Will Biden Go? Roundtable Discussion with David Dayen, Medea Benjamin & Bill Fletcher Jr.

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  • Опубліковано 11 лип 2024
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    As the world watched Thursday night, President Biden held his first solo press conference this year, after hosting a NATO conference in which he accidentally referred to Ukrainian President Zelensky as Russian President Putin before quickly correcting himself. While speaking with reporters, Biden defended his record and vowed to “finish the job,” but at one point referred to Kamala Harris as “Vice President Trump.” As more Democrats continue to call for him to step aside, we host a roundtable discussion on Biden and Trump and the 2024 race, and the impact on U.S. foreign policy, with American Prospect executive editor David Dayen; longtime labor, racial justice and international activist Bill Fletcher Jr., co-founder of the Ukrainian Solidarity Network; and CodePink co-founder Medea Benjamin, co-author of the books NATO: What You Need to Know and War in Ukraine: Making Sense of a Senseless Conflict.
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  • @ronmorris7763
    @ronmorris7763 16 днів тому +169

    It's actually embarrassing to listen to Biden. he is the only American who won't acknowledge his Administration's failed economic policies . "Shrink-flation' is the least of our worries compared to rising rents and stagnant wages, but it is an undeniable indicator of how bad our inflation has gotten. I have $100k that i like to invest in a non-retirement account, any advice on that?

    • @MariaLPerez930
      @MariaLPerez930 16 днів тому +7

      For the time being, I would stay away from index funds, mutual funds, and particular stocks. The best option available at the moment is a five percent fixed income. Set aside funds for when the market begins to recover significantly.

    • @KevinCollins-kg5hl
      @KevinCollins-kg5hl 16 днів тому +6

      45% of Americans do not invest in the stock market because of lack of guidance. Every year you don't invest, you are falling behind. I’m hitting numbers in the stock market I used to dream of… Going from $50k to $600k in my portfolio is surreal all thanks to insights from my financial advisor.

    • @ronmorris7763
      @ronmorris7763 16 днів тому +4

      Please who is the consultant that assist you with your investment and if you don't mind, how do I get in touch with them?

    • @KevinCollins-kg5hl
      @KevinCollins-kg5hl 16 днів тому +2

      monica mary strigle is the licensed advsr I use. Just research the name. You’d find necessary details to work with a correspondence to set up an appointment.

    • @ronmorris7763
      @ronmorris7763 16 днів тому +1

      I looked up her full name online and found her page. I emailed and made an appointment to talk with her; hopefully, she gets back to me.

  • @brunojvaldez7277
    @brunojvaldez7277 23 дні тому +128

    It is not the age it is his mental issues

    • @ulquiorra4cries
      @ulquiorra4cries 23 дні тому +7

      His cognition seems to get worse the older he becomes; which is a real puzzle to me, since the elderly are not known for their forgetfulness. People in their 80s are sharp, quick-witted and wise. If someone in their 80s cannot think as well as someone thirty years younger, then there must be something wrong. Everybody knows this.

    • @cynthiabragg2611
      @cynthiabragg2611 23 дні тому +2

      Not all of them!!

    • @shksalim5327
      @shksalim5327 23 дні тому +2

      It's both

    • @blondelp8451
      @blondelp8451 23 дні тому +2

      Trump said Dr. Johnson gave him the cognitive test. Actually, it was Dr. Jackson. Trump mixed up Haley and Pelosi. This can happen to anyone.

    • @WheelhouseMike
      @WheelhouseMike 23 дні тому

      @@blondelp8451 Trump said Johnson and Haley 3 times each. He didn't know who he was talking about. Biden caught himself right away on Putin and even saying Trump, when he clearly meant Harris was evident in the rest of his response. I call my kids by each others names all the time. I know which one I'm talking to.

  • @leorapier9389
    @leorapier9389 23 дні тому +105

    It's so embarrassing to listen to Biden.

    • @WheelhouseMike
      @WheelhouseMike 23 дні тому +5

      If you thought that was embarrassing, I'm embarrassed for you. Did you listen to the substance of what he was saying. His grasp of geo-politics and foreign policy was evident.
      We're facing a loss of our democracy. He is the best chance we have to beat Trump.

    • @simonsteen-andersen3181
      @simonsteen-andersen3181 23 дні тому

      He has a very limited grasp of historical context! And there was absolutely no proof of mental fitness to be seen anywhere in this press conference! At times, he seems to show signs of megalomania when he says that only he is quallified to beat Trump and only God can make him step down by coming down and tell him to!

    • @jdogdarkness
      @jdogdarkness 23 дні тому +5

      The cringe is real. But don't worry guys, as long as he does his "goodest" all is well.

    • @theyoungmessiah420
      @theyoungmessiah420 22 дні тому

      @@jdogdarkness It's funny how it's all about beating trump for now, which in reality makes no difference it only bloats his ego to another level, even if he wins, he is still utterly useless! Trump can at least comprehend things for himself and isn't someone elses' puppet.

    • @bourgamenities4279
      @bourgamenities4279 22 дні тому

      Funny, that's how I feel about all politicians ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

  • @John-hg3zd
    @John-hg3zd 23 дні тому +149

    So many of us knew all this about Biden for such a long time. Why did the media not see it until the debate?

    • @brianburgess3231
      @brianburgess3231 23 дні тому

      @John-hg3zd tRump been this way all his life .. even had to pay other students to get his way through School
      . . And yet you honour him

    • @Seekthetruth3000
      @Seekthetruth3000 23 дні тому

      Because the mainstream news media including NPR, PBS, and DN are all in the tank for the Democratic Party.

