Biden Vs. Trump: Defending Democracy vs. Dismantling Democracy

The Briefing with Jen Psaki

NBC News

News, Politics

4.5 • 664 Ratings

🗓️ 9 June 2024

⏱️ 40 minutes

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Summary

Jen Psaki outlines the starkly different visions of America that President Biden and Donald Trump hold - both at home and abroad. She is joined by Mitch Landrieu, Biden-Harris 2024 National Co-Chair, to discuss Trump's departure the values the country should expect from a president, as well as the upcoming debate and the Biden campaign's messaging strategy. Next, Jen is joined by legal expert Andrew Weissmann to discuss a dubious Facebook post that Trump claimed was grounds for a mistrial. Later, Representative Jim Himes weighs in on Israel's hostage rescue operation and offers his reaction to Speaker Mike Johnson's appointment of two die-hard Trump loyalists to the House Intelligence Committee. Finally, Jen is joined by Missouri State Rep. Tara Peters to discuss GOP lawmakers' efforts to restrict access to birth control in state legislatures across the country.

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0:00.0	Okay, let's just say Joe Biden and Donald Trump spent their time this week a little bit differently.
0:06.5	One was overseas speaking forcefully about defending democracy. The other was here at home,
0:12.0	talking about all the ways he intends to dismantle it. Mitch Lander is the co-chair of the Biden-Harris campaign,
0:17.7	and he's coming up first. Plus, a breaking exclusive from NBC News just in the last few minutes.
0:24.5	Donald Trump will sit down with a probation officer tomorrow.
0:27.9	Andrew Weissman is going to tell us what to expect.
0:31.0	Also today, four Israeli hostages rescued, and scores of Palestinians killed in the process.
0:36.9	We'll talk about where things go from here.
0:40.0	And later, two Trump loyalists are installed on the House Intelligence Committee at the former
0:44.5	president's behest.
0:46.2	Congressman Jim Himes is the ranking Democrat on that committee, and my guess is he has
0:50.8	some thoughts.
1:00.5	Thank you. is he has some thoughts. Okay, so maybe you turn on your TV or you look down at your phone, and you see some video
1:06.7	or some article about the President of the United States traveling overseas.
1:12.1	He's giving speeches,
1:18.7	he's meeting with foreign leaders, and it's one of those things that may feel very, very far away,
1:22.8	I mean, in more ways than one. It might seem like it's not something that warrants as much of your attention as all of the other issues you may be grappling with every day here at home.
1:29.2	But this week was different.
1:30.3	And here's why.
1:35.6	Because President Biden's trip to Normandy this week to commemorate the 80th anniversary of D-Day was an important reminder of why the values of the leader of the free world really do matter,
1:41.1	especially today.
1:44.4	Isolationism was not the answer eight years ago and is not the answer today.
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