the meeting.
In the background are the British Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer. Before departing for Washington Sir Keir Starmer announced that he was pleased to “confirm and reaffirm Labour’s strong support, unshakeable support for Nato”.
Reporters who attended the summit will transmit the message that he will convey to Russian Putin, the Russian president. Vladimir Putin, Sir Keir declared in his speech that the meeting “should be seen as a clear and united resolve by Nato allies… to stand with Ukraine and stand up to Russian aggression”.
He also said that the fatal attack in a child’s hospital in Kyiv in the evening of the summit “strengthens the resolve and that is a very important if tragic backdrop to this summit”.
Sir Keir has added that the help offer for Ukraine the UK wants to promote at the most recent Summit “goes beyond the support that’s been put in before”.
Sir Keir is scheduled to meet with Joe Biden on Wednesday. He will also meet with Democratic as well as Republican members of Congress.
The incident on Tuesday was deeply an integral part of our history as an alliance.
The ceremony was held in exactly the same spot in which the first international treaty was signed just a few years ago. It was also the place that the president Biden mentioned during his remarks.
After the speech Biden welcomed Nato Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg to the stage to confer upon him his Presidential Medal of Freedom, the most sought-after civilian prize within America.
The night of Tuesday, Trump is 78 years old and was criticised by Nato allies at the rally held at his golf course in Doral, Florida.
The event included his sons, three as well as his youngest son, Barron who was at the first Trump rally according to according to his dad’s words. Barron received more praise in the presence of his elder brothers Eric and Don.
Trump has frequently criticized Nato members for failing to meet the agreed-upon goal of investing at least two percent of national production for security. A lot of Nato countries have met the requirements after Russia has entered Ukraine.
Trump said for his supporters that countries have contributed “hundreds of billions of dollars” more, as President Trump had been in the White House, he previously warned the nations “No, I will not protect you from Russia” in the event that they did not contribute another amount towards the Alliance.
In the event that Trump was criticised for similar remarks at the February event this year, Mr. Stoltenberg stated that the remark “undermines all of our security”.
However the Nato chief was not forthcoming regarding the Republican candidate at the time that the summit began on Tuesday.
Ukrainian President Vlodymyr Zelensky said at an audience in Washington DC that the whole world was “waiting for November”, when the US general elections will be held and he urged American citizens to support Ukraine.
The Mr Zelensky has been scheduled to have a meeting with President Biden on Thursday.