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Biden's latest attempt to convince everyone he has what it takes to stay in the race will air at 6:30 PM Eastern / 3:30 PM Pacific.

More on where and how to watch here:

https://apnews.com/article/how-to-watch-biden-press-conference-a70590e7574fc9680229b6b6289f6a02

My expectation is that it will be on all the usual sources. CNN, MSNBC, etc. etc. with in depth coverage on the talking head shows later tonight.

Edit Conference is running ~~20+~~ 50+ minutes late after already being pushed back 1 hour from 5:30 to 6:30.

Not sure if that's good news or bad news.

Here we go! 58 minutes late, but he's on a roll talking about NATO.

Oh, snap! Reminding everyone that Article 5 has only been used once... 9/11.

Speech ran less than 10 minutes, but was a strong speech, now the questions.

Fumbles on the first answer, calling out "Vice President Trump". :(

Ended after almost an hour with one final question on "Vice President Trump" - Biden's answer "Listen to him." End conference.

Overall, I'm pretty happy with how it went!

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[–] return2ozma@lemmy.world 7 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (1 children)

This is Biden's first press conference this year.

Adding context: This will be his first formal solo news conference since November 2023. Biden also holds the fewest news conferences since Ronald Reagan.https://apnews.com/live/election-biden-trump-campaign-updates-07-11-2024

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[–] brucethemoose@lemmy.world 7 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (2 children)

Is anyone on the apnews link without adblock?

I'm trying to give them revenue, but...

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[–] Furbag@lemmy.world 7 points 4 months ago

"Listen to him"

Why? Why the fuck would you say that, man?

I gave Biden a pass for the "Doing the goodest job" flub during the ABC News interview, because how do you answer that question on the spot without sounding like a nihilist? Obviously, he should have said that trust in the system is important and that checks and balances will still be a thing even if he doesn't win, but he opted for the feel-good sentiment of "At least we tried our best!".

But for this? The question was "Trump is already tweeting about you mixing up Vice President Harris with his name and citing it as evidence that you are not fit for office. How do you respond to that?" and he says listen to him. WTF man. Biden is his own worst enemy right now. He could have walked off stage and said nothing.

[–] pjwestin@lemmy.world 6 points 4 months ago

He's kinda lost the plot this answer...he's just rambling about Putin now.

[–] return2ozma@lemmy.world 6 points 4 months ago (1 children)

The ghost of Feinstein is in the crowd.

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[–] p5yk0t1km1r4ge@lemmy.world 6 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

We need more people to interrupt him. We need to see him stay focused and easily return to the topic at hand. Shows he has a clear mind .

[–] TropicalDingdong@lemmy.world 6 points 4 months ago (7 children)

I feel like this is going to be a nothing burger, but lets discuss the history of presidential news conferences:

https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/statistics/data/presidential-news-conferences

So I think the above statitstic is a bit misleading because it doesn't single out solo conferences.

https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/analyses/bidens-solo-news-conferences-perspective

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[–] WoahWoah@lemmy.world 5 points 4 months ago (1 children)

His response to the geopolitical question is very well articulated.

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[–] noxy@yiffit.net 5 points 4 months ago (7 children)

This hold music is atrocious

[–] negativenull@lemmy.world 5 points 4 months ago

this hold "Muzak" is atrocious

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[–] anticurrent@sh.itjust.works 5 points 4 months ago

First Time I hear about Hamas using Ballistic missiles. Boy they leveled up pretty quickly. maybe Biden should outsource missile manufacturing to them, US will be cutting billion of dollars in R&D.

[–] return2ozma@lemmy.world 4 points 4 months ago

Here's Secretaries Blinken, Austin and National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan when President Biden said, "Vice President Trump."

https://x.com/cspanJeremy/status/1811554379952009632

[–] PugJesus@lemmy.world 4 points 4 months ago

Maybe someone is wrestling Biden into stepping down backstage. Or he had a stroke.

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