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Joe Biden and Keir Starmer shake hands while speaking to reporters before participating in a bilateral meeting in the Oval Office of the White House.Attempting to introduce Ukrainian president Zelenskyy, Biden said: “Now I want to hand it over to the president of Ukraine, who has as much courage as he has determination. Ladies and gentlemen, President Putin.He then began to walk offstage before realising his gaffe and walked back to say Zelenskyy is “gonna beat President Putin”.
“They are dying every single day. Children are dying. And they need our support, and it’s not just support for Ukraine, it is also about our values. It is about what we stand for, it is about what Nato values are.“We’ve had a successful outcome on that I think that is a good thing. I think people have worked very hard for that to happen, it doesn’t always happen at the end of councils like this.“President Biden deserves credit for planning this, leading this and getting us to this stage.
A growing number of Democratic politicians and supporters - including Hollywood stars George Clooney and Michael Douglas - have urged him to withdraw.HuffPost UK Daily Brief Sign up and we will email you daily with the best of our political and news coverage while also giving you a taste of our most-popular lifestyle, opinion and personal blogs.By entering your email and clicking Sign Up, you're agreeing to let us send you customized marketing messages about us and our advertising partners. You are also agreeing to our
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