During a press briefing on Wednesday, White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre answered reporter questions on the international view of President Biden.
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00:00Go ahead, Raquel.
00:01Thank you, Karine.
00:02I want to do a follow-up about the lines that you were just reading on foreign leaders,
00:07because it seems like this perception has changed after the debate.
00:11You mean the quotes that I was laying out for all of you from Chancellor and the Prime
00:16Minister?
00:17Yes, exactly.
00:18Because talking to diplomats here in D.C., they are telling me that there were...
00:21Diplomats or leaders of countries?
00:22Diplomats who work for these leaders.
00:24Okay.
00:25No, I know.
00:26I just wanted to make sure.
00:27I mean, I was talking about the leaders.
00:28No, I hear you, but I'm talking about the leaders who have been on the record.
00:32Yeah, but after the debate, what they are saying, that after the debate, a lot of countries
00:37are worried about the future of the U.S., and that it is a scary and embarrassing time
00:42for the country, and that U.S. leadership is at stake.
00:44And one said, imagine the Watch Party in Beijing and Moscow.
00:48So are they right to be worried?
00:52Look, there's a lot at stake.
00:55There's a lot at stake right now.
00:57There is.
00:59And I think that's why the President fights day in and day out on behalf of the American
01:03people.
01:04I got to be careful, because you're kind of...
01:06They're worried about, I'm assuming, the election and what's going to happen, so I don't want
01:09to speak to that.
01:10But what I can say more broadly, there is a lot at stake.
01:14And we see that.
01:15We see that with Roe being overturned, the Dobbs decision.
01:19We see that with what happened on January 6th.
01:22Our democracy and freedoms are at stake.
01:26And not only do diplomats and world leaders care about that, Americans here at home care
01:30about that.
01:31That is something that they worry about, and that is something that the President's going
01:35to continue to fight for.
01:37Going to be careful.
01:38I can't get into hypotheticals, what will happen.
01:40There's obviously an election going on, but there is indeed a lot at stake, and we talk
01:45about this all the time, democracy, freedoms, a woman's right to choose.
01:50That is important.
01:51That is important to fight for.
01:53And what Republicans are trying to do, extreme Republicans in Congress are trying to do,
01:57put three national bans on abortion.
02:00That's what the type of legislation that they want to push forward.
02:04So we disagree with that.
02:06We're going to stand with the majority of Americans.
02:08Go ahead, Paris.
02:09Thank you, Kerry.
02:10Two questions.
02:11One on NATO.
02:12So on next week's summit, does the President schedule any important ballots with the bilaterals,
02:19with the leaders, especially including Turkish President Erdogan?
02:24A second question is we know China have been causing a lot of conflicts in South China
02:28Sea, Taiwan Strait, and East Sea.
02:31Yesterday we saw Chinese Coast Guard ship harass Japanese ship near Senkaku Islands,
02:37also detained a Taiwanese fishboat at Taiwan Strait.
02:40What is White House reaction to those conflicts?
02:42So on the fishboat, we're obviously closely monitoring the incident, so we're going to
02:48continue to do that.
02:50And as far as any bilateral meetings, I don't have anything to read out to you at this time.
02:55I believe NSC is going to do a call on Friday to talk through what next week is going to
03:01look like with the NATO summit being here in D.C.
03:04So I would say stay tuned, look out for that, and we'll have more to share.
03:11And obviously, when there is a bilateral meeting, we certainly share that with all of you.
03:15Just don't have anything to preview at this time.
03:17Can I follow up?
03:18Has U.S. reached out to Japan and Taiwan for support over those incidents with China?
03:24Well, I don't have any calls, obviously, to speak to at this time, but we encourage both
03:29sides to maintain open lines of communication so they can get to a resolution here.
03:34And that's what we call for.
03:36Okay.
03:37Oh.
03:38Thanks, Marie.
03:39No, go ahead.
03:40Thanks, Marie.
03:41Thanks.
03:42Thanks.
03:43Thanks.
03:44Thanks.
03:45Thanks.