Washington: Slamming President Donald Trump for his comment on India’s air pollution, former vice president and Democratic Party’s presidential nominee Joe Biden on Saturday said he and his running mate Kamala Harris deeply value America’s partnership with India.
President Trump called India ‘filthy’. It’s not how you talk about friends and it’s not how you solve global challenges like climate change, Biden said in a tweet, two days after Trump during a presidential debate accused China, India and Russia of not taking care of their “filthy” air.
Look at China, how filthy it is. Look at Russia. Look at India. The air is filthy,” Trump had said during the final presidential debate with Biden in Nashville, Tennessee on Thursday.
Kamala Harris and I deeply value our partnership and will put respect back at the centre of our foreign policy, Biden said in a tweet Saturday as he retweeted his op-ed in the latest issue of ethnic India West weekly.
The Obama-Biden years were some of the best we’ve ever had between our two countries. A Biden-Harris administration will build on that great progress and do even more. We can and should be natural allies, Biden wrote in the op-ed.
That’s why if elected President, I will continue what I have long called for: The US and India will stand together against terrorism in all its forms and work together to promote a region of peace and stability where neither China nor any other country threatens its neighbours, he said.
We’ll open markets and grow the middle class in both the United States and India, and confront other international challenges together, like climate change, global health, transnational terrorism and nuclear proliferation, said Biden.
Trump has been ‘weak & chaotic’ with China on trade
Trump has been “weak and chaotic” with China on trade and could not lead an effective strategy to mobilise a true international effort to pressure, isolate, and punish Beijing to strengthen manufacturing jobs across the country, Joe Biden has alleged.
Speaking at a campaign event in Pennsylvania, a battle ground State, on Saturday, he said Trump opened doors for big banks to make money in China.
“He (Trump) has been weak and chaotic with China on trade. All he has ended up doing is opening doors for big banks to make money in China and helped contribute to a surge of farm bankruptcies in America,” Biden said.
“I’ll do what he’s unable to do: lead an effective strategy to mobilise a true international effort to pressure, isolate, and punish China to actually strengthen manufacturing jobs in Pennsylvania and across the country,” he said.
Biden asked if President Trump and the Republicans did not have time to deliver a real economic relief to working families and small business, then how in the middle of this pandemic, do they have the time to vote to confirm a Justice to the Supreme Court.
“I’ll tell you why it’s Trump’s dream of wiping Obamacare off the books. Because his nominee has said in the past the law should be struck down. If they get their way, more than 20 million Americans could lose their coverage, including nearly 1 million Pennsylvanians, said the Democratic presidential nominee.
Responding to the allegations from the ruling Republican party and Trump, Biden denied reports that he was planning to ban fracking.
“And let me be clear. I will not ban fracking in Pennsylvania. I will protect Pennsylvania jobs. Period. No matter how many times Donald Trump lies,” he said.
“Unlike Donald Trump, I don’t think the big oil companies need a handout from the federal government. I’ll get rid of USD 40 billion in fossil fuel subsidies, and invest that money in clean energy. I have a plan to create millions of clean energy jobs in wind, solar, and carbon capture. Donald Trump never delivered on his promise for a big infrastructure plan, Biden said.
“He’s done nothing, and our roads and bridges are crumbling just as climate change is accelerating more frequent extreme weather events, he said.
A day after he announced his action plan for COVID-19, Biden said that his administration will provide the funding for PPE and national standards for schools and businesses to reopen safely.
he said he will bring together Republicans and Democrats to deliver economic relief to working families, schools, and businesses.
“As I said before, I will shutdown the virus, not the economy. We can walk and chew gum at the same time and build back better than before. An independent analysis put out by Moody’s a Wall Street firm, projects that my plan will create 18.6 million jobs. That’s seven million more jobs than the President’s plan, and USD 1 trillion more in economic growth than the President’s plan, he said.
“Here’s how my plan works: I’m not going to raise taxes on anyone who makes less than USD 400,000 a year. But, I’ll ask big corporations and the wealthy to pay their fair share. It’s time working people and the middle class get tax relief to help you buy your first home or to pay for health care premiums or for child care or for caring for an aging loved one, he added.
“We’ll do more than just praise our essential workers. We’ll pay them. We’ll raise the federal minimum to USD 15 an hour. We’ll make health care affordable for every American, Biden said.
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