BIDEN LATEST: Ukraine support ‘will not back down’ says in fiery speech after Zelensky’s NATO meeting

Inflation policy took a sharp turn on Wednesday with a report showing consumer prices rose at the slowest pace since the early months of Joe Biden’s presidency.

Republicans have bashed Biden over the cost of groceries, gasoline, utilities and more, saying the $1.9 trillion pandemic relief package and push for electric cars were responsible for driving inflation to its highest levels in four decades. The GOP’s argument resonated with voters, but the June consumer price report suggested that inflation has eased significantly without any of the job losses some economists and Republican leaders said would happen.

Statement from White House Press Secretary Karen Jean-Pierre on the visit of Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni
President Biden will welcome Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni to the White House on July 27 to underscore the strong relationship between the United States and Italy. And they will discuss our shared strategic interests, including our shared commitment to continue supporting Ukraine in the face of Russian aggression, developments in North Africa, and closer transatlantic coordination regarding the People’s Republic of China. They will also discuss Italy’s next G7 presidency in 2024.

President Joe Biden on Wednesday praised the “unbroken” people of Ukraine and the “amazing dignity” with which they acted to repel invading Russian forces as he pledged on behalf of the Western world to maintain Kiev’s defense support for as long as possible. .

Mr. Biden delivered his remarks to a boisterous crowd that had gathered hours earlier to hear him speak in the Great Court of Vilnius University, after the conclusion of this year’s NATO Leaders Summit, in which the leaders of the 31-member defense alliance took part. He agreed to accelerate Ukraine’s bid to join the bloc once the war with Russia ended.

Andrew Feinberg Watch the president’s remarks.

President Joe Biden met with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky in Vilnius on July 12, 2023. President Biden reaffirmed the United States’ enduring commitment to support Ukraine’s defense against Russia’s war of aggression and the United States’ support for Ukraine in its pursuit of integration into the Euro-Atlantic community. The leaders welcomed the launch of the Declaration of Support for Ukraine by the G7 leaders and President Zelensky just prior to their meeting, and discussed the United States’ readiness to begin negotiations with Ukraine on bilateral security commitments to ensure a sustainable force capable of defending Ukraine now and in the future. The leaders also discussed Ukraine’s ongoing counteroffensive and continued U.S. assistance in support of this effort.

Skylar Baker-Jordan He writes:

No protocol is broken, and even if it was, it’s not a big deal. What happened is very good everyone calm down.

One of Washington’s worst secrets is that Joe Biden has a short fuse. According to Alex Thompson, who is writing a book about the president, “Behind closed doors, Biden has a kind of irascibility that some of his aides try to avoid meeting with him alone.”

Thompson said the boss has a tendency to yell and insults at employees, and “there is sometimes a threatening and insulting tone in his diatribes.”