President Joe Biden’s address to the nation on Thursday evening was “one of the best, if not the best, speeches of his presidency,” according to Fox News chief political analyst Brit Hume.
Biden, in a rare Oval Office speech, attempted to link the wars in Ukraine and Israel together and pledged to deliver to Congress a funding request of what is estimated to be approximately $105 billion in aid. The proposal, which is scheduled to be unveiled Friday, will allot billions of dollars in assistance to the two countries, along with Taiwan.
“It’s a smart investment that’s going to pay dividends for American security for generations,” the president stated.
During his remarks, Biden said Russian President Vladimir Putin and the Palestinian terror group, Hamas, “represent different threats,” however they “share this in common: They both want to completely annihilate a neighboring democracy.”
Speaking with Fox News anchor Bret Baer, Hume lavished praised on Biden’s speech: “I think it may be remembered as one of the best, if not the best, speeches of his presidency. He was firm, he was unequivocal, he was strong, as he has been particularly in recent days before he went to Israel and while he was over there.”