{"id":35930,"date":"2024-12-15T19:46:00","date_gmt":"2024-12-16T01:46:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ustower.net\/?p=35930"},"modified":"2024-12-15T21:23:00","modified_gmt":"2024-12-16T03:23:00","slug":"biden-boasts-us-global-leadership-at-dnc-holiday-reception","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ustower.net\/?p=35930","title":{"rendered":"Biden boasts US global leadership at DNC holiday reception"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">President Biden reflected on his tenure in office and his international impact in his address to Democratic Party members at their holiday reception on Sunday evening.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">\u201dWe passed historic legislation. Laws that are literally building the strongest economy in the world,\u201d Biden told the audience assembled at a D.C. hotel.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">\u201cThere\u2019s not a world leader you can name for me who hadn\u2019t told me at these G7, G20 meetings, all these meetings I meet with them, they wouldn\u2019t trade places with us in a heartbeat,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">\u201cLaws that, when fully implemented, are going to change America for decades to come.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">He referenced the nation\u2019s growth in infrastructure and sustainability amid an improving economy during the speech.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">\u201cOver $1.4 trillion in infrastructure, $1 trillion so far in private sector investments in America. The biggest investment ever in climate and in the history of the world,\u201d Biden said, citing statistics from his administration.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">\u201cAnd fundamentally transforming our economy to grow from the middle out and the bottom up, not just the top down.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">He credited Democrats for the progress.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">\u201cI fully believe that America is better positioned because of all of you to lead the world today than at any point in the last 50 years of my career,\u201d Biden said to the lawmakers present.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">\u201cThat\u2019s because of you. Again, not hyperbole.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">His claims come amid&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/thehill.com\/people\/donald-trump\/\"><u>President-elect Trump\u2019s\u2002<\/u><\/a>criticism of America\u2019s global standing in various industries and sectors due to a lack of border security, among other issues.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">\u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/thehill.com\/people\/joe-biden\/\"><u>Joe Biden\u2002<\/u><\/a>keeps talking about a smooth transition and unified government, and yet he races to sell desperately needed border wall for pennies on the dollar,\u201d Trump wrote in a Truth Social post,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/truthsocial.com\/@realDonaldTrump\/113649526163530633\"><u>critiquing Biden\u2019s recent efforts<\/u><\/a>.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">\u201cIt will cost the U.S. a fortune, and time, to get the exact same wall to replace what has been sold, and the new wall will cost triple the price. It is CRAZY, and must be stopped.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">Analysts say Trump is poised to&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/thehill.com\/homenews\/administration\/5032737-biden-stakes-out-economic-legacy-at-brookings-as-trump-readies-take-over\/\"><u>inherit a strong economy<\/u><\/a>&nbsp;at the start of his second term in January.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">\u201cAnd fundamentally transforming our economy to grow from the middle out and the bottom up, not just the top down.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">He credited Democrats for the progress.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">\u201cI fully believe that America is better positioned because of all of you to lead the world today than at any point in the last 50 years of my career,\u201d Biden said to the lawmakers present.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">\u201cThat\u2019s because of you. Again, not hyperbole.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">His claims come amid&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/thehill.com\/people\/donald-trump\/\"><u>President-elect Trump\u2019s\u2002<\/u><\/a>criticism of America\u2019s global standing in various industries and sectors due to a lack of border security, among other issues.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">\u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/thehill.com\/people\/joe-biden\/\"><u>Joe Biden\u2002<\/u><\/a>keeps talking about a smooth transition and unified government, and yet he races to sell desperately needed border wall for pennies on the dollar,\u201d Trump wrote in a Truth Social post,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/truthsocial.com\/@realDonaldTrump\/113649526163530633\"><u>critiquing Biden\u2019s recent efforts<\/u><\/a>.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">\u201cIt will cost the U.S. a fortune, and time, to get the exact same wall to replace what has been sold, and the new wall will cost triple the price. 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Laws that are literally building the strongest economy in the world,\u201d Biden told the audience assembled at a D.C. hotel.&nbsp; \u201cThere\u2019s not a world leader [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":35931,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[1247,31623,1159],"class_list":["post-35930","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-politics","tag-death","tag-freezing","tag-more"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ustower.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35930","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ustower.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ustower.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ustower.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ustower.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=35930"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/ustower.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35930\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":35932,"href":"https:\/\/ustower.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35930\/revisions\/35932"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ustower.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/35931"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ustower.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=35930"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ustower.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=35930"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ustower.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=35930"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}