Joe Biden blasts Donald Trump’s ‘dumb’ and ‘dangerous’ Nato threats
- The US president accused his predecessor of bowing to Russia’s Putin and urged the House of Representatives to pass vital war aid for Ukraine
- In one of his most blistering attacks so far, Biden called Trump’s remarks on encouraging Moscow to attack US allies ‘shameful’ and ‘un-American’
US President Joe Biden on Tuesday condemned “dumb” and “shameful” comments by Donald Trump on Nato, in one of the incumbent’s most blistering attacks yet on his likely Republican rival in November’s election.
The 81-year-old Democrat accused his predecessor of bowing to Russian President Vladimir Putin, after Trump said he would encourage Moscow to attack Nato members who failed to meet financial commitments.
“For God’s sake, it’s dumb, it’s shameful, it’s dangerous, it’s un-American,” Biden said in a televised address from the White House to urge the House of Representatives to pass vital war aid for Ukraine.
“Can you imagine a former president of the United States saying that? The whole world heard it. And the worst thing is he means it,” he added.
“No other president in our history has ever bowed down to a Russian dictator. Well, let me say this as clearly as I can: I never will.”