18:12 GMT Biden denounces Republican drives to limit voting in US states I have no idea whether there will be a Republican Party.” She’s a great partner.”Īs for whether he is anticipating a rematch with Donald Trump, Biden chuckled and said, “I don’t even think about it. I’ve never been able to plan four and a half – three and a half years in advance for certain.”īiden added that he “would fully expect” Kamala Harris to be his running mate if he does run again. When pressed on it, he added a caveat: “I’m a great respecter of fate. President Joe Biden speaks during his first news conference in the East Room of the White House on Ma 18:15 GMT Biden’s ‘expectation’ is to run for re-election in 2024Īmid speculation that the 78-year-old Biden will only serve one term as president, he was asked what his plans were for the next presidential election in 2024. “We have got to prove that democracy works.” “This is a battle between the utility of democracies in the 21st Century and autocracies,” Biden said. Chinese President Xi Jinping, right, shakes hands with then-US Vice President Joe Biden as they pose for photos at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, China on Decemīiden said he made it clear to Xi that the US will invest in its economy and democracy at home, compete with China in investment in future technologies and advocate for human rights. “He is one of the guys like Putin who thinks that autocracy is the wave of the future, democracy can’t function in an ever more complex world,” Biden said. The president said he has a good relationship with his Chinese counterpart XI Jinping, with whom Biden had a two-hour initial telephone conversation that surprised China watchers. 18:22 GMT US will compete with China and President Xi Jinping
“I’ll be announcing the fight in Pittsburgh in detail is to rebuild the infrastructure both physical and technological infrastructure in this country so that we can compete and create significant numbers of really good paying jobs,” Biden said. President Joe Biden said his next major political initiative to promote infrastructure development in the US will be unveiled when he visits Pittsburgh next week. 18:32 GMT Biden says next major initiative will be infrastructure, jobs “I think that there was overall a very good performance by this president as he handled a number of different complex policy issues.” “He showed the world that he was very adept about various ranges of policy in a detailed way,” Halkett said.
18:38 GMT ‘Very good performance’: Al Jazeera correspondentĪmid “murmuring here in the United States” about the 78-year-old Biden’s delay in holding his first formal news conference with some suggesting “he wasn’t capable, he might not be able to hold a thought, there were questions about his health”, Al Jazeera White House correspondent Kimberly Halkett gave his performance a positive review. This is William Roberts, Steve Chaggaris and Creede Newton. Welcome to Al Jazeera’s coverage of President Joe Biden’s first formal news conference. Reporters raised questions about pressing issues such as the migrant surge at the US-Mexico border, gun control, relations with China and Russia, and withdrawing troops from Afghanistan.Biden faced criticism for not holding a news conference during the first 50 days of his term, though he has spoken to reporters multiple times since he took office on January 20.US President Joe Biden holds the first formal news conference of his presidency at the White House.
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