It’s a very different organization that it was 5, 7, 10 years ago, because we’re addressing the challenges that matter most to the world. Over the past few days have showcased the unity - the unity of purpose among the G7. Was a powerful reminder of the devastating reality of nuclear war and our shared responsibility to never cease our efforts to build for peace.Īnd together with the leaders of the G7, we have reit- we have reiterated our commitment to continuing to work toward a world free from the threat of nuclear weapons. Kishida and the entire Japanese government for the hospitality they’ve shown to Jill and myself and our whole team.īeing in this city and visiting the memorial on Friday I’ve spoken with the Prime Minister of Papua New Guinea, and Secretary Blinken is traveling there to meet with the Pacific Island partners at that moment.Īnd I’m also going to be hosting - and I’ve spoken with the Prime Minister - hosting the leaders of the Pacific Island Forum in Washington this fall, because I was unable to make it to Papua New Guinea.Īnd Prime Minister Albanese - we’re going to have a state visit later this year.Īnd I also want to thank President Kishida for his outstanding - and I’m not - it’s not hyperbole - his outstanding leadership of the G7 this year, as well as Mrs. This is my third trip to the Indo-Pacific as President, and I look forward to rescheduling my stops in Papua New Guinea and Australia later. We also held the Quad meeting here in Hiroshima, rather than Australia, and important bilateral discussions with Prime Minister Kishida of Japan, Prime Minister Albanese of Australia, and President Zelenskyy of Ukraine, as well as the Prime Minister of India. Now, we’ve had a - we’ve had a packed few days here at Hiroshima and, I think, with very productive and important meetings at the G7 Summit. And our teams are going to continue working. The Speaker and I will be talking later on the plane as we head back, because it’s - what - five or six, seven o’clock in the morning there. And I expect each of the - I expect each of these leaders - excuse me - to live up to that commitment.Īmerica has never defaulted - never defaulted on our debt, and it never will. They have to move as well.Īll four congressional leaders agree with me that de- that default is not - let me say it again - default is not an option. I’m not going to agree to a deal that protects $200 billion in excess payments for pharmaceutical industries and refusing to count that while cutting over 100,000 schoolteachers and - and assistants’ jobs, 30,000 law enforcement officers’ jobs cut across the - the entire United States of America.Īnd I’m not going to agree to a deal that protects wealthy tax cheats and crypto traders while putting food assistance at risk for nearly a hundred - excuse me - nearly 1 million Americans.Īnd it’s time for Republicans to accept that there is no bipartisan deal to be made solely - solely on their partisan terms. Now it’s time for the other side to move their - from their extreme positions, because much of what they’ve already proposed is simply, quite frankly, unacceptable.Īnd so, let me be clear: I’m not going to agree to a deal that protects, for example, a $30 billion tax break for the oil industry, which made $200 billion last year - they don’t need an incentive of another $30 billion - while putting healthcare of 21 million Americans at risk by going after Medicaid. We put forward a proposal that cuts spending by more than a trillion dollars, and on top of the nearly $3 trillion in deficit reduction that I previously proposed through the combination of spending cuts and new revenues. Before turning to the important work we accomplished here at the G7, I want to take a few minutes addressing the budget negotiations that I’m heading back home to - to deal with.īefore I left for this trip, I met with all four congressional leaders, and we agreed the only way to move forward was on a bipartisan agreement.Īnd we’ve - I’ve done my part.
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