President of the United States
10/26/2024 | Press release | Archived content
Remarks by President Biden After Marine One Arrival | Philadelphia, PA
Philadelphia International Airport
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
11:26 A.M. EDT
THE PRESIDENT: I assume you want to talk about Elon Musk being here illegally.
I'm only joking. What you got?
Q Mr. President, what do you say to the men that supported you but are not supporting Harris?
THE PRESIDENT: They're making a mistake, in my humble opinion.
Q On the Iran strike, is - is this the end of it?
THE PRESIDENT: On the Iran strike, I had a - I had a long - the reason we're a little late - I was on with the intelligence community for the last half hour - (inaudible) hour. And it looks like they didn't hit anything other than military targets. My hope is this is the end.
Q Mr. President, the Chinese seemed to have hacked the Trump and Harris campaigns. Will there be repercussions for Beijing?
THE PRESIDENT: Well, I got to find out more about that, but I'm getting that brief when I get back as to what they did, how much they hacked, and so on.
Q But if you find out that they did it, will there be repercussions?
THE PRESIDENT: We'll have to talk about it.
Q Mr. President, did you get a heads-up from Israel on the Iran strike? Did you get any heads-up?
THE PRESIDENT: Yes.
Q How worried are you that former President Trump seems to be talking to Bibi Netanyahu quite frequently?
THE PRESIDENT: Well, you know, the - the criticism is Trump is talking with Bibi, but Trump works for - for - Trumps works - Bi-
Trump work - talks to Bibi and his good multibillionaire friend talks to him a lot too. So, I guess they're all three friends.
Q Are you - are you not concerned at all that he seems to be doing diplomacy while he's not really representing the United States?
THE PRESIDENT: Yes.
Q What did you -
THE PRESIDENT: But I'm not surprised.
Q Sorry, sir. What did you think of Trump's "America is garbage" comment comparing America being an - essentially in the trash can?
THE PRESIDENT: Look, Trump has no class at all. Zero. None.
Think - all kidding aside, if we - if this wasn't a political campaign, how would you characterize the man in terms of his - his manners, his decency?
I mean, it's beneath a president.
Q Mr. President, the North Korean troops in Russia - what kind of options do you have to respond to that? And when might we see a response there?
THE PRESIDENT: We have options, and it depends on what they do.
Thank you so very much.
11:28 A.M. EDT