Biden Answers Reporter’s Questions By Reading Entirely From Piece Of Paper In Front Of Him, part 2

#shorts A reporter asked Biden, “first, a two-part question for you: Your comments at a fundraiser this week appear to be the first time in recent memory that a sitting U.S. president has called a Chinese leader a dictator. Did those comments about President Xi undermine or complicate the progress your administration has made in maintaining a relationship with China? And secondly, on India: As you raise these broader issues of human rights and democracy, what is your message to those, including some members of your own party, who say that your administration is overlooking the targeting of religious minorities and crackdown on dissent in Prime Minister Modi’s country?

Biden: The answer to your first question is: No. You know, what — when we’re talking to our allies and partners around the world, including India, we let the — the idea of my choosing and avoiding saying what I think is the facts with regard to the relationship with India — with China is — is just not something I’m going to change very much.

I think we — I believe that — and I’ve said this for some time — that the hysteria about the relationship with China is collapsing and moving, et cetera, et cetera — we had an incident that caused some — some confusion, you might say. But President — but Secretary Blinken had a great trip to China. I expect to be meeting with President Xi sometime in the future, in the near term. And I don’t think it’s had any real consequence. And what was your second question?

On 6/22/2023, Joe Biden held a joint press conference with Indian Prime Minister Modi. Of course Biden called on a list of pre-approved reporters.

other clips of this published longer video is here: https://youtu.be/6Qu2ifcgE58 Biden Answers Reporter’s Questions By Reading Entirely From Piece Of Paper In Front Of Him, part 2