    • @CarlosDenglerArt
      @CarlosDenglerArt 23 дні тому

      Of course they saw it. The only difference between now and before the debate is that their sense of self-importance has been thwarted by the removal of the mask of deniability which Biden committed at the debate. That's why they're so hellbent on getting him out of the campaign: he dared to show the world just how old he in fact was, refusing to play this game of pretending to be something the entire world knows and has always known. The media are clutching their pearls and trying to deny the will of the Democratic Party voter base because their sense of their viability has been wounded. The debate was less a haunting reveal of Biden's age than of a haunting reveal of the media's gaslighting campaign *about* his age that, after the debate, they could no longer uphold. Has anyone in the media apologized for the gaslighting? Of course not: they're too busy pretending that all of sudden Biden's age has been made apparent. But it's always been apparent. What's apparent now that wasn't before is the extent to which the media was willing to gaslight voters about Biden's age and now willing to completely disregard their will about the candidate they have already chosen knowing full well who they were voting for, which was the man we all saw at the debate. The voters have always known how old and ineffectual and compromised he is. Nothing has changed for them.

    • @REALTRUTH2525
      @REALTRUTH2525 23 дні тому

      Because they were paid to spread misinformation about TRUMP.

    • @LuckyChuck795
      @LuckyChuck795 23 дні тому

      @@John-hg3zd because liberals will not except blame for their role in this mess they are all unrepentant and cannot admit to the total malpractice of their own political theory. Instead of fighting private power in and out of the party, Democrats as an institution cultivated it and made it a cudgel. Project 2025 has been around for 30-40 years and instead of fully fighting that agenda, they decided to fight anything and everything left of center. Mechanisms of accountability are in the hands of the self interested, they hate democracy just as much as any religious zealot on the right. That hypocrisy will damn us all too, and it will be the story to understand as central to all this leading into November.

  • @ArielVisionary
    @ArielVisionary 23 дні тому +42

    Ron Reagan describes his growing sense of alarm over his father's mental condition, beginning as early as three years into his first term. He recalls the presidential debate with Walter Mondale on 7 October 1984.
    "My heart sank as he floundered his way through his responses, fumbling with his notes, uncharacteristically lost for words. He looked tired and bewildered," Ron Reagan writes.
    Sound familiar?

    • @MrMcgooOG
      @MrMcgooOG 23 дні тому +2

      Your vision is dark and misguided

    • @jodylynn840
      @jodylynn840 23 дні тому +12

      My 86 year old father who has beginning dementia watched the debate and he said Biden is not in good shape he shouldn't be president

    • @melissaseeley4244
      @melissaseeley4244 23 дні тому +2

      Exactly Reagan/ jelly beans...

    • @WheelhouseMike
      @WheelhouseMike 23 дні тому +4

      Reagan went on from there to win in 1984 (525 - 13) over Mondale, biggest landslide since FDR 2nd term when he won 523 -8. He served for almost 4.5 more years and gave the "Mr Gorbachev tear down this wall" speech. He died in 2004.

    • @user-ti3vp9mt3z
      @user-ti3vp9mt3z 21 день тому

      Yes

  • @cherirybarczyk3408
    @cherirybarczyk3408 23 дні тому +89

    He is so disoriented at the most important moments...introducing international leaders, even His own VP, he is not fit to lead the USA!

    • @SummerGirl19
      @SummerGirl19 23 дні тому +7

      It’s so sad and it’s terrible optics on the world stage. And that is important! It’s also probably affecting Independents and/or voters that may be on the fence !

    • @Jehntosh
      @Jehntosh 23 дні тому +7

      He should not be making any decision on the wars

    • @WheelhouseMike
      @WheelhouseMike 23 дні тому +1

      @@SummerGirl19 Optics is not important in judging real leadership. It's only important if you're kind of simple. Kind of like how people fall for TV evangelists. Smooth talking BS. Trump too.

    • @SummerGirl19
      @SummerGirl19 23 дні тому +2

      @@WheelhouseMike simple is who we need! The undecideds who watch maybe one debate.

    • @WheelhouseMike
      @WheelhouseMike 23 дні тому

      @@Jehntosh Why not? Who should be. Who's your magic candidate that's got a better chance to beat Trump. Only Biden or Harris will have access to the war chest they have. That's a huge disadvantage for an outsider.

  • @ssb1056
    @ssb1056 23 дні тому +94

    I have learned to really respect Medea Benjamin and her gentle and consistent efforts in pressing the injustice against Palestinians’

    • @flixfan1
      @flixfan1 23 дні тому

      If she were a decent person, she wouldn't push Russian propaganda, literally word for word. Progressives are deranged. They care nothing about the people of Ukraine and apologize for genocidal, murderous dictators. They are sick in the head.

    • @paulwellman1030
      @paulwellman1030 22 дні тому

      Medea is also against the US Proxy War in Ukraine.

  • @misanthropichumanist7856
    @misanthropichumanist7856 23 дні тому +116

    Madea Benjamin is a true hero. ❤🖖

    • @dfgt-su9ki
      @dfgt-su9ki 23 дні тому +14

      100%

    • @Seekthetruth3000
      @Seekthetruth3000 23 дні тому +1

      She is a delusional Marxist.

    • @annamcmahon2394
      @annamcmahon2394 23 дні тому +10

      200%

    • @fka-Kaya
      @fka-Kaya 23 дні тому +5

      Let her spend some time in Ukraine, and see if she still spouts all this nonsense then.

