Biden says North Korea stood with US against Russia

Biden raises eyebrows by saying North Korea stood with the US against Russia and whispering ‘I am your Commander in Chief’ during Naval Academy speech

  • ‘Did anybody think, when I called for sanctions against Russia, in addition to NATO, did Australia, Japan, North Korea … would stand up and support?’ 
  • Biden charged Vladimir Putin with trying to wipe out Ukraine’s culture
  • North Korea was one of the four countries to vote against a United Nations resolution condemning Russia’ invasion of Ukraine
  • Belarus, Eritrea and Syria also voted against the resolution. Cuba, Nicaragua and China abstained from the vote

President Biden mistakenly claimed Friday in his commencement address to graduates at the Naval Academy that North Korea side with the U.S. against Russia after its invasion of Ukraine.    

‘Did anybody think, when I called for sanctions against Russia, in addition to NATO, did Australia, Japan, North Korea, some of the [Association of Southeast Asian Nations] countries would stand up and support those sanctions?’ Biden asked the more than 1,200 midshipmen in the class of 2022. 

Biden charged Russian President Vladimir Putin with trying to wipe out Ukraine’s culture. 

‘Not only is he trying to take over Ukraine, he’s really trying to wipe out the culture and identity of the Ukrainian people – attacking schools, nurseries, hospitals, museums, with no other purpose,’ he said.

He called it a ‘direct assault on a fundamental tenets of rule based international order.’

The president used his classic stage whisper to remind the class: ‘I’m your commander-in-chief.’ 

President Biden mistakenly claimed Friday in his commencement address to graduates at the Naval Academy that North Korea side with the U.S. against Russia after its invasion of Ukraine

Biden addressed more than 1,200 midshipmen in their graduation ceremony

Naval Academy graduates throw their hats in the air at the conclusion of the ceremony

North Korea was one of the four countries to vote against a United Nations resolution condemning Russia’ invasion of Ukraine, along with Belarus, Eritrea and Syria. Cuba, Nicaragua and China abstained from the vote. 

A North Korea spokesperson blamed the U.S. for Russia’s invasion of Ukraine shortly after it began. 

‘The root cause of the Ukraine crisis totally lies in the hegemonic policy of the U.S. and the West, which enforce themselves in high-handedness and abuse of power against other countries,’ the spokesperson said. 

On Thursday Russia and China used their permanent veto power to block further UN sanctions on North Korea over nuclear proliferation,

North Korea has so far refused to engage with the Biden White House in denuclearization talks. Biden told reporters last week in a trip to South Korea and Japan.

North Korea, led by Kim Jong Un (above) was one of the four countries to vote against a United Nations resolution condemning Russia’ invasion of Ukraine, along with Belarus, Eritrea and Syria. Cuba, Nicaragua and China abstained from the vote

A local civilian walks amid a destroyed building in Mariupol, in territory under the government of the Donetsk People’s Republic, eastern Ukraine, Friday, May 27

At least four people were killed and seven injured during Russian shelling in Kharkiv, Ukraine on May 26

‘We are prepared for anything North Korea does,’ Biden told reporters. ‘I’m not concerned if that’s what you’re asking,’ he said to a question about North Korea.

The president also claimed that the U.S. had offered Covid-19 vaccines to North Korea, which purports to be facing its first outbreak of the virus, and gotten no response. 

North Korea fired three ballistic missiles off the Sea of Japan early Wednesday in the hours following Biden’s departure from Asia.

U.S. Indo-Pacific confirmed the launches, along with South Korea’s Joint Chiefs of Staff and Japan’s defense minister. 

‘While this event does not pose an immediate threat to U.S. personnel or territory, or to our allies, the missile launches highlights the destabilizing impact of the DPRK’s illicit weapons program,’ a statement from U.S. Indo-Pacific said. ‘The U.S. commitment to the defense of the Republic of Korea and Japan remains ironclad.’

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