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Who is Iida Tikka? Joe Biden's 'nasty' comment to Finnish reporter sparks massive backlash
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Leroy N. Soetoro
Jul 31, 2023, 6:25:36 PM7/31/23
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ELSINKI, FINLAND: President Joe Biden is facing a backlash over a remark
he directed at a Finnish reporter during a press conference in Helsinki.
Responding to a query on Finland, the newest member of NATO, located
barely 70 miles from Russia, the president reflected on uncertainty about
the future of the alliance, telling journalist Iida Tikka of Finland's
public broadcaster YLE, "You can't tell me whether you're going to be able
to go home tonight."
At the news conference with Finnish President Sauli Niinisto after his
nation hurriedly joined the alliance in response to Russia's invasion of
Ukraine, Biden declared, "We will stand together. No one can guarantee the
future. But this is the best bet anyone can make."
He returned to his assertion of mutual commitment and collective defense,
which is written in the NATO Charter, after responding to the issue of
whether political divides in the US would in the future undercut whatever
pledges Biden made.
Who is Iida Tikka?
Iida Tikka is a Finnish journalist who worked as a Moscow reporter before
she enrolled at Georgetown. After reporting on Russia's military action in
Eastern Ukraine, Tikka was determined to learn more about global security.
To learn more about the subject, she pursued a master's degree at
Georgetown's Security Studies Program (SSP) in Washington, DC. After
taking SSP lessons that sparked her interest in the subject two years ago,
Tikka is now graduating with knowledge in a new field - the geopolitics of
energy, as reported by SFS.
'You can't tell me whether you're going to be able to go home tonight'
During the press conference, Tikka asked Biden, "What actions will you
take to assure Finland that US will remain a reliable NATO partner for
decades to come?" "I absolutely guarantee it," Biden began, citing
"overwhelming support" for NATO from the US public and Congress before
adding, "no one can guarantee the future, but this is the best bet anyone
could make."
The reporter then asked Niinistö, "Hearing this answer that no one can
guarantee a future, are you worried that the political instability in the
US will cause issues in the alliance in the future?"
"Let me be clear," Biden interjected, "I didn't say we didn't guarantee -
we couldn't guarantee the future. You can't tell me whether you're gonna
be able to go home tonight. No one can be sure what they're gonna do. I'm
saying, as sure as anything could possibly be said about American foreign
policy, we will stay connected to NATO."
Niinisto tried to lighten the mood by telling the reporter, "It seems that
the president has answered your problems."
Senators Tim Kaine (D-Va) and Marco Rubio (R-Fla) have introduced a
bipartisan measure that would forbid a president from leaving NATO without
legislative permission.
'What a jerk'
After the news went on air, netizens criticized Biden for his statement.
One user wrote, "When are the American people going to understand he has
dementia and is not competent? The later in the day it gets the worse he
gets which is a sign of sundowners syndrome. This is part of the diagnosis
for dementia. I saw it with my Mother. Wake Up America." Another user
wrote, "He is a nasty old coot." The last user wrote, "What a jerk".
--
We live in a time where intelligent people are being silenced so that
stupid people won't be offended.
Durham Report: The FBI has an integrity problem. It has none.
No collusion - Special Counsel Robert Swan Mueller III, March 2019.
Officially made Nancy Pelosi a two-time impeachment loser.
Thank you for cleaning up the disaster of the 2008-2017 Obama / Biden
fiasco, President Trump.
Under Barack Obama's leadership, the United States of America became the
The World According To Garp. Obama sold out heterosexuals for Hollywood
queer liberal democrat donors.
President Trump boosted the economy, reduced illegal invasions, appointed
dozens of judges and three SCOTUS justices.
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ELSINKI, FINLAND: President Joe Biden is facing a backlash over a remark
he directed at a Finnish reporter during a press conference in Helsinki.
Responding to a query on Finland, the newest member of NATO, located
barely 70 miles from Russia, the president reflected on uncertainty about
the future of the alliance, telling journalist Iida Tikka of Finland's
public broadcaster YLE, "You can't tell me whether you're going to be able
to go home tonight."
At the news conference with Finnish President Sauli Niinisto after his
nation hurriedly joined the alliance in response to Russia's invasion of
Ukraine, Biden declared, "We will stand together. No one can guarantee the
future. But this is the best bet anyone can make."
He returned to his assertion of mutual commitment and collective defense,
which is written in the NATO Charter, after responding to the issue of
whether political divides in the US would in the future undercut whatever
pledges Biden made.
Who is Iida Tikka?
Iida Tikka is a Finnish journalist who worked as a Moscow reporter before
she enrolled at Georgetown. After reporting on Russia's military action in
Eastern Ukraine, Tikka was determined to learn more about global security.
To learn more about the subject, she pursued a master's degree at
Georgetown's Security Studies Program (SSP) in Washington, DC. After
taking SSP lessons that sparked her interest in the subject two years ago,
Tikka is now graduating with knowledge in a new field - the geopolitics of
energy, as reported by SFS.
'You can't tell me whether you're going to be able to go home tonight'
During the press conference, Tikka asked Biden, "What actions will you
take to assure Finland that US will remain a reliable NATO partner for
decades to come?" "I absolutely guarantee it," Biden began, citing
"overwhelming support" for NATO from the US public and Congress before
adding, "no one can guarantee the future, but this is the best bet anyone
could make."
The reporter then asked Niinistö, "Hearing this answer that no one can
guarantee a future, are you worried that the political instability in the
US will cause issues in the alliance in the future?"
"Let me be clear," Biden interjected, "I didn't say we didn't guarantee -
we couldn't guarantee the future. You can't tell me whether you're gonna
be able to go home tonight. No one can be sure what they're gonna do. I'm
saying, as sure as anything could possibly be said about American foreign
policy, we will stay connected to NATO."
Niinisto tried to lighten the mood by telling the reporter, "It seems that
the president has answered your problems."
Senators Tim Kaine (D-Va) and Marco Rubio (R-Fla) have introduced a
bipartisan measure that would forbid a president from leaving NATO without
legislative permission.
'What a jerk'
After the news went on air, netizens criticized Biden for his statement.
One user wrote, "When are the American people going to understand he has
dementia and is not competent? The later in the day it gets the worse he
gets which is a sign of sundowners syndrome. This is part of the diagnosis
for dementia. I saw it with my Mother. Wake Up America." Another user
wrote, "He is a nasty old coot." The last user wrote, "What a jerk".
--
We live in a time where intelligent people are being silenced so that
stupid people won't be offended.
Durham Report: The FBI has an integrity problem. It has none.
No collusion - Special Counsel Robert Swan Mueller III, March 2019.
Officially made Nancy Pelosi a two-time impeachment loser.
Thank you for cleaning up the disaster of the 2008-2017 Obama / Biden
fiasco, President Trump.
Under Barack Obama's leadership, the United States of America became the
The World According To Garp. Obama sold out heterosexuals for Hollywood
queer liberal democrat donors.
President Trump boosted the economy, reduced illegal invasions, appointed
dozens of judges and three SCOTUS justices.
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