• givesomefucks@lemmy.world
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    8 months ago

    He also announced a ceasefire by this weekend…

    It’s Friday afternoon, and I have no idea why anyone believes Biden off his words after his first term.

    He’ll say fucking anything, like blaming this genocide on Mexico for not being a good enough neighbor to Palestine.

    Sometimes we’re told he just got confused, sometimes we’re told it wasn’t truthful but somehow not a lie.

    The result is voters equate him to trump because they both keep doing the same shit.

    That depresses turnout, and that’s how trump can win

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      8 months ago

      I don’t think anyone actually believed the cease fire would happen.

      US to Hamas: “Hey, we’d like you to give up any leverage you have over Israel.”

      Israel to US: “Oh, and we want to end the cease fire any time we want.”

      Hamas: “. . .”

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      8 months ago

      He also announced a ceasefire by this weekend…

      It’s Friday afternoon, and I have no idea why anyone believes Biden off his words after his first term.


      Q Can you give us a sense of when you think that ceasefire will start, sir?

      THE PRESIDENT: Well, I hope by the beginning of the weekend — I mean the end of the weekend.

      At least, my —

      Q Say again.

      THE PRESIDENT: My National Security Advisor tells me that we’re close. We’re close. It’s not done yet. And my hope is by next Monday, we’ll have a ceasefire.

      Source: Remarks by President Biden in Press Gaggle | New York, NY (February 26, 2024, 5:32 P.M. EST)

      Q Do you expect a ceasefire by Monday, sir? Do you still expect a ceasefire is possible by Monday, sir?

      THE PRESIDENT: Hope springs eternal.

      Q And what is —

      THE PRESIDENT: I was on the telephone with the people in the region. I’m still — probably not by Monday, but I’m hopeful.

      Source: Remarks by President Biden Before Marine One Departure (February 29, 2024, 10:16 A.M. EST)


      I would not interpret hopes for a ceasefire as the announcement of one.

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        8 months ago

        And in all likelihood this will never happen either.

        Which is why it makes zero sense why people give him credit for what he says he’ll do.

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          8 months ago

          Announcing we’re going to airdrop food isn’t remotely the same as expressing a hope that a ceasefire would happen.