    • @IllusAuthor
      @IllusAuthor 23 дні тому +10

      @@fka-Kaya It's bizarre you think being in a warzone would change her anti-war stance.

  • @miss_rini
    @miss_rini 23 дні тому +95

    Omg this has just become sad and is anyone feeling like Adult Protective Service’s should be doing their job!

    • @gointothedogs4634
      @gointothedogs4634 16 днів тому +1

      Adult protective services? Stop the BS, there's nothing needed for them here. I've worked with that service and you have no idea what you're talking about, you're just repeating a catchy talking point you heard someone say.

  • @aosidh
    @aosidh 23 дні тому +54

    "There is no indication that I'm slowing down," he gasps in a damp raspy whisper

    • @annerfrancis
      @annerfrancis 23 дні тому +7

      And he doesn't think that he watched the infamous debate which has led to calls for him to be replaced as the Democrat nominee for president. He should be COMPELLED to watch it!

    • @elenasivac7352
      @elenasivac7352 23 дні тому +5

      @@annerfrancis I don't think that he is capable of comprehending how bad it was.

    • @williamsweeney4507
      @williamsweeney4507 22 дні тому +5

      ​@@elenasivac7352doctor Jill had a cookie and diaper change waiting for her little soldier, just as usual

  • @pennyparkin
    @pennyparkin 22 дні тому +11

    Gaslighting is over the top! "The public doesn't really have a vote." That says it all.

  • @blackmorpheus4331
    @blackmorpheus4331 23 дні тому +37

    😂🤣😅 Tell Biden it's his second term and he won't run 😂🤣😅

  • @JimmyGraffiti91
    @JimmyGraffiti91 23 дні тому +62

    Look at how old everyone is. Everyone in the media, politics is old as hell. RETIRE

    • @clenke0
      @clenke0 23 дні тому +3

      I'm old, and I never saw a chance because these people are F'N ancient.
      Good grief Mr Brown!

    • @PRiMO585
      @PRiMO585 23 дні тому

      To fill in with socialists?

    • @TaxReligionNow
      @TaxReligionNow 23 дні тому +4

      Agreed. Retire or accept a position that other people aren't affected by your mistakes.

    • @TaxReligionNow
      @TaxReligionNow 23 дні тому

      ​@@clenke0Are you in public office?

    • @jumboslice9414
      @jumboslice9414 22 дні тому

      Amy Goodman doesn't understand how modern news programs work. "We have 5 seconds"

  • @EnricoZenitani
    @EnricoZenitani 23 дні тому +57

    Love Medea. A lifelong freedom fighter.

    • @PerriBelcourt
      @PerriBelcourt 18 днів тому

      Ukraine nazi military service welfare state and big business buying Ukraine farm land and other resources in Ukraine

  • @crystalgarry5873
    @crystalgarry5873 23 дні тому +10

    “I wouldn’t have picked Vice President Trump to BE vice president, if I didn’t think she wasn’t qualified to be president. So let’s start there.” !?!?!?!?!?! Yes, I agree!!! Let’s “START THERE”!!! You’ve said enough to convince us. STEP ASIDE!!!

    • @WheelhouseMike
      @WheelhouseMike 23 дні тому

      So do you think that means that Joe actually believes that Trump is his VP?

  • @wendyfay16
    @wendyfay16 23 дні тому +78

    In the first answer, he referred to Vice President Harris as Vice President TRUMP!! He said "I wouldn't have picked Vice President TRUMP to be Vice President if I did not think she was qualified to be President" ..!

    • @Joe-g1m
      @Joe-g1m 23 дні тому +10

      Don does come off quite feminine.

    • @gracefranco7064
      @gracefranco7064 23 дні тому +2

      @@Joe-g1m😂

    • @DeAnne1233
      @DeAnne1233 23 дні тому

      He can’t retain or remember names, numbers or facts.
      Yet for some reason the Dems think this is okay for a sitting POTUS whose name is not Trump.
      We have a man sitting in the Oval Office who can’t be bothered to fact check ‘very fine people on both sides’ because he’s intent on perpetuating lies instead of telling the truth.
      He knows damned well that even Snopes fact checked this falsehood.
      He also knows that witness testimony is 14 to 1 that Trump didn’t say the military is full of ‘suckers and losers’ but perpetuates the accusation of one as the undeniable truth simply because it’s a talking point that will piss people off.
      He lied about having a cold, lied about being jet-lagged, lied about beating Medicare, lied about Jan6, lied about his own medical condition, lied about insulin prices, lied about bleach injections, lied about no troops dying anywhere in the world in this decade/century, lied about Trump being the worst president in history according to experts, lied about billionaires tax rates, lied about unemployment and inflation, lied about Border Patrol endorsing him ~ that’s over a dozen lies right there.
      Is that okay with Dems, Biden can lie as long as his inaccuracy counter is less than Trumps? Why?
      When you find that you’re knee deep in sh!t, stop digging yourself a deeper hole.

    • @lavendereucalyptus3225
      @lavendereucalyptus3225 23 дні тому +8

      What a mess of clown show! 😆

    • @Mpr47276
      @Mpr47276 23 дні тому +4

      FJB!

  • @botanicG
    @botanicG 23 дні тому +19

    We as a nation are guilty of elder abuse.

  • @tiffanytran5712
    @tiffanytran5712 23 дні тому +41

    We love you Medea, truth teller!!

  • @clpasztor
    @clpasztor 23 дні тому +47

    It is journalistic malpractice to say Biden ‘quickly corrected himself’. There was a full applause, he was walking away and had to turn around to correct himself.

