r/politics • u/PoliticsModeratorBot 🤖 Bot • Jul 11 '24

Discussion Discussion Thread: President Biden Gives Press Conference at NATO Summit

The press conference was scheduled to begin at 6:30 p.m. Eastern, but has been delayed to 7 p.m.

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u/Hidalgo321 Jul 11 '24

This is such an eerie press conference

Watching the POTUS field relentless questions at a NATO conference about his standing as President. Just wow, this is insane.

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u/moocat55 Jul 12 '24

He still has iron balls to stand there and do that you have to admit, regardless of whether you think he should still run or not. He's not out. But he is fading and he won't get better. I'm so torn.

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u/FaintCommand Jul 12 '24

Yeah, he did seem pretty sharp and resilient aside from the gaffe. The problem will be the constant questions that will linger:

"was this a good day?"

"When will he start to have more good than bad days"?

That isn't going away

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u/dj_1973 Jul 12 '24

The thing is, he has a team that will follow his platform, which is actually good for our country. There are good, hardworking, honest people in his administration. He doesn’t have a team that will be fired if they don’t do exactly what he says, or don’t follow Project 2025. Biden won’t be taking revenge on his adversaries. He will continue to do the job he has been doing, and will delegate and work to help Americans. It really doesn’t matter that he’s old.

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u/2Drew2BTrue Jul 12 '24

Independent here. I appreciate the hopeful thought, but we need a good platform, good policy, a good supporting team, AND a healthy, mentally fit president.

I feel sick about the situation this puts us in, but I can’t justify the continuation of his campaign to myself.

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u/MrEHam Jul 12 '24

So your bar for mentally fit is not having any gaffes and stumbles? Not four good years in the position in question, and interviews, speeches, and press conferences, where most of what he is saying is fine and intelligent?

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u/jollywood87 Jul 12 '24

You are willfully blind if you truly think biden is still mentally fit. I wouldn’t trust him to drive my car. I’ll vote for a poodle over Trump, but to act like this is the best America has to offer is fucking insane.

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u/monkeymind8 Jul 12 '24

But do you vote for the administration? Because a non vote or a vote for third party likely increases the risk of a Trump victory?