Anyone watching 60 Minutes interview with POTUS???

[a kennedy]

[MOMFUDSKI]

1. Saw part of it.

The interviewer was so biased I had to turn it off. Joe is firm and sure of himself.

[Meadowoak]

14. +1

[onecaliberal]

2. Not on here yet

[Hekate]

3. Missed that, but caught Bill Clinton on Fareed Zakarias, & that was excellent. How did Biden do?

[a kennedy]

4. He just got over, thought he did pretty damn good.....

[Joinfortmill]

18. Great

[OAITW r.2.0]

5. Listening....pretty good, actually. Pelly is not being combative with Joe. nt

[Quakerfriend]

6. Yes. Biden did very well despite the

‘negative’ angle of many of the questions.

[Meadowoak]

13. +1

[Tomconroy]

7. 1. US troops will defend taiwan

2. Running in 24?
3. Pandemic is over.

[former9thward]

17. We have no defense treaty or agreement with Taiwan.

We don't recognize it as a country and have not had diplomatic relations with Taiwan since 1979.

[Tomconroy]

20. Watch the interview.

[former9thward]

21. I assume you gave an honest summary.

Not a good assumption?

[Tomconroy]

22. Watch the interview

[former9thward]

32. White House walks back Biden remarks on 60 minutes about Taiwan

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/president-joe-biden-taiwan-60-minutes-2022-09-18/

[Just A Box Of Rain]

45. That's what's called in the trade: "creative ambiguity."

Biden's warning to China made his point.

[former9thward]

47. Maybe so but what is the point of warnings that don't mean anything?

We have lost every land war in Asia since WW II and we can't win one against China. China knows that so the warning means what?

[Just A Box Of Rain]

48. You are deluded if you think the warnings mean nothing.

No one is discussing a land war, in any case.

An attempted invasion of Taiwan would happen by sea.

The cost of an invasion against a territory that has been planning its armed resistance for many decades, in waters that are treacherous most of the year, and with active resistance from the US fleet (along with the naval forces of our allies), should give China serious pause.

They see what's happened to Putin's forces.

[dsp3000]

27. defending taiwan with our troops is the only position to take

fuck china

[former9thward]

31. We have no treaty.

A president can't commit troops to war on his own.

[Calculating]

34. Agreed

You stop a bully by showing strength, not weakness.

[Treefrog]

23. He said that?

I won't be able to watch it tonight.

[Tomconroy]

25. He's said it before.

[Treefrog]

26. Yes, I remember.

Then it was walked back. Guess we'll see.

[Tomconroy]

28. Not walked back by him.

[former9thward]

33. A president has no power to commit troops

White House walks back Biden remarks.

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/president-joe-biden-taiwan-60-minutes-2022-09-18/

[Tomconroy]

35. A president of course has the power to commit troops.

An anonymous white house advisor can't walk back anything and in this case did not contradict the president.

Link to tweet

[former9thward]

38. You should try looking at the Constitution.

This is the fourth time the White House has walked back Biden's remarks on Taiwan over the last couple years. I am sure you will be the first to go over there though. Good Luck!

[Tomconroy]

42. You obviously don't want the US to defend a democratically

elected government from an autocracy bent on conquest.
Good thing our President isn't influenced by your opinions.
By the way: how many times have presidents exercised unilateral military power in the last 60 years?
Don't bother to reply. You are blocked.

[former9thward]

44. I am replying so I am not blocked.

When Presidents have acted on their own it has ended badly. See Vietnam, Iraq, Afghanistan.

[BlueTsunami2018]

8. Yes. Just finished it.

It was pretty good. Tough questions, good answers and the humanity and compassion of the man shined through as usual.

[badhair77]

9. At one point Scott Pelley harped on Biden's age.

I think Scott Pelley is too old to be asking questions. They were all predictable, and aimed at getting a gotcha answer or making news. Send him to the home. Joe did well, though.

[Meadowoak]

12. +1

[Shrek]

10. The pandemic is over

Very good news.

[blueknight73]

11. It isn't in Florida

Lots of people still sick and dying here

[spanone]

36. Right after he said that, he said we still have a problem with covid.

All that got reported is The Pandemic is Over

[former9thward]

15. 400 people a day are still dying.

How is it over?

[Shrek]

19. President Biden said so

On 60 Minutes.

[Zeitghost]

37. Because a pandemic

does not mean no cases or no deaths.

[former9thward]

40. Really!

Two years ago, in Sept. 2020, when the same number of people were dying each day, people said it was a pandemic and a crime it was not being stopped.

[Zeitghost]

43. Yes, really!!!

You are missing a critical point, we have not seen the development of another spike/wave since Nov '21. Pandemics/Epidemics are based on the rate of the spread/growth of a disease. Our cases and deaths have been on the downward trend or flat for 9 months. The cycle of out of control waves of infections has subsided as almost everyone has been infected, vaccinated and in many cases both. We are now in a more stable endemic stage.

As our wonderful President exclaimed, the pandemic is over!

[former9thward]

46. I hope you are aware Biden dec;ared victory over the pandemic on July 4, 2021.

President Biden sampled cherries at a Michigan orchard, then went for pie and ice cream. He went to church, spent an afternoon golfing and hosted a massive cookout on the South Lawn of the White House. Then in a Sunday evening speech, he declared the country's near independence from covid-19.

“We are emerging from the darkness of . . . a year of pandemic and isolation, a year of pain, fear and heartbreaking loss,” Biden said during a 15-minute speech to a jubilant crowd at the White House. Silent streets have become filled, he said, and empty stadiums are now full.

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-07-04/biden-to-appeal-for-vaccinations-after-u-s-missed-july-4-target

[Zeitghost]

49. His statements at that time

Were not the pandemic was over but that progress had been made and there was a light at the end of the tunnel.

[obamanut2012]

39. Because it is no longer a pandemic

Pandemic has a specific medical meaning.

[former9thward]

41. And what is that?

Since about the same number of people were dying each day two years ago in Sept. 2020.

[Zeitghost]

50. Rapid and uncontrolled waves of spread are the difference.

That said, your claim that deaths in Sep. of 2020 were the same as they are today is simply not true. Average daily deaths at that point was ~700-800, almost double the ~400/day we have now.

[WhiskeyGrinder]

29. Lol

[JanMichael]

30. It is? Let's see in 6 months. Last fall I heard the same. Then Omicron.

I wish people would simply say, I don't know.

[Joinfortmill]

16. Yup.Loved me some Joe.

[Mr.Bill]

24. It's just about to start here on the west coast. n/t