    • @jammiebooker6489
      @jammiebooker6489 23 дні тому +3

      That man does nothing quickly (except approve arm sales to Israel)

    • @williamsweeney4507
      @williamsweeney4507 22 дні тому

      ​​@@jammiebooker6489YEAH, and count out his 10% for the big guy

    • @captainsage2444
      @captainsage2444 20 днів тому

      For real? It was three seconds. To say that's not fast enough to be described as "quick" and that's it's malpractice to do so is straight up delusional. Or you're just a master baiter. Lol

    • @TheFreedomGypsy
      @TheFreedomGypsy 18 днів тому

      And he didn't even try to correct himself when he said, Vice President Trump. lol

  • @philthefixer
    @philthefixer 23 дні тому +24

    Madea Benjamin is the realest

  • @StateOfPurgatory
    @StateOfPurgatory 23 дні тому +51

    Medea I love you

  • @laurieromano4311
    @laurieromano4311 23 дні тому +5

    It’s not just elite donors, it is middle class, it is large swaths of Americans that are concerned.

  • @PickledBabyBeets
    @PickledBabyBeets 23 дні тому +44

    Madea will go down in history.

    • @fka-Kaya
      @fka-Kaya 23 дні тому +2

      ...as absolutely clueless.

    • @PickledBabyBeets
      @PickledBabyBeets 22 дні тому +1

      @@fka-Kaya you really thought you ate with that 😭😭💀 stay up in your ivory tower and don’t come down here with me if you don’t wanna be dogwalked

  • @Surferdude101
    @Surferdude101 23 дні тому +79

    Everything Biden said Trump would do he has done. Boy have we all suffered

    • @ResistEvolve
      @ResistEvolve 23 дні тому

      This has been a terrible century IMO Trump, Bush Jr. and Biden have been the three worst presidents in US history!

    • @williedixon1180
      @williedixon1180 23 дні тому

      Every thing Trump said biden would...he did....opened border...soft on crime..cause inflation..and SPEND SPEND SPEND...plus this big boy speech had pre selected questions and answer....

    • @four4eyes
      @four4eyes 23 дні тому

      @@TenFrenchMathematiciansInACoat 🇨🇦 free and easy

    • @robertgunter9989
      @robertgunter9989 23 дні тому

      @Surferdude101 The same can be said about Trump and what he said about biden. The business man says biden will push us to another great depression. R u ready 4 that

    • @four4eyes
      @four4eyes 23 дні тому +6

      @@TenFrenchMathematiciansInACoat I realize our PM is no prize but at least he's not selling trinkets that his Subjects are buying to keep him in criminal defense lawyers

  • @morayoung3183
    @morayoung3183 23 дні тому +31

    Forgot sake give these 2 Nominies a rest, they had their time, now USA needs young, able and determined people there are so many to take their place and do a better job, tbey had their time.

    • @user-iy6rm6pm4j
      @user-iy6rm6pm4j 23 дні тому

      Young people (Rubio, DeSantis) ran against Trump in 2016 and 2024 and got beat.
      Young people (Buttigieg, Yang) ran against Biden in 2020 and got beat.
      And if you think the primary was rigged for Biden, who rigged it? 2008 'youth candidate' Barack Obama!

    • @WheelhouseMike
      @WheelhouseMike 23 дні тому

      Then why didn't you vote them both out in the primaries. You wrote "forgot sake". I know what you meant to say, I didn't jump to the conclusion that you have dementia. You even had time to proofread what you wrote before you hit reply. What gives?

    • @uriahgrynch7924
      @uriahgrynch7924 22 дні тому

      They should offer an option for new candidates on the ballet so we don't have to waste our votes

    • @williamsweeney4507
      @williamsweeney4507 22 дні тому

      ​@@WheelhouseMikeFor God's sake, not hard to figure out, check your own cognative dissonance, just an observation

    • @lynnelee4390
      @lynnelee4390 17 днів тому

      Trump has come up with a young and very capable man to carry on. And we like him alot, he's not a rino!

  • @BeverlyBurnette-ll2gl
    @BeverlyBurnette-ll2gl 23 дні тому +6

    He is definately not concerned about the citizens or democracy.He is now determimed to be obstinant like my mother when she started her dementia

    • @WheelhouseMike
      @WheelhouseMike 22 дні тому

      Did you kick her to the curb

    • @ktrimbach5771
      @ktrimbach5771 15 днів тому

      He was always this stupid, arrogant and obstinate.

  • @airshark2764
    @airshark2764 23 дні тому +38

    they clapped for him when he said putin 🤣🤣

    • @WheelhouseMike
      @WheelhouseMike 23 дні тому +1

      Well they knew who he meant, didn't you?

    • @benzinoify
      @benzinoify 22 дні тому

      Of course they did its democrats in power at all costs to them, that's all that's ever mattered to dems from kkk to lbj to now

    • @williamsweeney4507
      @williamsweeney4507 22 дні тому +6

      ​@@WheelhouseMikewe all heard what he said, as so often we were forced to suffer through it before, all I can say is THANK GOD WE STILL HAVE HIS ELECTED VP, DONALD TRUMP

    • @frostflower5555
      @frostflower5555 21 день тому +3

      long live Trump!

    • @davidcarpenter8741
      @davidcarpenter8741 20 днів тому

      Democrats are sheep, they didn't know what else to do

  • @seandepagnier
    @seandepagnier 23 дні тому +18

    65 year age limit for political offices and judges.

