Biden campaign attacks Trump policy on Saudi Arabia, North Korea

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https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-election-biden-trump/biden-campaign-attacks-trump-policy-on-saudi-arabia-north-korea-idUSKBN1YD087

(Reuters) - Democrat Joe Biden’s presidential campaign launched new attacks on Donald Trump on Sunday, advocating a reevaluation of U.S.-Saudi relations and calling North Korea’s apparent weapons test a “rebuke” to the U.S. president in a statement to Reuters.

The statement comes as Trump faces pressure to examine his administration’s approach to Riyadh after law enforcement officials said a Saudi Arabian Air Force lieutenant killed three people at a U.S. Navy base in Pensacola, Florida, before being fatally shot.

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In a statement emailed to Reuters, Biden campaign spokesman TJ Ducklo said the Trump administration has written Saudi’s kingdom “a blank check to act with impunity around the world.”

Biden would “reevaluate our relationship with Saudi Arabia to ensure it is fully aligned with American values and priorities” if he beats Trump in a November 2020 election, Ducklo said. Biden believes the investigation into the Florida shooting should run its course, the spokesman added.

Ducklo also said a test at North Korea’s Sohae rocket-testing ground after Trump called U.S.-North Korean relations “very good” were a “clear rebuke to Trump” and showed that “Trump’s made-for-TV summits have achieved little, while North Korea continues to advance its dangerous capabilities.”

He added that Biden, as president, “won’t be sending Kim Jong Un any love letters,” a reference to an exchange of personal correspondence between Trump and Kim since their first summit in Singapore in June 2018, when the North Korean leader pledged to dismantle the missile installation where its latest test took place.

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[elleng]

1. GOOD! Starting QUICKLY!

[Thekaspervote]

2. Keep the pressure on 'em Joe!

[Cha]

3. Thank You, Joe Biden TEAM!

Mahalo, hpd!

OT.. I just saw this.. I'll just park this here for now.. if that's ok?

Link to tweet

[PatSeg]

4. Biden is getting right to the gist of things

without all the nuance that is often associated with Democratic candidates. People are overwhelmed these days and they just tune out the typical political-speak. They understand and respond to this kind of messaging.

[Scurrilous]

5. K&R

[Midnight Writer]

6. Don't kick his ass too hard, Joe. You might give him the sympathy vote.

[padah513]

7. Yes

Foreign policy is right in Biden's wheelhouse. It's a win for him every time he speaks up about the nonstop mismanagement of this administration regarding foreign affairs. Ever since the orb thingy in Saudi Arabia, Trump has had Russians in the oval office, he's told our NATO allies to pay more or we're outta here, he allowed Turkish thugs to attack Americans on American soil while he looked the other way, he's sent love letters to Kim Jong Un while Kim Jong Un upgraded his nuclear capabilities, and I haven't even scratched the surface. After Trump's gone we need someone who can hit the ground running. Someone who can assure our allies, as well as our enemies, that the U.S. is back. We need someone capable of using reason when speaking with foreign leaders but at the same time not afraid to call them a damn liar right to their face if it becomes necessary. That's Joe Biden.