Tag: SOTU

Trump offers lukewarm, glitchy response to Biden criticism

By Frankie TAGGART WASHINGTON, March 8, 2024 (AFP) – He didn’t mention Donald Trump by name in his State of the Union address but there was no mistaking President Joe Biden’s target as he tore into his predecessor from the outset as an enemy of democracy and the liberal world order. Trump’s heavily-promoted live “play-by-play” response to an extended barrage of criticism turned out to be a damp squib — beset by technical gremlins and […]

President Biden announces emergency port for Gaza aid

By W.G. DUNLOP, Shaun TANDON WASHINGTON, March 8, 2024 (AFP) – The US military will establish a temporary port off Gaza’s coast to bring in desperately needed aid, President Joe Biden announced Thursday, in a major operation as Israel holds up deliveries on the ground. Announcing the initiative in his annual State of the Union address, Biden pleaded with Israel to let more assistance into the blockaded territory even as he defended its military operation […]

Biden tells Israel not to use aid as ‘bargaining chip,’ pushes truce deal

WASHINGTON, March 8, 2024 (AFP) US President Joe Biden warned Israel on Thursday that it cannot use aid as a “bargaining chip” in its fight against Hamas and called for an immediate temporary ceasefire in Gaza, where fears of a looming famine have multiplied. Using his annual State of the Union address to deliver some of his strongest comments yet about the five-month-long war, Biden also ordered the US military to lead “an emergency mission” […]

Biden attacks Trump in fiery State of Union speech

By Danny KEMP WASHINGTON, March 8, 2024 (AFP) – President Joe Biden launched a scorching attack on his “dangerous” November presidential election rival Donald Trump in Thursday’s State of the Union address, warning that US democracy is under “assault.” In the dramatic start to the speech, Biden said he wanted to “wake up the Congress and alert the American people” to the danger. “Not since President Lincoln and the Civil War, have freedom and democracy […]

Biden attacks Trump, warns US democracy at risk in State of Union speech

WASHINGTON, March 8, 2024 (AFP) – President Joe Biden launched a fiery attack on his “dangerous” November presidential election rival Donald Trump in Thursday’s State of the Union address, warning that US democracy is under “assault.” In the dramatic start to the speech, Biden said he wanted to “wake up the Congress and alert the American people” to the danger. “Not since President Lincoln and the Civil War, have freedom and democracy been under assault […]