In a peculiar interaction with the press, President Biden, with a strange smile on his face, declared that they were "stuck" with him as the nation's leader, during the recent prisoner exchange between the United States and Russia.
According to The New York Post, the President then fumbled his words, inaccurately stating the duration of his remaining term. "You got me for at least another 100 or 90 days or so," Biden said. This statement came after his unexpected decision to withdraw from the reelection race earlier this month, endorsing Vice President Kamala Harris as his successor. Despite his withdrawal, Biden will remain in office for 178 days until the presidential inauguration. The 2024 presidential election is set to take place in 94 days.
Speculations about President Biden's health have been rife, with several medical experts suggesting that he may be suffering from Parkinson's disease or a related condition, based on his public remarks over the past month. These speculations, however, remain unconfirmed.
The President's unusual comment was made during the arrival of a plane carrying Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich, Paul Whelan, and Alsu Kurmasheva at Joint Base Andrews in Maryland. The three had been held captive in Russian prisons and were greeted by President Biden and Vice President Harris upon their return to American soil.
Gershkovich, the first American journalist arrested for alleged spying since the Cold War, was apprehended last year while on a reporting trip in Yekaterinburg on March 29, 2023. Both the U.S. and the Wall Street Journal have vehemently denied these allegations, dismissing them as fabricated. Gershkovich spent approximately 16 months in prison before the prisoner exchange took place.
Whelan, who was in Russia for a friend's wedding, was arrested for espionage in 2018 and subsequently sentenced to 16 years in prison in 2020. Kurmasheva, a journalist for the U.S.-government-funded Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty, was accused of spreading false information about the Russian army and sentenced to 6 years in prison after a secret trial.
The three were part of a group of 24 prisoners from the U.S., Germany, Poland, Slovenia, Russia, and Belarus who were released in the largest exchange since the Cold War. This event underscores the ongoing tension between the United States and Russia, as well as the importance of maintaining a vigilant stance in the face of potential threats to national security.
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