As NATO meets, President Biden “has absolutely no room for any sort of mistakes”
The Daily Article
The Denison Forum
4.9 • 576 Ratings
🗓️ 10 July 2024
⏱️ 7 minutes
🧾️ Download transcript
Summary
The thirty-two member states of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) are observing its seventy-fifty anniversary this week in Washington, DC. Support for Ukraine will be an especially high priority escalated by Russia’s missile attack Monday that hit a children’s hospital and killed at least forty-one civilians.
Many are focusing on President Biden’s cognitive capacities at the NATO summit as it continues today in Washington, DC. A perceptive article in the Atlantic identifies the foundational issue in this controversy.
About Denison Forum and The Daily Article
Today's Daily Article was written by Dr. Jim Denison and narrated by Chris Elkins. You can read this article on our website. You may also receive it in your inbox by subscribing to our newsletter.
NOTE: Denison Forum is a fully donor-funded nonprofit ministry. To support our calling, please donate today.
Transcript
Click on a timestamp to play from that location
| 0:00.0 | It's Wednesday, July 10th, 2024. |
| 0:04.7 | Welcome to the Daily Article podcast. |
| 0:07.0 | I am Chris Elkins, narrating today's article written by Denison Forum co-founder and CEO, Dr. Jim Denison. |
| 0:15.3 | The 32 member states of NATO, the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, are observing its 75th anniversary |
| 0:23.2 | this week in Washington, D.C. Support for Ukraine will be an especially high priority escalated |
| 0:29.5 | by Russia's missile attack Monday that hit a children's hospital and killed at least 41 civilians. |
| 0:36.4 | The subplot across the week, however, will be President |
| 0:39.7 | Joe Biden's fitness. He opened the summit yesterday with a speech supporting Ukraine. He will |
| 0:45.4 | attend meetings today and at White House dinner for NATO leaders tonight, then speak with reporters |
| 0:51.0 | at a press conference tomorrow. A senior fellow at the Atlantic Council said, |
| 0:56.7 | he has absolutely no room for any sort of mistakes, any sort of trip-ups, adding that gaffs are now |
| 1:04.5 | going to be seen by European leaders as a broader question of suitability. Many Americans would |
| 1:10.6 | agree. |
| 1:11.4 | As the debate over Mr. Biden's future continues, |
| 1:14.4 | Atlantic journalist Connor Friedersdorf voice the question many are asking, |
| 1:20.0 | who will serve us best these next four years? |
| 1:22.6 | In his view, the issue is not the president's past record |
| 1:26.5 | or loyalty to him as a person or candidate. |
| 1:29.7 | He writes, if loyalty is a virtue at all, the loyalty we owe to family members, to friends, |
| 1:35.6 | to colleagues, and to country, will always compel us to put what's best for them before what's |
| 1:41.8 | best for any politician, including any president, no matter how much |
| 1:46.3 | he has achieved or sacrificed." |
... |
Please login to see the full transcript.
Disclaimer: The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from The Denison Forum, and are the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by Tapesearch.
Generated transcripts are the property of The Denison Forum and are distributed freely under the Fair Use doctrine. Transcripts generated by Tapesearch are not guaranteed to be accurate.
Copyright © Tapesearch 2026.