WASHINGTON – The president of the United States, Joe Biden, will say this Tuesday during his first State of the Union address that his Russian counterpart, Vladimir Putin, must “pay for his aggression” in Ukraine, or else it will cause “more chaos” in the world.
The White House released some excerpts from the speech that Biden will deliver on Wednesday before both houses of Congress, and in which he will refer to the war in Ukraine.
“Throughout our history we have learned this lesson: when dictators do not pay a price for their aggression, they cause more chaos. They keep moving. And the costs and threats to the US and the world continue to grow”, the president will say.
Biden will defend that NATO and US diplomacy “matter”, and will accuse Putin of “rejecting diplomatic attempts” and launching a “premeditated and unprovoked” invasion.
“He thought that the West and NATO would not respond. And he thought he could divide us here at home. Putin was wrong. We were prepared”, he will assure.
It is expected that Biden’s speech will also have a marked economic weight, and will refer specifically to inflation, which in January shot up to 7.5%, something that has caused the president’s approval rating to drop to around 40%.
The president will affirm that his plan to combat inflation is to “lower costs, not wages” for workers, in addition to “manufacturing more automobiles and semiconductors in the United States” and ensuring that the country has “more products moving faster and cheaper”.
“My plan to fight inflation will lower costs and reduce the deficit“, he will promise.
Biden will insist on the need to manufacture more products in the United States “instead of relying on foreign supply chains”, where there have been many problems and bottlenecks in the last year.
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The White House He assured this Tuesday that, during his speech, Biden will cite “practical measures that would reduce costs for families right now, including the price of medicines, health insurance premiums and the costs of energy and child care.”
The 535 members of the United States Congress are invited to Biden’s State of the Union address, in which the president traditionally takes stock of his administration during the previous year and sets goals for the rest of his term.