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Joe Biden, here in the Oval Office of the White House, in Washington, September 16, 2022.
UNITED STATES — Joe Biden said during an interview aired this Sunday, September 18, that the Covid-19 pandemic was “over” in the United States.
“The pandemic is over, we still have a problem with Covid, we devote a lot of work to this file … but the pandemic is over,” the American president told the CBS chain for the program 60 minutes.
“If you look around, no one is wearing a mask and everyone is looking pretty good,” he said. “So I think that’s changing. »
“The pandemic is over. We still have an issue with COVID. We’re still working hard on that. But the pandemic… https://t.co/PEXdOUyDlS
— 60 minutes (@60minutes)
However, the coming autumn could well mean the return of Covid-19. In France, for example, certain statistics published by public health organizations in the last few days actually show a trend reversal that has been observed for several weeks.
Additionally, in the same interview with CBS, Joe Biden asserts that he has not yet decided whether he will run for re-election in 2024.
“Is it a final decision that I will represent myself? That remains to be seen,” he told CBS, but said it was his “intent” for now.
“My intention, as I said at the beginning, is that I would run again. But it’s just an intention. But is it a firm decision… https://t.co/gubISeVpku
— 60 minutes (@60minutes)
The oldest President ever elected in the United States, Joe Biden, celebrates his 80th birthday on November 20th. He would be 82 at the start of a possible second term and 86 at the end.
The United States would defend Taiwan in the event of a Chinese invasion
Joe Biden also claimed that American troops would defend Taiwan if the island was attacked by China, a statement that should once again draw Beijing’s ire.
Asked on CBS if “Americans would defend Taiwan in the event of a Chinese invasion,” the American leader replied, “Yes, if an unprecedented attack took place.”
President Biden told 60 Minutes that US men and women would defend Taiwan in the event of a Chinese invasion. Ho… https://t.co/ukr8fJbiw7
— 60 minutes (@60minutes)
However, when asked by AFP, a White House spokesman said Sunday night that US policy toward Taiwan “has not changed.”
China considers Taiwan, with a population of around 23 million, to be one of its provinces that it has not successfully reunified with the rest of its territory since the end of the Chinese Civil War in 1949.
In seven decades, the communist army has never been able to conquer the island, which has remained under the control of the ROC — the regime that once ruled mainland China and now rules only Taiwan.
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