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Biden has issued a warning about the next “real shooting war.”
Despite his “abysmal track record on the issue,” Western Journal comments, Biden says the next real shooting war could come in the aftermath of a cyberattack from Russia or China.
78-year-old Biden spoke about the threats facing the nation, which includes possible cyberattacks from Russia and China.
“You know, we’ve seen how cyber threats, including ransomware attacks, increasingly are able to cause damage and disruption to the real world,” Biden said.
“I can’t guarantee this, and you’re as informed as I am, but I think it’s more likely we’re going to end up — well, if we end up in a war, a real shooting war with a major power, it’s going to be as a consequence of a cyber breach of great consequence. And it’s increasing exponentially — the capabilities.”
“When I was with Mr. Putin, who has a real problem — he’s sitting on top of an economy that has nuclear weapons and oil wells and nothing else.”
Attacking Russia’s economy, Biden said that Putin “knows he’s in real trouble, which makes him even more dangerous, in my view.”
Western Journal adds that this is “tough talk” considering that several cyberattacks have already occurred under Biden’s watch in office.
Earlier this year, the administration refused to issue sanctions after it was found that an attack on the Microsoft Exchange email server likely originated from Chinese hackers.
In mid-May, Russian ransomware hackers shut down the Colonial Pipeline, leading to gas shortages from the nation’s capital all the way down to Florida. The showdown only ended when the company paid the hackers a reported $4.4 million.
Still, Biden continued his tough-guy routine, denigrating Russian President Vladimir Putin and Chinese President Xi Jinping, whose nations seem to churn out hackers.
TRENDING 👇 Biden Brutally Mocked Over ’18-Wheeler’ Claim
Biden is being brutally mocked on social media.
Biden, who has been a career politician, claimed that he used to drive an 18-wheeler truck. The White House is scrambling to his defense and was only “able to show he was once a passenger in one,” NY Post reports.
Biden is a 48-year political veteran. The 18-wheeler claim was made while Biden visited a Mack Truck facility in Pennsylvania. Biden, who is 78 years old, said, “I used to drive an 18-wheeler, man.” Apparently, Biden then clarified that he “got to” drive one before. NY Post writes:
But challenged by Fox News to produce evidence, a White House spokesperson could only point to a December 1973 article from the Wilmington Evening Journal that showed Biden rode in an 18-wheeler, not that he drove one.
“There is zero evidence that Biden ‘used to drive an 18 wheeler,’” tweeted the Republican National Committee’s Zach Parkinson, along with images of the Wilmington paper’s story about Biden’s 536-mile ride… “The extent of Biden’s trucking experience is that he **rode in** a truck once, for one night in 1973,” Parkinson wrote… “(He made sure to return home by plane though),” he added, highlighting that part of the story… “Truck driver, coal miner, it’s all just nonsense Biden makes up because he thinks reporters won’t call him on it,” Parkinson claimed.
When Fox News again pressed the White House that riding in a truck is not the same as being behind the wheel, a spokesperson pointed to a United Federation of Teachers post that said Biden drove a school bus in the past as a summer job, the outlet said.
But most school buses have at most six wheels — a third of the president’s claim, Fox noted.
