trump factor? >> look, donald trump inserts himself almost always for his own political purposes and it's no way to govern and i think the american people are getting wise to that. thank you, everybody. >> thank you. >> thank you for staying here and for next year, go bills. >> go bills. [inaudible conversations] >> president biden spoke following the senate passage of a $90 billion foreign aid measure to provide funds to ukraine, israel and taiwan. urging the house to also clear the bill. during his remarks, he addressed former president trump's recent remarks about the nato alliance.

pres. biden: good afternoon. before i make this statement i won't be taking questions but i'll take questions tomorrow or the next day. i don't want anything to get in the way of this statement. to be very blunt about it. not that you wouldn't just focus on the statement. earlier this morning, the united states senate, as you all know, voted overwhelmingly by a margin of 70-29 to move forward with the bipartisan national security bill. now, now it moves to the house. and i urge speaker johnson to bring it to the floor

immediately, immediately. there's no question that the senate bill was put on the floor in the house of representatives, it would pass. it would pass. and the speaker knows that. so i call the speaker to let the full house speak its mind and not allow a minority of most extreme voices in the house to block this bill even from being voted on. even from being voted on. this is a critical act for the house to move. it needs to move. and the bill provides urgent funding for ukraine. it's going to -- so it can keep defending itself against putin's vicious, vicious onslaught. we've seen the terrible stories in recent weeks. ukrainian soldiers out of artillery shells, ukrainian units rationing rounds of ammunition to defend themselves, ukrainian families worried that the next russian strike will permanently plunge them into darkness or worse. this bipartisan bill send as clear message to ukrainians and

to our partners and to our allies around the world, america can be trusted. america can be relied upon. and america stands up for freedom. we stand strong for our allies. we never bow down to anyone and certainly not to vladimir putin. so let's get on with this. remember, the united states pulled together a coalition of nearly 50 nations to support ukraine. we unified nato, expanded it. we can't walk away now. that's what putin is betting on. he flatly said that. supporting this bill is standing up to putin. opposing it is playing into putin's hands. as i said before, the stakes in this fight extend far beyond ukraine. if we don't stop putin's appetite for power and control in ukraine, he won't limit himself just to ukraine. the cost for america and our allies and partners is going to

rise. for republicans in congress who think they can oppose funding for ukraine and not be held accountable, history is watching. history is watching. history is watching. failure to support ukraine at this critical moment will never be forgotten. i want to be clear about something because i know it's important to the american people. while this bill sends military equipment to ukraine, it spends the money right here in the united states of america. places like arizona, where the patriot missiles are built. and alabama, where the javelin missiles are built. and pennsylvania, ohio and texas for where artillery shells are made. the way it works is we supply ukraine with military from our stockpiles and then we spend our money replenishing those stockpiles so our military has access to them. stockpiles that are made right here in america, by american workers. it not only supports american jobs and american communities, it allows us to invest in maintaining and strengthening our own defense manufacturing

capacity. look, this bill meets our national security priorities in the middle east as well and includes greater support for our troops serving in the region who continue to defend against militia attacks backed by iran. it also provides israel with what it needs to protect its people against the terrorist groups like hamas and hezbollah and others. and it will provide life-saving humanitarian aid to the who desperately need food, water and shelter. they need help. finally, this bill includes critical funding for our national security priorities in asia, because even as we focus on the conflicts in gaz and ukraine, we must not take our eye off our national security challenges in the pacific. it's the responsibility of a great nation and we are a great nation that the rest of the world looks to, and i mean that, the rest of the world looks to us. the stakes were already high for american security after this

bill -- before this bill was passed in the senate last night. but in recent days those stakes have risen and that's because the former president has set a dangerous and shockingly, frankly, un-american signal to the world. just a few days ago, trump gave an invitation to putin to invade some of our nato allies. he said, if an ally didn't spend enough money on defense, he would encourage russia to, quote, do whatever the hell they want, end of quote. can you imagine? a former president of the united states saying that. the whole world heard it. the worst thing is, he means it. no other president in our history has ever bowed down to a russian dictator. let me say this as clearly as i can. i never will. for god's sake, it's dumb. it's shameful. it's dangerous. it's un-american. when america gives its word, it means something. when we make a commitment, we keep it. and nato is a sacred commitment. donald trump looks at this as if it's a burden, when he looks at

nato, he doesn't see the alliance that protects america and the world. he sees a protection racket. he doesn't understand that nato's built out of fundamental principles of freedom, security and national sovereignty. because for trump, principles never matter. everything is transactional. he doesn't understand that the sacred commitment we've given works for us as well. in fact, i would remind trump and all those who would walk away from nato, article five has only been invoked once. just once in nato history. and it was done to stand with america after we were attacked on 9/11. we should never forget it. you know, our adversaries have long sought to create cracks in the alliance. the greatest hope of all those who wish america harm is for nato to fall apart. you can be sure that they all cheered when they heard donald

trump, heard what he said. i know this. i will not walk away. i can't imagine any other president walking away. for as long as i'm president, putin attacks a nato ally, the united states will defend every inch of had nato territory -- of nato territory. let me close with this. you heard me say this before. our nation stands at an inflexion point. an inflexion point in history. where the decisions we make now are going to determine the course of our future for decades to come. this is one of those moments. and i say to house members, house republicans, you got to decide. are you going to stand up for freedom or are you going to side with terror and tyranny? you're going to stand with ukraine or are you going to stand with putin? will you stand with america or trump? republicans and democrats in the senate came together to send a message of unity to the world.

it's time for the house republicans to do the same thing. to pass this bill immediately. to stand for decency, stand for democracy, to stand up to the so-called leader hell bent on weakening american security. and i mean it sincerely. history is watching. history is watching. and moments like this, we have to remember who we are. we're the united states of america. the world is looking to us. there's nothing beyond our capacity when we act together. in this case, acting together includes acting with our nato allies. god bless you all, may god protect. i promise i'll answer questions later. [talking simultaneously] [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. visit ncicap.org] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2024]