JOE BIDEN/NATIONAL SECURITY/NATO: “If we don’t figure out how to bring the world together again, reassure our allies, making sure that our, that those who are opponents know we understand what they’re about and we’re gonna do something about it. Where do we go? What happens in five years if this, if the president’s reelected? You think there’ll be a NATO? Do you think there will be national security arrangements we have with European countries? What do you think? I don’t think it’s possible. I think they’ll be gone.
You saw, have you ever seen a time when you have a president of the United States and a group of world leaders who are our allies, making fun of the president? It’s not just a national shame — it goes to, right to our security.”
-Joe Biden, “Transcript: NPR’s Full Interview With Joe Biden,” npr.org, Dec. 9, 2020