Associated Press, quoted by BTA.
"At every international meeting I attend," Biden said, referring specifically to his visit to Germany last week, "I get pulled aside -- one leader after another, quietly -- and they say, 'Joe, he shouldn't to win. My democracy is under threat.
The American president then rhetorically asked: "If America leaves, who will lead the world? Who? Give me a country".
He made these comments during what should have been a rather boring speech on health care in the state of New Hampshire. They represented a dose of unfiltered politics at an event otherwise focused on Biden's political legacy, and made it clear that the president believes that if he can make it so that Trump does not succeed him, that would be an important part of how which he may go down in history, commented AP.
After his speech, Biden went to a local campaign headquarters to support Democratic candidates in New Hampshire and continued his scathing attacks on Trump, at one point even saying, "We need to lock him up." Some supporters of Vice President Kamala Harris - who replaced Biden as the Democratic nominee in July – chant this phrase during her rallies.
The president's remark drew applause from the people gathered at the campaign headquarters, but Biden quickly corrected himself: "Let's turn it off, that's what we have to do.
Biden earlier heaped praise on Slovenian Prime Minister Robert Golob during their meeting at the White House for his role in the largest exchange of political prisoners since the Cold War between Russia and the West on August 1 this year with the participation of seven countries, the Associated Press reported.
"We have made it clear to anyone who questions the importance of our allies what it is about,", Biden also said today.
The agenda of the talks between the president and the prime minister also included Russia's war in Ukraine, energy security, and views on the Western Balkans were exchanged, according to the White House statement on the meeting.
Golob is an outspoken critic of Israel's actions in the war in the Gaza Strip, the AP points out. In his address to those present at the 79th session of the UN General Assembly in New York at the end of last month, the Slovenian Prime Minister called on his Israeli counterpart Benjamin Netanyahu to stop the “bloodshed and suffering”. "Mr. Netanyahu, stop this war immediately," Golob declared at the time.
Meanwhile, a US intelligence official said Russia, Iran and China are planning to spread whistleblowing claims to divide Americans ahead of the November 5 US election.
However, he added that it is unlikely that they will be able to manipulate the elections on a scale that would affect the outcome of the presidential race, Reuters reported, quoted by BTA.
The official told reporters at a briefing that foreign actors could consider physical threats and violence in the pre-election period and after the election, and are very likely to conduct disinformation operations after the election to create uncertainty and undermine the election process.
"Foreign actors, especially Russia, Iran, and China, remain intent on spreading exculpatory narratives to divide Americans and undermine American confidence in the U.S. democratic system. "These activities are consistent with what these actors perceive to be in their best interest, although their tactics continue to evolve," the official from the Office of the Director of National Intelligence said.
"The intelligence community expects foreign influence efforts to increase in the run-up to Election Day, particularly through social media posts," the official said.
Some of those posts are likely to be generated by artificial intelligence, added the official, who spoke to reporters on condition of anonymity.
As an example, the employee pointed to a post on the "X" platform. from earlier this month, published by what he says are Russian influence actors, and which contains false allegations against Democratic vice presidential candidate and current Minnesota governor Tim Walz.