“They’re busy with the Russians trying to take over their land!” NBC presenter Chuck Todd has been criticized by his own reporter for asking Ukrainians what they think of Biden’s speech on the state of the Union.
- NBC presenter Chuck Todd asked his colleague Tom Lamas, who reports from Lviv, Ukraine, what residents there think of Biden’s speech last night.
- He said he believed the growing refugee crisis in Ukraine was “a very important omission of the president” in his national address.
- Then Todd asked Lama, “What do you see in Lviv?”
- The stricken lamas replied that the people of the city were “busy” with Russian troops trying to take over their land.
NBC presenter Chuck Todd was rebuked by one of his own colleagues on Tuesday night after asking what Ukrainian locals think about the US president Joe Bidenthe first speech of the Union State.
As coverage of the speech continued an hour after Biden made his final remarks, DC-based Todd said he believed the growing refugee crisis in Ukraine was “a very important omission of the president” in his national address.
“This is another part of this story that I think a lot of us thought he was going to use this time with the American public to talk more about,” Todd said before handing over the coverage to Tom Lamas, who reports from Ukraine, asking: ‘What do you see in Lviv?’
“I don’t know if this speech will resonate so much among the Ukrainian people for a number of reasons – one, they are busy right now,” the seemingly stunned lamas replied.
“Yes, they have Russian troops in their country right now trying to take over their land,” he said. – This is number one.
He also noted that it was 6 am in Lviv, which means that Biden’s speech would begin at 5 am, when many Ukrainians would be asleep – or fleeing Russian attacks.
During NBC News’s coverage of President Joe Biden’s first address on the state of the Union on Tuesday night, host Chuck Todd, on the right, asked how Ukrainians felt about the speech.
Tom Lamas, a rapporteur from Lviv, said residents were “busy” with “Russians trying to take over their land” to watch the speech.
For the first 12 minutes of his speech, Biden spoke about the crisis in Ukraine
But Lamy took the opportunity to talk about things Ukrainians might want to hear from Biden.
Ukrainians, he said, want NATO to ban flights around Ukraine and want the United States and its allies to put boots on the ground, both of which Biden said he would not fear for escalating the issue into a potential nuclear war with Russia.
“Ukrainians have accepted the fact that they will manage on their own, they see this every day,” Lamas said.
However, he said, Biden could have “spread more inspiration” and talked about refugees fleeing the country.
“It’s hard for them to appreciate that everyone loves them, everyone sings their songs and raises their flag, but no one helps them.”
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Biden spent the first 12 minutes of his introductory speech on the state of the Union to talk about Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and announced “tough” new measures against Moscow and its wealthy elite with a new task force to monitor the “crimes” of Russian oligarchs. , while confirming that it will not send US forces to Kyiv.
The president called Russian President Vladimir Putin’s attack on Ukraine “intentional and unprovoked,” noting that Putin “rejected diplomacy efforts.”
“He thought the West and NATO would not respond. And he thought he could separate us at home, “Biden said. “Putin was wrong. We were ready.
He then announced that the United States was closing its airspace to Russian planes in response to the Russian invasion of Ukraine and would pursue Russian oligarchs, listing how the US government had helped Ukraine’s efforts.
“Together with our allies, we support the Ukrainians in their struggle for freedom. Military aid. Economic aid. Humanitarian aid. “We are giving more than $ 1 billion in direct aid to Ukraine,” he said.
“And we will continue to help the Ukrainian people as they defend their country and help alleviate their suffering,” he promised.
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