  • @seniorskateboarder5958
    @seniorskateboarder5958 23 дні тому +16

    No one mentions that he got confused at the end of his speech and couldn't complete a sentence or finish a topic. Or, that he went on and on about Golda Meir from the 1980s.

    • @afghanica
      @afghanica 23 дні тому +2

      lie much magatbot?

    • @hizzlemobizzle
      @hizzlemobizzle 23 дні тому +6

      @@afghanica Denying reality does not help. Like it or not the comment is accurate.

  • @jodylynn840
    @jodylynn840 23 дні тому +15

    I'm so embarrassed for this country!😳

  • @nancypuadavid4223
    @nancypuadavid4223 23 дні тому +9

    God help us !! embarrassed people turn RED. The emperor wears no clothes

  • @Gamandizer
    @Gamandizer 23 дні тому +21

    Medea speaking the truth

  • @guymerritt4860
    @guymerritt4860 23 дні тому +53

    Forget the guy's policies - since when did we have to talk about a President's bed time at a press conference? So the President is the leader of the free world but the guy is only available and worth a shit for six hours a day? You have the Democrats screaming that Trump is an existential threat to democracy (we don't have one, anyway) and this is the guy they push into ring to defeat Trump? If this were a movie it wouldn't be believable enough to keep my interest. Obviously a vote for Biden is a vote for some faceless, nameless commitee much more so than is normally the case. The guy is in horrible shape in terms of stamina and vigor - why is this the Dems best choice? Christ, what a freaking joke.

    • @sertulariae8294
      @sertulariae8294 23 дні тому

      They're running the only person capable of losing to Trump. It's a farce. It's like the Democrats goal is to lose.

    • @deepattison9329
      @deepattison9329 23 дні тому +3

      Your comments are unbelievable. A little critical thinking would not be a bad thing.

    • @Rhythmicons
      @Rhythmicons 23 дні тому

      Trump lacks the intellectual curiosity or wherewithal to select competent cabinet members and needs a plethora of right wing fascist think tanks to tell him what kind of judges to pick. He simply doesn't really care about anything but wealth, power, and the ability to use the office for the personal gain of his friends and family.

    • @jodylynn840
      @jodylynn840 23 дні тому +18

      ​@@deepattison9329His comments are common sense!

    • @WheelhouseMike
      @WheelhouseMike 23 дні тому

      I agree we don't have much of a democracy left. However if you think another Trump term will not turn this world upside down, then you don't have any idea what's happening here. Project 2025 is literally an American Mein Kampf.

  • @peterjensen3076
    @peterjensen3076 20 днів тому +3

    Biden called Kamala Trump at his big boy-press conference.That should also count for his ability to speak, right?

  • @randkishawi8475
    @randkishawi8475 23 дні тому +16

    Medea Benjamin highlights obvious important facts

  • @thatinternetdude1392
    @thatinternetdude1392 22 дні тому +3

    Remember when Biden said he'd be a one term president. Peppridge Farms Remembers!

  • @satnamo
    @satnamo 22 дні тому +3

    It is hard to get power
    And it is even harder to let go of power 🇺🇸

  • @monikacovin8090
    @monikacovin8090 22 дні тому +3

    I am polish and am so glad Poland is part of NATO. We in Poland have to spend more money on defense. We were oppressed and ruled by Soviet Union and no thanks.
    I am also happy that Sweden and Finland joined NATO. There is no way to work with Russia. I don’t agree what with what USA is doing in Gaza but what else can we do to stand against Putin

  • @ZIMCoin
    @ZIMCoin 23 дні тому +23

    Medea is fighting the good fight. Keep it up! We are with you!

    • @fka-Kaya
      @fka-Kaya 23 дні тому +1

      As a European, definitely not!

  • @shksalim5327
    @shksalim5327 23 дні тому +3

    For the best of the country,
    Every sector, president, senate, congress, and justice system everywhere needed term and age limit.

  • @UURevival
    @UURevival 23 дні тому +27

    More apologist for what we can all see. No hope. Screw ups?! The man has dementia and we can all see.

  • @jimisru
    @jimisru 23 дні тому +17

    Medea thank you

  • @johanmontoya610
    @johanmontoya610 23 дні тому +28

    I LOVE MEDEA 🥰

  • @AnzalnaSatar
    @AnzalnaSatar 23 дні тому +30

    Such evil

    • @bobbart4198
      @bobbart4198 23 дні тому

      @@afghanica F-OFF Much ?

    • @felixthecat4536
      @felixthecat4536 23 дні тому

      Biden is a serial killer and betrays All Legal American taxpayers. We are being ripped off.

  • @peterdore2572
    @peterdore2572 21 день тому +4

    Did Biden just call Kamala TRUMP?? After calling Zelensky PUTIN

  • @rosemariemontier
    @rosemariemontier 23 дні тому +36

    Thank you Medea Benjamin!

    • @fka-Kaya
      @fka-Kaya 23 дні тому +2

      For what, arguing in Putin´s favour?

  • @lorimargaret7129
    @lorimargaret7129 23 дні тому +24

    The denial of Biden apologists is off the charts.

    • @johngriff914
      @johngriff914 23 дні тому

      They’re just as much of a cult as MAGA.

    • @afghanica
      @afghanica 23 дні тому +1

      can you explain magatbot? serious question

    • @johngriff914
      @johngriff914 23 дні тому +11

      @@afghanica they continue to defend him regardless of how bad it gets. Just like MAGA does

    • @BericD
      @BericD 23 дні тому +5

      @@afghanica Can you explain how you aren't just BlueMaga? Serious Question.

