After President Biden warned against climate change during his Vietnam visit, NSC spokesman John Kirby was questioned about the remark following Hamas' attacks on Israel.
A top Biden administration official was pressed Monday on the president's recent public claim that global warming is the sole existential threat to humanity, as the Palestinian group Hamas orchestrated militant attacks and kidnappings in Israel.
MacCallum asked Kirby if Biden stands by his comments: 'Absolutely he does,' he replied. 'Climate change is an existential threat. It actually threatens and is capable of wiping out all human life on earth over time.' Kirby added that addressing that threat doesn't mean the U.S. cannot fulfill its other national security obligations. 'The president believes wholeheartedly that climate change is an existential threat to all of human life on the planet.
The United States is a sizable enough world power that it can confront multiple challenges at once, he added. Kirby was also asked about Biden's early lunchtime ‘lid,' which signifies to the press that there are no further public appearances scheduled for the day. He said the announcement did not preclude any business Biden is conducting outside the press' eye. 'A lid means that he doesn't have any more public-facing events.
While Hamas holds Americans hostage, Joe Biden is enjoying a picnic…' Sen. Josh Hawley, R-Mo., fumed on X, formerly Twitter. Of the reports of nine Americans held hostage by the Palestinian group, Kirby said the administration cannot independently verify that U.S. citizens are among those kidnapped.
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