2024-07-06 06:13:18
Biden is referring to Finland & Sweden, who for hundreds of years stayed neutral but joined NATO after Russia illegally invaded Ukraine. Putin also never cared about NATO expansion, not when the Baltics joined nor when Sweden and Finland joined. [Link][Link] NEEDS_MORE_RATINGS(12-0-37) Author
2024-07-06 07:01:39
Video below shows then Senator Joe Biden on June 18, 1997 at the Atlantic Council of the U.S. acknowledged the likelihood of an aggressive response from Russia if neighboring states joined NATO. Ukraine is also a neighboring state. [Link] NEEDS_MORE_RATINGS(12-1-18) Author
2024-07-06 11:31:25
The two suggested notes here at the time of my note are best suited as comments in the post. These are discussion points, not clarifying context. Not everything a President says needs or should need clarification. NEEDS_MORE_RATINGS(15-0-5) Author
2024-07-06 12:39:31
"I was also the guy that expanded NATO" refers to Finland and Sweden joining NATO after Russia's invasion of Ukraine, and "I'm workin' on what we were doin' with regard to expansion of NATO" may refer to the integration of the new members and current efforts to accept Ukraine. [Link] NEEDS_MORE_RATINGS(10-0-21) Author
2024-07-06 14:53:20
"I was also the guy that expanded NATO" refers to Finland and Sweden joining NATO." [Link] Ukraine War was leading circumstance of Finland and Sweden joining NATO. While Biden did want to expand NATO he was not the driver of expansion North as Biden mostly wanted Ukraine to join. NEEDS_MORE_RATINGS(10-2-14) Author