Biden says Trump has 'no basis of understanding' of foreign policy, then mixes up Norway and Finland: President attacks the press for focusing on polls and his predecessor for treating Putin 'like a buddy' at campaign stop in Nevada
'This guy – he has no basis of understanding what American foreign policy is about,' President Joe Biden told supporters in Reno
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By Emily Goodin, Senior U.S. Political Repoter In Reno, Nev.
Published: 16:56 EDT, 19 March 2024 | Updated: 17:37 EDT, 19 March 2024
President Joe Biden on Tuesday attacked Donald Trump as having 'no basis of understanding' of foreign policy but also mixed up Norway and Finland when he was speaking about the NATO alliance.
'This guy – he has no basis of understanding what American foreign policy is about,' Biden told a group of about 50 supporters at a campaign stop in Reno, Nevada.
He also accused Trump of speaking like he lost he 'lost a buddy' when talking about Russian President Vladimir Putin.
'This guy's talking about like he has lost almost a buddy,' Biden said.
But the president also made his own foreign policy flub, part of a series of errors where he has mixed up world leaders and countries.
When talking about a conversation he had with former Secretary of State Henry Kissinger shortly before the diplomat died, Biden said Kissinger spoke to him about Sweden and Norway joining NATO.
The incumbent president said Kissinger's advice to strengthen the alliance was to 'increase the NATO border through Sweden and Norway.'
Norway was a founding member of the alliance. Sweden and Finland joined NATO in the past year during Biden's tenure in the White House.
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