Biden reads from teleprompters at NATO summit speech.

On Tuesday, July 9, in Washington, DC, Joe Biden was observed attentively reading from teleprompters during an address that opened NATO's annual summit. Eventually, the president awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom to Jens Stoltenberg, secretary-general of the alliance.

Biden, eighty-one, rarely made tiny grammatical errors in his speech. He once had a little trouble pronouncing the word "Ukraine."

The address of Joe Biden

Biden declared, "[Russian President Vladimir] Putin wants nothing less than to completely subjugate Ukraine, to destroy Urains, Urains, and Ukraine's culture, and to wipe Ukraine off the map. Putin's war of aggression against Ukraine continues."

"Make no mistake, Ukraine can and will stop Putin, even though we know he won't stop in Ukraine," he continued.

Rep. Mikie Sherrill (D-NJ), along with other House Democrats, demanded just minutes before Biden spoke that the president's campaign end because there are doubts about his mental state, particularly in light of his appalling performance in the presidential debate.

"The American people are aware that every advancement we have achieved over the last 75 years has taken place under the protection of NATO," stated Biden. "The American people are aware of what would occur in the event that NATO were to dissolve: another conflict in Europe, American soldiers fighting and losing their lives, despots sowing discord, financial collapse, and disaster. "If our fellow democracies are not secure, we cannot be secure," as President Reagan famously said.

As he called Stoltenberg to the stage to receive the honor, Biden concluded his remarks at the Andrew W. Mellon Auditorium. The North Atlantic Treaty was signed at this very location in 1949.

Biden remarked, "Today, NATO is smarter, more energized, and stronger than when you began." "And for years to come, a billion people in Europe, North America, and really the entire world, will benefit from your labor in the form of increased freedom, opportunity, and security."