    • @hizzlemobizzle
      @hizzlemobizzle 23 дні тому +5

      @@afghanica Insulting people for their opinions does no good. Your personal ability to ignore reality does not extend to the rest of the world.

  • @FordFlatSix
    @FordFlatSix 23 дні тому +11

    David blaming George Clooney as a member of the "donor class" is a weak argument. The same reason liberals don't like Trump is the same reason they don't like Biden, they make the ruling class look incredibly stupid.

  • @fellsmoke
    @fellsmoke 23 дні тому +5

    If president Biden knew the issues to which he speaks, reading notes in able to speak would not happen..

    • @WheelhouseMike
      @WheelhouseMike 23 дні тому

      What? Is that a sentence?

    • @fellsmoke
      @fellsmoke 23 дні тому

      @@WheelhouseMike are you an idiot?

  • @doppelgangerdev
    @doppelgangerdev 23 дні тому +6

    Gotta ask, if Trump is to bring about the end of democracy, if the GOP and Project 2025 is such a threat -- is an octogenarian who continually makes major mistakes and his staff is managing his physical steps etc -- awful right wing immigration and middle east policies, is he the BEST option? Or is the threat not severe?

    • @cueoneful
      @cueoneful 23 дні тому +1

      VP Trump for president! Joe Biden....

    • @leechowning2712
      @leechowning2712 23 дні тому +1

      Comparing the president from early this year to now, I would have to say he had a serious health event, and almost nobody could complain about him getting behind Harris.
      The fact is, even if he did come out with a great proformance, his age is still the first topic onnindependent minds. This is not good for the election.

    • @WheelhouseMike
      @WheelhouseMike 23 дні тому

      The threat is very severe and Biden actually is the best option to beat Trump at this stage. Harris would be the only other option. No one else would have access to the war chest and a brokered convention always ends in disaster. It's amazing how many people commenting have no idea how elections work in America.

    • @WheelhouseMike
      @WheelhouseMike 23 дні тому

      @@leechowning2712 Trump is 78. Biden was 77 when we elected him in 2020.

    • @leechowning2712
      @leechowning2712 23 дні тому

      @@WheelhouseMike And watching videos from this spring and now are 2 very different things, and if the president had any respect for the job he should not still be in it.
      My family has a family history of medical issues, most of which are one time events that either kill or debilitate. If a stroke or similar happens, I would hand off operation of our family business, or my family would remove me. We have done so before.
      Staying in when you are not at top form, when your job is caring for a small business, is one thing. Being the person who truly could get that mythical "3 AM phone call" saying Americans died is even beyond that.

  • @timothygavagan698
    @timothygavagan698 23 дні тому +48

    Biggest egomaniac on the planet

    • @robertrichard6107
      @robertrichard6107 23 дні тому

      Biden has always been a legend in his own mind since he announced he was going to be president one day in 1973. His elevator hasn't gone all the way to the top since his two brain aneurysm operations in 1987. Then he proved the Peter Principle is correct when he then rose to his highest level of incompetence (the presidency in a supremacist white anglo sanctioning systemic hegemon country).

    • @arielog1941
      @arielog1941 23 дні тому

      ????

    • @timothygavagan698
      @timothygavagan698 23 дні тому +12

      @@arielog1941 I was referring to Biden

    • @arielog1941
      @arielog1941 23 дні тому

      @@timothygavagan698 Bless your heart

    • @unggrabb
      @unggrabb 23 дні тому +2

      Country before self...😅

  • @lizArizona
    @lizArizona 23 дні тому +13

    Listening to Codepink Medea

  • @nearthefarworld
    @nearthefarworld 23 дні тому +18

    The guy David is clearly biased. He introduced Zelensky as Putin and Kamala as Trump. THAT'S ENOUGH

  • @helge540
    @helge540 19 днів тому +3

    NATO last brought in Sweden and Norway????
    Norway has been a NATO member since its inception in 1949.

  • @jackchiu7560
    @jackchiu7560 23 дні тому +1

    The world really enjoys the soap opera in play in the U.S.A. Each new day brings with it suspense and surprise at every twist and turn. Love it!

  • @janetleigh-gt5zc
    @janetleigh-gt5zc 23 дні тому +9

    Thank you for being and all you do Amy!

  • @jeanjacquesdessalines1425
    @jeanjacquesdessalines1425 23 дні тому +23

    Bravo Medea Benjamin et merci beaucoup !

    • @karenhousley610
      @karenhousley610 23 дні тому +2

      She's so smart. And cute

    • @EricForney-uz4iz
      @EricForney-uz4iz 23 дні тому +2

      She is a Genuine Hero and has a spine made of stainless steel!

  • @clenke0
    @clenke0 23 дні тому +8

    Just like a certain country thinks everybody else is Hamas, Joe thinks everybody is else is Trump 😂

  • @macabee23
    @macabee23 23 дні тому +3

    The fake coughing so he can claim he had another cold

  • @CowneloAlvaroid
    @CowneloAlvaroid 23 дні тому +7

    Good to see brave Madea on the show

  • @zombiehampster1397
    @zombiehampster1397 23 дні тому +7

    The Democrats had an opportunity to look for a successor a long time ago, and now here we are.

  • @user-qv4ze8zm4h
    @user-qv4ze8zm4h 23 дні тому +2

    Calling Zel Putin is symptom of what, Dr.Psy?

  • @NK-mn6zu
    @NK-mn6zu 20 днів тому +1

    Here for Medea! 🙌🏽🙌🏽🙌🏽 Free 🇵🇸!!!

