{"id":1649013,"date":"2022-09-20T12:02:49","date_gmt":"2022-09-20T16:02:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1649013"},"modified":"2022-09-20T12:06:08","modified_gmt":"2022-09-20T16:06:08","slug":"bidens-60-minutes-interview-proved-once-again-he-isnt-running-the-country-so-who-is","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/bidens-60-minutes-interview-proved-once-again-he-isnt-running-the-country-so-who-is\/","title":{"rendered":"Biden\u2019s \u201860 Minutes\u2019 Interview Proved Once Again He Isn\u2019t Running The Country, So Who Is?"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">30<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fbidens-60-minutes-interview-proved-once-again-he-isnt-running-the-country-so-who-is%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1649013&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><\/div>\n<p>President Joe Biden sat down for a rare, one-on-one interview on CBS\u2019s \u201c60 Minutes\u201d this past weekend, and it went about as well as you\u2019d expect. <\/p>\n<p>In addition to dismissing public concerns about <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/greg_price11\/status\/1571653897634353152?s=20&amp;t=PsfRstXdVWbmbrNjxJsvQQ\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">skyrocketing inflation<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2022\/09\/19\/corporate-media-enables-biden-family-corruption-by-deliberately-failing-to-ask-tough-questions-about-hunter-biden\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">his family\u2019s foreign business dealings<\/a>, America\u2019s commander in chief decided to lay out his administration\u2019s supposed policy with respect to the ongoing China-Taiwan issue.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe agree with what we signed onto a long time ago,\u201d Biden said in an apparent reference to the 1979 Taiwan Relations Act. \u201cThere\u2019s a \u2018One China Policy,\u2019 and Taiwan makes their own judgments about their independence. We are \u2026 not encouraging [them to be] independent. \u2026 That\u2019s their decision.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Under the \u201cOne China Policy,\u201d the United States <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2022\/08\/04\/america-needs-to-figure-out-its-long-term-taiwan-policy\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">acknowledges<\/a> that the People\u2019s Republic of China (PRC) is the sole government of China and that Taiwan belongs to China. The U.S. does not, however, recognize the PRC\u2019s claims to territorial sovereignty over Taiwan.<\/p>\n<p>While Biden\u2019s remarks about Taiwanese independence fall in line with the United States\u2019 long-standing policy toward the island nation, his next comments almost assuredly left White House staff hopping mad. When asked by CBS News\u2019s Scott Pelley if the United States would come to Taiwan\u2019s defense in the event of a Chinese invasion, Biden answered with an unequivocal \u201cyes.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSo, unlike Ukraine, to be clear, sir, U.S. forces, U.S. men and women would defend Taiwan in the event of a Chinese invasion?\u201d Pelley asked in a follow-up, to which Biden replied, \u201cyes.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><\/figure>\n<p>After Biden\u2019s remarks, Pelley noted how a White House official told \u201c60 Minutes\u201d that \u201cU.S. policy [toward Taiwan] had not changed,\u201d and that \u201cofficially, the U.S. will not say whether American forces would defend Taiwan.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The remarks from Biden, if true, would greatly alter U.S. policy toward Taiwan. For decades, America has practiced what\u2019s known as strategic ambiguity, wherein the U.S. won\u2019t officially confirm whether it would defend Taiwan in the event of a Chinese invasion.<\/p>\n<p>Despite the magnitude of such a policy change, this is hardly the first time Biden has publicly expressed U.S. military support for Taiwan and the White House was forced to release a statement \u201cclarifying\u201d the president\u2019s remarks. During a CNN town hall event with Anderson Cooper last October, Biden was <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2021\/11\/23\/every-biden-gaffe-about-taiwan-is-a-win-for-chinas-communist-regime\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">asked<\/a> point-blank if the U.S. would defend Taiwan from China, to which the president responded by saying, \u201cyes,\u00a0we have a commitment to do that.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Not even 24 hours later did a White House official release a statement saying Biden \u201cwas not announcing any change in our policy\u201d and that the administration would \u201ccontinue to oppose any unilateral changes to the status quo.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>A separate incident regarding a change in U.S.-Taiwan policy by Biden also occurred the following month in November 2021, when the president declared Taiwan \u201cindependent.\u201d Once again, less than 24 hours later, Biden walked back his remarks.<\/p>\n<p>Factoring in his <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/article\/worst-joe-biden-gaffes\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">numerous incoherent statements<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2021\/06\/13\/going-to-get-in-trouble-with-staff-biden-lets-slip-how-hes-handled\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">ramblings<\/a> about getting \u201cin trouble\u201d with his staff for engaging with the press, Biden\u2019s Taiwan blunders and the White House\u2019s repeated walk backs reveal what many Americans have suspected for the past year and a half, which is that Biden is not running the U.S. government.<\/p>\n<p>As has long been held throughout American history, it is the president that heads up and steers U.S. foreign policy, not unelected bureaucrats. Yet that is exactly the situation the country finds itself in today. <\/p>\n<p>At every turn of his presidency, Biden has abdicated his responsibilities to unknown White House staffers, who direct and carry out the government\u2019s major policy initiatives while America\u2019s commander in chief slinks away to his Delaware beach house at every available opportunity. In essence, Biden has become nothing more than a puppet, whose strings are being controlled by unnamed, high-level White House officials to shape America and her foreign policy through whatever means necessary. <\/p>\n<p>Whether it\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/redstate.com\/nick-arama\/2022\/03\/09\/biden-gets-confused-trying-to-find-his-way-off-the-stage-n533658\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">getting lost<\/a> on stage after giving a public speech or having his wife <a href=\"https:\/\/townhall.com\/tipsheet\/katiepavlich\/2022\/08\/30\/watch-jill-biden-physically-try-to-remove-joe-biden-away-from-reporters-n2612366\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">prevent him<\/a> from answering press questions, Biden has demonstrated time and again that he isn\u2019t remotely capable of handling the most basic tasks of a fully functioning human being, let alone those of a U.S. president. Under a different president \u2014 a Republican one \u2014 left-wing Americans and the media would be loudly calling into question Biden\u2019s ability to serve. But sadly, Democrats are in charge. So instead, we\u2019re stuck with a walker-back-in-chief whose oligarchic presidency is running the country into the ground.<\/p>\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\" \/>\n<p>\n  Shawn Fleetwood is a Staff Writer for The Federalist and a graduate of the University of Mary Washington. He also serves as a state content writer for Convention of States Action and his work has been featured in numerous outlets, including RealClearPolitics, RealClearHealth, and Conservative Review. Follow him on Twitter @ShawnFleetwood<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>President Joe Biden sat down for a rare, one-on-one interview on CBS\u2019s \u201c60 Minutes\u201d this past weekend, and it went about as well as you\u2019d expect. 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