Biden Says Democracy at Risk in Ukraine Fight as He Marks D-Day
- Anniversary offers platform for 2024 pitch on saving democracy
- Biden hails allies and fight against tyrants to make contrast
President Joe Biden prepares to deliver a speech during a ceremony to mark the 80th anniversary of the D-Day landings in Colleville-sur-Mer, France, on June 6.
Photographer: Saul Loeb/AFP/Getty ImagesPresident Joe Biden delivered a pointed rebuke to two men he’s identified as present-day threats to democracy — Vladimir Putin and Donald Trump — as he marked one of the US’s greatest triumphs against authoritarianism.
Biden did not mention Putin and Trump by name, but his remarks at an American cemetery in Colleville-sur-Mer, where he is marking the 80th anniversary of the D-Day landings in Normandy during World War II, linked the historic backdrop to Ukraine’s current struggles to repel Russia’s invasion and hailed the importance of alliances such as NATO to preserve democracy.
