MSNBC host Lawrence O'Donnell introduced President Biden He praised his accomplishments while in office, including signing a $1.2 trillion infrastructure bill into law.
“Listen, you said you'd never get an infrastructure bill,” O'Donnell told Biden at a news conference. Final interview His presidency was issued on Thursday. “With my legislative experience, and having served in the Senate, I didn't see how this was possible with such a small, smallest Senate majority in history. To this day, it seems to me like a magic trick, how you pulled it off.” “
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“Well, look, the argument I made to the members of Congress (and) the senators who attended the meeting was: How can you lead the world without having the most modern infrastructure in the world?” Biden said.
“She combined domestic policy and foreign policy in a way that I've never heard of another president doing,” O'Donnell told Biden.
The president replied: “Well, by the way, because it is necessary.” “There is no way to carry out our foreign policy unless we are, as far as our economic policy is concerned, in a strong position to do so. Look, Lawrence, you are one of the most well-informed people I know. I am not urging you to—well, I shouldn't say That and it hurt your reputation, but all kidding aside, think about it, if we don't lead the world, who leads the world?” Biden said.
He continued, “What's going on? I don't mean dominance.” “I mean leading the world on the basis of basic principles like the UN Charter, that kind of — who steps up, who has the capacity to do it? We have the size, we have the scope, we have the capacity, we have the capacity to do it.” Technology but we just have to get back in the game and that's all I've really done.
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O'Donnell also praised Biden for earning a master's degree in “foreign policy and domestic policy,” and described his time in office as “the largest list of domestic accomplishments that I can think of, certainly in my lifetime of watching this.”
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O'Donnell has been a major supporter of Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris in the media Criticism of journalists Because of her excessive cruelty to White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre.
Fox News' Peter Kasprowicz contributed to this report.