  • @ccan2768
    @ccan2768 23 дні тому +3

    Looking from the outside it doesn’t look like you have a lot of options for voting. Are these the best candidates the USA can offer. As a long time allie of the U.S this is incredibly disconcerting.

  • @mns8732
    @mns8732 23 дні тому +15

    Weve devolved to a choice between of a mass murderer and a game show host.

  • @CS-tj7wi
    @CS-tj7wi 22 дні тому +1

    Problem with her opening statement that American Democracy, WE ARE A REPUBLIC

  • @XRP747E
    @XRP747E 22 дні тому +1

    No no no Mr President! Not the red button, I said the press is rotten!

  • @belambeets
    @belambeets 23 дні тому +13

    Exactly Bill Fletcher, NATO should never have been kept alive after the disintegration of the USSR

  • @easyaccessjeans
    @easyaccessjeans 23 дні тому +7

    So thankful for Madea Benjamin.

  • @elainegoad9777
    @elainegoad9777 17 днів тому +1

    Each person ages differently. Look at Bernie Sanders going strong and sharp ! My husband diagnosed with dementia at age 47 !

  • @ZigZagBruno-racing
    @ZigZagBruno-racing 23 дні тому +2

    Why would you have a candidate who you know can not last 4 years? Possibly, not even 4 months ??

    • @WheelhouseMike
      @WheelhouseMike 22 дні тому

      He's the incumbent and has the best chance to beat the other guy. Why did the republicans nominate a guy who might be sentenced to prison in September? As for the 4 months, that's all he actually has to last. If he lasts to Nov 6 and wins then the VP can take over and we don't have a theocracy with a lunatic behind the pulpit.

    • @ShirleyAnnPetrillo-oj7sc
      @ShirleyAnnPetrillo-oj7sc 22 дні тому

      To “place” a President without
      an Election.
      Hillary wants IN really, Really badly
      for a really long time ~

  • @Jahzilla.
    @Jahzilla. 20 днів тому +5

    It's odd that the whole discussion about Biden is whether or not he can beat Trump in the election and not whether he is mentally competent to actually do the job of being president for four years.

  • @smokindauberdoo4208
    @smokindauberdoo4208 23 дні тому +34

    If Kamala wins the nomination it will turn out just like it did for Hillary 😢

    • @CharlotteFerrariBreton
      @CharlotteFerrariBreton 23 дні тому

      Of course. You rather elect a corpse or a criminal than elect a woman. That will be the downfall of America. It already started with the election of Trump. The US is an imploding cesspool.

    • @judytigay8251
      @judytigay8251 23 дні тому

      We can pnly hope.

    • @cherylcampbell9369
      @cherylcampbell9369 23 дні тому +3

      No.

    • @deepattison9329
      @deepattison9329 23 дні тому

      You can thank Putin for that. The mysogynists in this country want to put down women because they are afraid of losing their control.

    • @MrMcgooOG
      @MrMcgooOG 23 дні тому +1

      Deplorables reunite

  • @greendesertgoddess
    @greendesertgoddess 18 днів тому +2

    Good grief . . . VP Trump! . . . how utterly embarrassing!

  • @ExosLife
    @ExosLife 15 днів тому +1

    Anyone saying biden should drop out should be required to say who they think could take over. Nobody is suggesting another plan.

  • @Gandalf1of9
    @Gandalf1of9 23 дні тому +10

    Putin must be absolutely delighted!

    • @user-kh5qi1rm7h
      @user-kh5qi1rm7h 23 дні тому +2

      Disappointed more like it.
      Putin desperately needs a lucid, intelligent, moral and far sighted world leader for the sake of world peace and direction.

    • @christopherl4249
      @christopherl4249 17 днів тому

      Delighted? Putin is worried that the America's inept leadership is going to escalate into a nuclear war over Ukraine (on Russia's doorstep and 6 thousand miles away from the US). And the other reply was spot on, Putin would prefer a more stable far sighted leader he could work with to restore peace.

    • @christopherl4249
      @christopherl4249 17 днів тому

      @@user-kh5qi1rm7h Spot on!

  • @shell88ish
    @shell88ish 23 дні тому +5

    Honestly. This is stranger than fiction. Who allows this to happen. Such a disorganized, chaotic bunch running the Whitehouse.

  • @whz1991
    @whz1991 17 днів тому +1

    is it just me or is he actually talking things that no one can comprehend?

  • @terriej123
    @terriej123 22 дні тому +1

    I totally agree with what David Dayen said at the end there.

  • @alethacriss9308
    @alethacriss9308 23 дні тому +5

    The new york times is now considered a Rag Paper

  • @siyelgeorge2689
    @siyelgeorge2689 23 дні тому +8

    The crazy thing is, the press applauded him when he called Zelenski, Putin. What does that imply?

    • @siyelgeorge2689
      @siyelgeorge2689 23 дні тому +2

      He’s the perfect candidate for the deep St.

    • @VHWalters
      @VHWalters 23 дні тому

      He delivered exactly what they wanted go on about for the next few days. LOL

    • @WheelhouseMike
      @WheelhouseMike 23 дні тому +1

      It implies that they all knew he meant to say Zelenskyy. You spelled his name wrong. What does that imply about you? Make a lot of silly little mistakes do you?

    • @josefeibl8230
      @josefeibl8230 18 днів тому

      ​@@WheelhouseMikethey were all paid,like always.

    • @TheFreedomGypsy
      @TheFreedomGypsy 18 днів тому

      It implies what we already know. The press doesn't care about truth.

