In his final interview before leaving office, President Joe Biden expressed concern about the state of American democracy, citing a 'cowed' Supreme Court and Congress unable to check an autocratic presidency. He also discussed his conversations with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu regarding the Gaza ceasefire and the situation in Ukraine, where he said Russia is suffering significant losses.
WASHINGTON, D.C. — President Joe Biden warned Thursday against the dangerous erosion of the fundamental guardrails protecting an increasingly 'fragile' American democracy.A day after urging Americans to stand firm against an 'oligarchy' forming under Donald Trump, Biden highlighted the specific threat posed by a cowed Supreme Court and Congress unable to keep an autocratic presidency in check.
'I told them we were going to help, but Bibi, I said, you can't be carpet-bombing in these communities.'And he said to me: 'Well you did it... You carpet-bombed Berlin. You dropped a nuclear weapon. You killed thousands of people because you had to in order to win a war,'' Biden recounted.
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