During a fundraiser for his reelection campaign Wednesday night, President Joe Biden called Russian President Vladimir Putin a \u201ccrazy SOB\u201d and aimed former President Donald Trump\u2019s comments comparing himself to the Russian opposition leader who died last week in an Arctic prison. Biden was talking about climate change when he said, \u201cWe have a crazy SOB like Putin and others, and we always have to worry about nuclear conflict, but the existential threat to humanity is climate.\u201d<\/p>\n
Speaking to donors at a private San Francisco home Wednesday as part of a three-day California swing to raise money for his 2024 reelection campaign, Biden also said he was astounded by recent comments made by his likely Republican challenger. Trump compared the suspicious prison death of Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny to his legal troubles in the U.S. Trump was fined $350 million after a New York judge found he lied for years about his wealth on financial statements in his companies. Trump said the ruling was a form of \u201ccommunism or fascism.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cSome of the things that this fellow\u2019s been saying like he\u2019s comparing himself to Navalny and saying that \u2014 because our country\u2019s become a communist country, he was persecuted, just like Navalny was persecuted. I don\u2019t know where the hell this comes from,\u201d Biden said. \u201cI mean, if I stood here 10, 15 years ago and said any of this, you\u2019d all think I should be committed,\u201d he said. \u201cIt astounds me.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019ve been around a long time and I\u2019ve never quite seen a crowd like this MAGA Republican crowd,\u201d Biden added, referring to Trump\u2019s \u201cMake America Great Again\u201d slogan. \u201cThey seem to have very little moral compass on what is important to people.\u201d<\/p>\n
During a campaign fundraiser in Beverly Hills on Tuesday night, Biden highlighted his efforts to help middle-class Americans and warned that a win in November for Trump could lead to a nationwide abortion ban, more Republican efforts to undo the health insurance program started during President Barack Obama\u2019s administration and more policies that would disproportionately help the wealthy.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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