Joe Biden's Decline and the 25th Amendment

WSJ Opinion: Potomac Watch

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🗓️ 10 July 2024

⏱️ 25 minutes

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The president's forceful speech at this week's NATO summit, promising more air defenses for Ukraine, won't stop Democrats from worrying that he should step aside and cancel his re-election campaign. Plus, as the media tangles with Biden's press secretary about doctors visiting the White House, speculation rises about invoking the 25th Amendment to declare him unable to serve. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:21.7	From the opinion pages of the Wall Street Journal, this is Potomac Watch.
0:27.0	President Biden welcomes NATO members to Washington in a forceful speech, but will it calm Democratic fears over
0:34.0	Biden's age and condition? Meantime, the White House spars with the press
0:38.0	about which doctors Biden has seen and when, as Speaker Mike Johnson raises the prospect of invoking the 25th Amendment if the President
0:46.3	isn't up to the job. Welcome, I'm Kyle Peterson with the Wall Street Journal.
0:50.9	We are joined today by my colleagues,
0:53.2	editorial board member Manae Uque Barua, and columnist Kim Strassal.
0:58.0	On Tuesday evening at the opening of the North Atlantic Treaty
1:01.2	Organization's annual summit.
1:03.3	President Biden awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom
1:06.2	to NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg
1:09.2	and recognized the Alliance's 75th anniversary. Here's a piece of what he said.
1:13.7	Before this war Putin thought NATO would break.
1:17.2	Today NATO was stronger than it's ever been in its history
1:20.8	when this census war began. Ukraine was a free country. Today it is still a free
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