During a speech in the US Congress, Biden accused Trump of supporting Putin

On the morning of Friday, March 8, Kyiv time, President Joe Biden delivered a State of the Union address to the US Congress

 

President Joe Biden speaks from the White House in Washington, DC, on March 5, 2024.  Andrew Harnik/AP

 

This is reported by Espresso.TV with reference to the broadcast of Joe Biden's speech, which was broadcast by  "Voice of America".

 

Biden began his speech by mentioning aid to Ukraine.

"Today is an unprecedented moment. I want to address the Congress with words to wake them up. And to tell the people that these are not ordinary times. Not since the days of Lincoln and the Civil War have there been such blows to democracy and freedom in to the whole world. Putin's Russia attacked Ukraine... If anyone thinks that Putin will stop in Ukraine, he is wrong," said Joe Biden.

 

"But Ukraine can stop Putin if we stand with Ukraine and give it the weapons it needs. And that's all Ukraine is asking for. They're not asking for our soldiers, and there's not a single American soldier in Ukraine. I'm determined that and it was. But now aid to Ukraine is being blocked by those who want to withdraw from world leadership," the American president said in Congress.

Biden also accused Donald Trump of supporting Vladimir Putin.

"My predecessor, the former Republican president, is telling Putin: do whatever the hell you want. The former president said that, he supported the Russian leader. I think it's terrible and unacceptable," Biden said, after which loud noises started again in the hall applause.

 

 

"My message to President Putin, whom I have known for a long time, is simple: we will not leave! We will not give up! I will not give up," Joe Biden assured in support of Ukraine.

Joe Biden devoted a large part of his speech to economic issues. According to the US president, their economy is the strongest in the world. The American leader also mentioned Israel, assured of support, and congratulated Sweden on joining NATO.

At the same time, Biden said that he is ready to sign the law on the border, which the Republicans are so demanding.

 

Aid to Ukraine

On February 13, the US Senate finally approved the law containing the aid package for Ukraine. In response, the speaker of the House of Representatives of the US Congress, Mike Johnson  , said that currently the Republicans have no plans to vote for a bill to help Ukraine, Israel and Taiwan, because the US should take care of its own problems before solving them around the world.

On February 16, the US House of Representatives  went  on vacation until the end of February, they did not vote for the bill approved by the Senate with a package of aid to Ukraine.

On February 19, US President Joe Biden  announced that he is ready to meet with the Speaker of the House of Representatives, Mike Johnson, to discuss a draft law on aid to Ukraine. The meeting  took place

on February 27.

On February 28, speakers of 23 parliaments called on the US House of Representatives to consider aid to Ukraine. The Speaker of the House of Representatives of the US Congress, Mike Johnson, answering the question about the approval of aid to Ukraine, said that he would go to it as soon as the financing of the government's expenses is approved.

On February 29, the US House of Representatives  approved a draft law on temporary financing of state institutions.

Congressmen  found a way to vote for aid to Ukraine and bypass the blocking of the Speaker of the US House of Representatives, Mike Johnson.