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Key moments in Biden's speech aimed at saving his spot in the 2024 presidential race
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7/12/2024
Between flubs and misspeaks, Biden showed in-depth knowledge of world affairs. Is it enough to save his 2024 campaign? Here are the highlights.
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Russia will not prevail in this war.
00:03
Ukraine will prevail in this war.
00:05
And we'll stand with them every single step of the way.
00:08
That's what the compact says, loudly and clearly.
00:12
And now I want to hand it over to the President of Ukraine,
00:16
who has as much courage as he has determination.
00:19
Ladies and gentlemen, President Putin.
00:22
President Putin.
00:24
He's going to beat President Putin.
00:26
President Zelensky.
00:28
I'm so focused on beating Putin, we got to worry about it.
00:31
Anyway, Mr. President.
00:33
I'm better.
00:34
You are a hell of a better.
00:37
What concerns do you have about Vice President
00:39
Harris' ability to beat Donald Trump
00:42
if she were at the top of the ticket?
00:44
Look, I wouldn't have picked Vice President Trump
00:48
to be Vice President
00:49
because I think she's not qualified to be President.
00:52
So let's start there.
00:54
Number one, the fact is that the consideration
00:59
is that I think I'm the most qualified person
01:02
to run for President.
01:04
I beat him once and I will beat him again.
01:08
Secondly, the idea, I served in the Senate a long time.
01:15
The idea that senators and congressmen running for office
01:22
worry about the ticket is not unusual.
01:25
And I might add, there are at least five presidents running
01:29
or incumbent presidents
01:31
who had lower numbers than I have now.
01:35
For months, the United States has been working
01:38
to secure a ceasefire in Gaza, to bring the hostages home,
01:43
to create a path for peace and stability in the Middle East.
01:48
Six weeks ago, I laid out a detailed plan in writing,
01:54
was endorsed by the UN Security Council, the G7.
01:59
That framework is now agreed on by both Israel and Hamas.
02:04
So I sent my team to the region to hammer out the details.
02:08
These are difficult, complex issues.
02:10
There's still gaps to close, but we're making progress.
02:14
The trend is positive,
02:16
and I'm determined to get this deal done
02:18
and bring an end to this war, which should end now.
02:21
Look, what I said was, instead of my every day
02:27
starting at 7 and going to bed at midnight,
02:30
it'd be smarter for me to pace myself a little more.
02:33
And I said, for example, the 8, 7, 6 stuff,
02:36
instead of starting the fundraiser at 9 o'clock,
02:39
start at 8 o'clock.
02:41
People get to go home by 10 o'clock.
02:43
That's what I'm talking about.
02:44
I'm not talking about,
02:45
and if you looked at my schedule
02:48
since I made that stupid mistake in the debate,
02:53
I mean, my schedule has been full bore.
02:57
I always have an inclination,
03:00
whether I was playing sports or doing politics,
03:04
just to keep going, not stop.
03:05
I just got to pace myself a little more, pace myself.
03:11
The next debate, I'm not going to be traveling
03:13
in the 15 time zones a week before.
03:17
Anyway, that's what it was about.
03:20
That's what it was about.
03:21
And by the way, even with that, I love my staff,
03:24
but they add things, add things all the time.
03:28
At the very end, I'm catching hell from my wife for that.
03:32
Anyway.
03:35
What do we got here?
03:39
I've taken three significant and intense neurological exams
03:46
by a neurologist.
03:51
In each case, as recently as February,
03:53
and they say I'm in good shape, okay?
03:56
Although I do have a little problem with my left foot
03:59
because it's not as sensitive because I broke my foot
04:02
and didn't wear the boot, but I'm good.
04:07
I'm tested every single day about my neurological capacity
04:11
to do decisions I make every day.
04:14
And every single day, I'm surrounded by good docs.
04:17
If they think there's a problem, I promise you,
04:21
or even if they don't think it's a problem,
04:22
they think I should have a neurological exam again,
04:25
I'll do it.
04:26
But no one's suggesting that to me now.
04:28
And I'll ask you another question.
04:30
No matter what I did, no one's going to be satisfied.
04:34
Did you have seven docs?
04:36
Did you have two?
04:37
Who'd you have?
04:38
Did you do this?
04:39
How many times?
04:40
So I am not opposed if my doctors tell me
04:45
that I should have another neurological exam, I'll do it.
04:49
The, like I said, I'm dealing with Xi right now
04:59
and direct contact with him.
05:01
I have no good reason to talk to Putin right now.
05:05
There's not much that he is prepared to do in terms
05:10
of accommodating any change in his behavior.
05:14
And, but there isn't any world leader I'm not prepared
05:17
to deal with.
05:19
But I understand the generic point is, is Putin ready to talk?
05:25
I'm not ready to talk to Putin unless Putin's ready
05:28
to change his behavior.
05:30
Last time I talked to Putin was trying to get him to work
05:34
on an arms control agreement related
05:36
to nuclear weapons in space.
05:39
That didn't go very far.
05:41
I'm not in this for my legacy.
05:44
I'm in this to complete the job I started.
05:47
As you recall, understandably, many of you
05:50
and many economists thought my initial initiatives
05:54
that I put forward can't do that.
05:56
It's going to cause inflation.
05:57
Things are going to skyrocket.
05:58
The debt's going to go up.
06:01
What are you hearing now from mainstream economists?
06:05
16 economic Nobel laureates said I've done a hell of a job.
06:10
And under my plans so far and what's going to happen
06:14
in the future if I've reelected,
06:17
that things are going to get much better.
06:18
You earlier explained confidence in your vice president.
06:22
Yes.
06:23
If your team came back and showed you data
06:25
that she would fare better
06:27
against former president Donald Trump,
06:29
would you reconsider your decision to stay in the race?
06:33
No, unless they came back and said,
06:35
there's no way you can win.
06:39
Me.
06:41
No one's saying that.
06:42
No poll says that.
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