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Its not really about tonight, Himes told MSNBC host Alex Wagner.
And thats just not the way to think about the presidency of the United States.
Earlier in the evening, he called Volodymyr Zelensky President Putin.
President Joe Biden at a news conference on Thursday.Photo by Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images
The gaffes obscured what was otherwise a much better night for Biden than two weeks ago.
Nor was there a commitment to take a neurological exam, as some have suggested.
The president insisted that world leaders fear a Trump presidency for his coddling up to dictators.
Biden said that another Democrat could beat Trump, but that he was the best qualified to do it.
In the wrenching crisis going on in the party, though, there are many who disagree.
NBC News Peter Alexander noted that Donald Trump was using the gaffe to mock Bidens age and memory.
Asked how he would address that criticism, Biden smiled and said, Listen to him.
Biden called on 11 reporters.
A standout moment came when Biden raised his voice when talking about gun violence.
Control guns, not girls … More children are killed by a bullet than any other cause of death.
The United States of America.
What are we doing?
We got a candidate promising the NRA, Dont worry I am not going to do anything.'
It was a very different demeanor that he had at the presidential debate.
But he suggested that no one is going to be satisfied no matter how many exams he has.
But I think its important that I allay fears.
Let them see me out there.
Im not hearing any of my European allies come up to me and say, Joe, dont run.
What I hear them say is, You got to win.
You cant let this guy come forward.
Hed be a disaster.
He blasted Trump for saying at a rally that he just learned about NATO.
Foreign policy has never been his strong point, Biden said.
Biden expanded on his remarks by talking of the need for the West needing a new industrial policy.
Im in this to complete the job I started, Biden told reporters.
The idea that senators and congressmen running for office worry about the ticket is not unusual, Biden said.
Theres a long way to go in this campaign, Biden said.
So Im just going to keep moving.
I made it clear that I will not bow down to Putin, Biden said.
America cannot retreat from the world.
That is fewer than his last six predecessors.
Its nothing new for Biden to be running late for official events and speeches.
