As of: February 4, 2024, 7:21 p.m
By: Erkan Pehlivan
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In a private meeting, US President Biden is said to have insulted challenger Donald Trump.
The White House is silent on this.
Washington, DC – US President Joe Biden has significantly toughened his tone towards challenger Donald Trump.
On the third anniversary of the storming of the Capitol, Biden attacked Trump and his supporters during a conversation on January 6th in Valley Forge, writes
Politico
.
He accuses them of making fun of violence.
Last year, a burglar broke into Democrat Nancy Pelosi's house and attacked her husband Paul with a hammer.
“He laughed about it.
“What a sick person…”
Politico
quoted the US president as saying.
The president described Trump to long-time friends and close associates as a “sick motherfucker” who takes pleasure in other people’s misfortune.
The White House declined to comment.
Trump mocks attack on Pelosi's husband
The anger over Trump's words is hardly surprising.
“We're going to stand up to crazy Nancy Pelosi who ruined San Francisco - does anyone know how her husband is doing?” Trump told a raucous crowd at a California Republican convention in September.
"And she's against building a wall on our border, even though she has a wall around her house - which obviously hasn't worked very well."
“It is a disgrace that the corrupt Joe Biden disrespects the presidency both publicly and privately,” Chris LaCivita, a senior adviser to the Trump campaign, told
Politico
.
“But it’s also no surprise that he disrespects the 45th president as much as he disrespects the American people with his failed policies.”
US President Joe Biden is angry with challenger Donald Trump.
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More tensions between Trump and Biden are inevitable
Tensions between Biden and Trump will continue.
The US Senate wants to present a new draft for an aid package for Ukraine and better security of the US borders by the end of this week.
However, the bill – even if it passes the Senate – is likely to fail in the House of Representatives.
There, the opposition Republicans, among whom there are many opponents of new aid to Ukraine and resistance to a border compromise with the Democrats, make up the majority.
President Joe Biden's Democratic Party has been wrestling with Republicans in Congress for weeks over an aid package for Ukraine worth $61 billion (around 56 billion euros).
In return for their approval, Republicans are demanding tougher measures to secure the US border with Mexico.
The conservatives can block further funding for Ukraine as well as border protection legislation with their majority in the House of Representatives.
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Deal between Democrats and Republicans unlikely
A possible Senate deal would be “dead on arrival” in its congressional chamber, said House Republican leader Mike Johnson.
The background is apparently that former President Donald Trump openly spoke out against such an agreement.
Observers suspect that the right-wing populist, who wants to win back the White House in the presidential election in November, rejects any agreement between Democrats and Republicans on the politically contentious issue of migration because Biden could see that as a success for himself.
US aid to Ukraine at risk
Trump himself recently told supporters that it would not bother him if he was blamed for the failure of a border agreement.
Without an agreement on the border dispute, it appears highly questionable whether Congress will approve new aid to Ukraine.
This would be a serious setback for Ukraine, whose main military supporter is the USA.
The EU agreed on Thursday on new economic aid for Ukraine worth 50 billion euros after weeks of blockade by Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban.
Chancellor Olaf Scholz (SPD) then said that the EU decision could make it easier for Biden to wrestle with Congress for new aid to Ukraine.
(erpe/dpa)