  • @davidarchibald50
    @davidarchibald50 23 дні тому +2

    Joe reminds me of Regan, he was definitely dementing but got elected anyway..

  • @djjamar
    @djjamar 16 днів тому +1

    Pride comes before the fall.

  • @BronwynReiss
    @BronwynReiss 23 дні тому +3

    Man, joe is sleepy and creepy.😢

  • @trevornewton2646
    @trevornewton2646 23 дні тому +8

    A murderous madman is on the march. Is he talking about Putin or Netanyahu?

  • @TheYokeOfFaith
    @TheYokeOfFaith 17 днів тому +1

    Democracy is two wolves and a lamb deciding on what's for dinner.

  • @user-ml2gw1kn7c
    @user-ml2gw1kn7c 20 днів тому +1

    We love you Medea

  • @clpasztor
    @clpasztor 23 дні тому +5

    He said he wouldn’t talk to Putin, but then he said of course he would talk to Putin!! We need him out!

  • @n.ciebevilaqua3603
    @n.ciebevilaqua3603 23 дні тому +6

    What Medea says. 👍🏻

  • @tapptom
    @tapptom 17 днів тому +1

    Labor said they were in this race for themselves not either party!!!

  • @jdogdarkness
    @jdogdarkness 23 дні тому

    It's hard to watch Mr. Magoo speak. Magoo? I'm so worried about Biden, anyways. Lol.

  • @newmoonjlp
    @newmoonjlp 23 дні тому +16

    Medea Benjamin, thanks for those truth bombs

  • @LuckyChuck795
    @LuckyChuck795 23 дні тому +13

    Medea Benjamin spoke very well here, particularly around the role of NATO. It's hard for me not to imagine that what is motivating Putin acting in this manner, is that he feels threatened by NATO encroachment and American militarism.

    • @belambeets
      @belambeets 23 дні тому +3

      Exactly !

    • @fka-Kaya
      @fka-Kaya 23 дні тому +1

      He´s an imp/erialist! He just uses NATO´s "aggression" as an excuse and gullible people fall for it.

    • @LuckyChuck795
      @LuckyChuck795 23 дні тому +2

      @@belambeets I'm glad this point resonates. Putin in my opinion is no moral figure for emulation but I think it's important to weigh the policies and speeches aimed at him and any other leader who doesn't align with "American interest" and "democracy" to understand the kind of paranoia that they are operating from. I imagine Putin looks at Gaddafi and sees himself as next In line, we need to apply some accountability to how this country behaves under the reigns of both parties in respect to the countries we are meddling and making boogey men of.

    • @pisceanbeauty2503
      @pisceanbeauty2503 23 дні тому

      So invading Ukraine and inducing more European nations to seek NATO memberships is the fix for that?

    • @jumboslice9414
      @jumboslice9414 22 дні тому

      They are threatening? Slaps own face. You are attacking me

  • @theresariley1511
    @theresariley1511 17 днів тому +1

    Lol, come get your father, Hunter😅

  • @KEYDUPInc-xt7rs
    @KEYDUPInc-xt7rs 18 днів тому

    Maybe Black Rock, Vanguard , State street or Black stone can sponsor your next conversation event? 😂

  • @garyr4211
    @garyr4211 23 дні тому +24

    Biden would return a donut because it has a hole in it.

    • @hoosierbaddy3052
      @hoosierbaddy3052 23 дні тому +1

      Gary; you’ve got many holes and you haven’t returned yourself

    • @dfgt-su9ki
      @dfgt-su9ki 23 дні тому +1

      israel karma did a u turn on him!

    • @tejanoj3017
      @tejanoj3017 23 дні тому

      So what. Trump is a felon.

    • @timothygavagan698
      @timothygavagan698 23 дні тому +1

      @@garyr4211 Good one, Gary

    • @garyr4211
      @garyr4211 23 дні тому

      @@hoosierbaddy3052 They found your brain biopsy results that had been lost. They were in with the STOOL samples. Go figure

  • @juliemcclain7291
    @juliemcclain7291 23 дні тому +19

    It just gets worse. I am independent. I won't vote for Biden! Anyone but Biden or Trump.

    • @unggrabb
      @unggrabb 23 дні тому +1

      Buttigieg or Newsom

    • @deepattison9329
      @deepattison9329 23 дні тому +2

      What do you know about world affairs and do you understand the control of the media which is driven by money?

    • @cherylcampbell9369
      @cherylcampbell9369 23 дні тому +5

      There is a write-in candidate running under the name of Literally Anybody Else.

    • @WheelhouseMike
      @WheelhouseMike 23 дні тому

      @@cherylcampbell9369 A write-in candidate can't possibly win. Only someone who doesn't understand the American system or someone with cognitive problems would think otherwise

    • @jimako6
      @jimako6 18 днів тому

      Condemning president Biden praising a convicted felon drumpf legitimately found guilty by 12 jurors 34 counts defamation sexual acts beyond absurd

  • @alaaalzubaidi2401
    @alaaalzubaidi2401 21 день тому +2

    Why not inviting jill stein? For joe biden?

  • @firewall68
    @firewall68 23 дні тому +2

    US people are going to vote for who they want, if there is a fear of who is to win, then improve your education. My concern is that the entire world depends on the US foreign politics which is not. Besides, I don't really care who wins, that's a US matter.

    • @WheelhouseMike
      @WheelhouseMike 23 дні тому

      What? Did you tell people to "improve their education" and then say "I don't care who wins"?

  • @lizArizona
    @lizArizona 23 дні тому +14

    Listening to Medea Benjamin for certain ⭐️