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Last Updated:April 16, 2025, 07:40 IST
Warning that the US has “never been this divided,” Joe Biden said, “We can’t go on like this as a divided nation, as divided as we are."
Former US President Joe Biden (Image Credit: Reuters)
Former President Joe Biden slammed the Donald Trump administration in his first public remarks since leaving office earlier this year. He said, “Look what’s happened now. Fewer than 100 days, this new administration has made so – done so much damage and so much destruction. It’s kind of breathtaking it could happen that soon."
Joe Biden warned against cuts and changes underway at the Social Security Administration and accused the current administration of taking a “hatchet" to the organization.
“There’s 7,000 employees, 7,000 out the door in that time. Including the most seasoned career officials. Now they’re getting ready to push thousands more out the door," he said.
“They’re following that old line from tech startups – the quote is, ‘move fast, break things.’ Well they’re certainly breaking things. They’re shooting first and aiming later. And as a result, the result is a lot of needless pain and sleepless nights," the former president added.
US More Divided Than Ever, Joe Biden Says
Warning that the US has “never been this divided," Joe Biden said, “We can’t go on like this as a divided nation, as divided as we are. I said I’ve been doing this a long time, it’s never been this divided. Granted it’s roughly thirty percent, but it’s a thirty percent that has no heart. It’s what we see in America. It’s what we believe in. Fairness. And that’s the America we can never forget or walk away from."
Joe Biden Slams Donald Trump’s Social Security Plans
Joe Biden also accused Donald Trump of purposely wrecking Social Security so that the Republicans can “rob" its trust fund. He said, “You’ve got to ask yourself, why is this happening? Why are these guys taking aim at Social Security now? They want to wreck it so they can rob it."
He continued, “And why do they want to rob it? In order to deliver huge tax cuts to billionaires and big corporations and keep it going. They want to make permanent the 2017 tax cuts which overwhelmingly benefited the wealthiest Americans and the biggest corporations. That’s going to cost $5 trillion. Where are they gonna get $5 trillion to pay for it. Well they’re going to continue to run the deficit up. What they always do, by running up the national debt, number one. And then by taking the money from someplace else."
Location :Washington D.C., United States of America (USA)
First Published:April 16, 2025, 07:36 IST
News world ‘America Has Never Been This Divided’: Joe Biden In First Speech Since Leaving Office
