We cannot go so far divided as a nation, we have never been so divided before," said erstwhile US president Joe Biden in his first speech after leaving the White House. Biden acted in defence of cuts in the Social safety system.
Speaking at a conference organised by the association of disabled carers beneficiaries of the Chicago welfare system, Joe Biden devoted his speech to defending the benefit strategy against cuts performed, among others, by the DOGE squad (Department of State Performance) Elona Muska. He said that due to cuts, pensioners can't scope the offices and may not get paid on time.
"The serious people are truly worried right now. For the first and only time in history, benefits from Social safety can be disrupted or delayed" - alerted Biden, Accusing the current administration - though not naming Donald Trump or Elon Musk - About "violence".
"My father always said that erstwhile you fall, you must get on your feet. And quite a few people do that, they get up all day. The last thing they request is deliberate cruelty" - said the President, adding that social safety is about more than pension accounts. "It is about honoring fundamental trust between the state and people" - he noted.
The erstwhile president besides lamented the divisions in society.
"We cannot proceed to function as a divided nation as divided as we are. I have been in politics for a long time and there have never been specified divisions" - said Biden. At the same time, he suggested that the MEGA movement sympathizers (Make America large Again - ed.) "have no heart".
"Yes, it is about 30 percent, but it is 30 percent, which has no heart" - he said.
The White home responds
The performance in Chicago was First crucial speech by the erstwhile president since the end of his word of office. Referring to him before Biden spoke, White home spokeswoman Karolina Leavitt mockedthat she is shocked that the erstwhile president has decided to make specified a late performance (17 local time), due to the fact that usually at this time she goes to sleep.
"President Trump is absolutely certain that social safety benefits will be protected for law-abiding and tax-paying American citizens and seniors who pay contributions to this program" - she added.
Leaving office, Biden announced an active post-presidentship, but has so far refrained from public statements, even despite regular criticism from his successor. According to CNN, Biden spends most of his time at his family's home in Wilmington, Delaware, and visits his Washington office erstwhile a week by train.
Source: PAP
