What we saw from the president in this address from
France was really a tough rebuke against,
you know, what he called bullies,
dictators around the world who threatened these alliances and democracies
around the world.
And so he was clearly making comments about Russian President
Vladimir Putin.
And another thing was he was actually taking these subtle
stabs at former President Trump as well.
He mentioned that isolationism 80 years ago and isolationism today
is not the answer.
Those are references to former President Trump's America's first agenda,
which the president has been staunchly against and pushing back
on to joining alliances again once he became president.
So we saw a lot of themes throughout his speech,
all kind of invoking him.
Reaffirming his support for the war in Ukraine and the
effort there,
and how strong he thinks the global alliance is currently
are.
Alex While abroad, Biden did an interview with ABC News
where he gave a fierce critique of Russian President Vladimir
Putin.
He also defended his decision to give Ukraine permission to
carry out limited strikes within Russia using US weapons.
Now why is the administration changing restrictions on the use
of US weapons in Ukraine?
Yeah, So what you mentioned in the the interview with
ABC,
the president called Putin not a decent man.
He called him a dictator.
All part of, you know,
the themes that we're seeing in the way President,
the President Biden has been conducting himself in in France
and and pushing back on Russia's aggression and the alliances
supporting Ukraine.
It's interesting, you know, he mentioned or defended this decision,
as you mentioned. I think it's all part of him
really reaffirming this commitment to Ukraine and the president wanting
to make really clear.
That the US stands behind Ukraine in terms of giving
them weapons,
giving them aid, you know,
Ukraine is the way that he handles Ukraine is a
big part of his legacy.
I think the president looks at it as that.