Biden Doesn't Take China or Russia 'Lightly' — 'But I Think We Exaggerate'

(CNSNews.com) – The United States has “significantly expanded” its alliances, but China and Russia have not, President Joe Biden said on Friday at a joint news conference with Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau.

“Look — look, I don’t take China lightly. I don’t take Russia lightly. But I think we vastly exaggerate,” Biden said.

“I would hear — I’ve been hearing now for the past three months about ‘China is going to provide significant weapons to Russia, and they’re going to–‘

“You all have been talking about that. They haven’t yet. Doesn’t mean they won’t, but they haven’t yet. 

“And if anything has happened, the West has coalesced significantly more. How about the Quad? How about Japan and the United States and South Korea? How about what we’ve done in terms of AUKUS? How about what we —

“I mean, so I just — I just want to put it in perspective.  I don’t take it lightly what Japan — what China, excuse me, and — and Russia are doing.  And it could get significantly worse.

“But let’s put it in perspective: We are uniting coalitions.  We. We, the United States and Canada.”

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