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President Biden addresses U.S. service members Wednesday at Royal Air Force Mildenhall in Suffolk, England, on the first stop of his first overseas trip as president. Patrick Semansky/AP
President Biden arrived in the United Kingdom on Wednesday, kicking off his eight-day trip abroad by declaring that the United States is back and that the democracies of the world are standing together.
Speaking to U.S. troops at Royal Air Force Mildenhall, Biden also had strong words for Russian President Vladimir Putin, whom he will meet with next week.
Biden said that he will meet with Putin to let him know what I want him to know. Biden said that while the U.S. wants a stable and predictable relationship with Russia, it will respond in a robust and meaningful way if the Russian government engages in harmful activities.
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9 Jun 2021
President Joe Biden claimed Wednesday that the greatest threat to America was global warming in a speech to American troops in the United Kingdom.
Biden asked the nations of the world to commit to “ambitious climate action” to stop climate change and stop the world from warming no more than 1.5 degrees celsius.
Biden claimed that when he was elected as vice president with President Barack Obama, the Joint Chiefs of Staff told them that global warming was the greatest threat to the United States.
“The military sat us down and let us know what the greatest threats facing America were, the greatest physical threats,” Biden recalled. “This is not a joke. You know what the joint chiefs told us the greatest threat facing America was? Global warming.”
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President Joe Biden began a whirlwind European tour in the UK, vowing that the US was back to help "tackle the toughest challenges." While visiting, he was expected to voice concerns over peace in Northern Ireland.