The US will begin air dropping food aid to the people of Gaza, President Joe Biden announced on Friday, as the humanitarian crisis deepens and Israel continues to resist opening additional land crossings to allow more assistance into the war-torn strip.

Speaking in the Oval Office, Biden said the US would be “pulling out every stop” to get additional aid into Gaza, which has been under heavy bombardment by Israel since the October 7 Hamas terror attacks.

“Aid flowing to Gaza is nowhere nearly enough,” the US President said, noting “hundreds of trucks” should be entering the enclave.

Biden said the US is “going to insist that Israel facilitate more trucks and more routes to get more and more people the help they need, no excuses”.

He also noted the efforts to broker a deal to free the hostages and secure an “immediate ceasefire” that would allow additional aid in.

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    8 months ago

    He could have done this in October.

    Is it too little too late to save his presidential run?

    We’ll see. He has to get the ceasefire first.

    (There was another time Israel bombed and aid convoy (waiting till the aid was in a position to be destroyed), back in October, so its not like the first time they’ve done this even in this conflict.)

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      8 months ago

      Honestly if he stops this mess now he should get enough lesser evil votes. Gotta also revert his position on the border and other things, but he still has time to save his campaign.

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        8 months ago

        Or he could do what most of the county wants, and give us meaningful change. That’s what has been drawing voters since Obama, that’s why Trump won in the first place - Hillary is the status quo incarnate

        But we’ve been strung along for way too long, he needs to take a stand and make some enemies

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          8 months ago

          I mean yeah but if he was going to do that he wouldn’t be Genocide Joe “nothing will fundamentally change” Biden.

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        8 months ago

        His actually al strategy right now is just so fucking stupid.

        It’s like he thinks he’s going to appeal to voters by taking in Trump’s policies.

        He’s got no read on the country ATM.