the bravery of the american soldiers. we'll hear more of that from president biden, as we did yesterday, but aides say this is a chance to draw contrast. at the moment, donald trump's name not in the speech, but doesn't mean the president can't ad lib. framing the stakes for the election at home and abroad. the idea that if trump were to return to the white house, america's word couldn't be counted upon by allies. donald trump nearly blew up nato when he was in office the first time. we have seen him side with putin over his own intelligence agencies. we have seen him as an ex-president be deeply skeptical of the ukrainian cause, suggesting that he would push them to settle on putin's terms to end this war. it is a big moment, one aimed at the american audiences today, the biden team believes, richard. this is the latest in a series of set speeches given about democracy. this has a little more of international flavor than ones before, say, at independence