Bill McGurn: President Biden’s D-Day Speech ‘Will Be Forgotten in Two or Three Weeks’

ROBERTS President Biden s ░░░░░░░░ concerns are back in ░░░░░░░░ spotlight after a series ░░░░░░░░ awkward moments during yesterday ░░░░░░░░ D Day anniversary in ░░░░░░░░ France Earlier today the ░░░░░░░░ remembered the brave Rangers ░░░░░░░░ charged into oncoming fire ░░░░░░░░ scaled the cliffs at ░░░░░░░░ du Hoc Listen Clip ░░░░░░░░ Biden They ran toward ░░░░░░░░ cliffs and mines planted ░░░░░░░░ the beach by Field ░░░░░░░░ Ramel Rommel exploded around ░░░░░░░░ but still they kept ░░░░░░░░ Gunfire rained above them ░░░░░░░░ still they kept coming ░░░░░░░░ grenades thrown from above ░░░░░░░░ against the cliffs but ░░░░░░░░ they kept coming Clip ░░░░░░░░ ROBERTS Joining us now ░░░░░░░░ Wall Street Journal columnist ░░░░░░░░ McGurn So he s ░░░░░░░░ to recreate that famous ░░░░░░░░ that Ronald Reagan had ░░░░░░░░ years ago to the ░░░░░░░░ in which Reagan said ░░░░░░░░ other things this Clip ░░░░░░░░ Reagan They climbed shot ░░░░░░░░ and held their footing ░░░░░░░░ one by one the ░░░░░░░░ pulled themselves over the ░░░░░░░░ and in seizing the ░░░░░░░░ land at the top ░░░░░░░░ these cliffs they began ░░░░░░░░ seize back the continent ░░░░░░░░ Europe 225 came here ░░░░░░░░ two days of fighting ░░░░░░░░ 90 could still bear ░░░░░░░░ Clip ends ROBERTS Bill ░░░░░░░░ should point out that ░░░░░░░░ Reagan was 73 at ░░░░░░░░ time He looks more ░░░░░░░░ 60 He was eight ░░░░░░░░ younger than Joe Biden ░░░░░░░░ the two MCGURN Yeah ░░░░░░░░ would say watching the ░░░░░░░░ today Joe Biden had ░░░░░░░░ very well written speech ░░░░░░░░ delivered it pretty well ░░░░░░░░ know there s concerns ░░░░░░░░ you know mispronouncing words ░░░░░░░░ so forth But the ░░░░░░░░ and stuff were fine ░░░░░░░░ reason we remember Reagan ░░░░░░░░ speech I was living ░░░░░░░░ Europe at the time ░░░░░░░░ I visited just a ░░░░░░░░ days after We remember ░░░░░░░░ speech one because it ░░░░░░░░ well written Because there ░░░░░░░░ constant with the man ░░░░░░░░ he stood for and ░░░░░░░░ of his record He ░░░░░░░░ to office proposing a ░░░░░░░░ buildup to meet the ░░░░░░░░ He deployed Euromissiles He ░░░░░░░░ the Afghans He confronted ░░░░░░░░ wherever it was And ░░░░░░░░ were tough brave decisions ░░░░░░░░ the speech reflected that ░░░░░░░░ man and the message ░░░░░░░░ one I don t ░░░░░░░░ Joe Biden has that ░░░░░░░░ record So the words ░░░░░░░░ fine But you know ░░░░░░░░ s telling Ukraine I ░░░░░░░░ he s right It ░░░░░░░░ a challenge of our ░░░░░░░░ But to give them ░░░░░░░░ and say oh here ░░░░░░░░ what you could shoot ░░░░░░░░ and here s what ░░░░░░░░ can t imagine if ░░░░░░░░ had those restrictions from ░░░░░░░░ he was going through ░░░░░░░░ think it s it ░░░░░░░░ why the speech will ░░░░░░░░ forgotten unlike Peggy Noonan ░░░░░░░░ classic which is still ░░░░░░░░ today Joe Biden s ░░░░░░░░ be forgotten in two ░░░░░░░░ three weeks ROBERTS It ░░░░░░░░ interesting too that Ronald ░░░░░░░░ was reading off of ░░░░░░░░ cards because he didn ░░░░░░░░ have teleprompters back then ░░░░░░░░ s much easier to ░░░░░░░░ off of a teleprompter ░░░░░░░░ we prove every day ░░░░░░░░ this program There was ░░░░░░░░ a couple of moments ░░░░░░░░ Biden was described by ░░░░░░░░ folks as looking frail ░░░░░░░░ unsteady like the moment ░░░░░░░░ after he shook hands ░░░░░░░░ Macron he appears to ░░░░░░░░ deciding whether or not ░░░░░░░░ s going to sit ░░░░░░░░ or stand up Looks ░░░░░░░░ Jill Biden kind of ░░░░░░░░ her mouth and mouths ░░░░░░░░ to him saying well ░░░░░░░░ still have to introduce ░░░░░░░░ Secretary of Defense And ░░░░░░░░ Biden decides to go ░░░░░░░░ and sit down anyways ░░░░░░░░ kind of image Bill ░░░░░░░░ you think he presented ░░░░░░░░ the world stage MCGURN ░░░░░░░░ look it s the ░░░░░░░░ that we see every ░░░░░░░░ You can t look ░░░░░░░░ clips even from 2020 ░░░░░░░░ then look at today ░░░░░░░░ say that he s ░░░░░░░░ vigorous or the same ░░░░░░░░ is heightened because of ░░░░░░░░ White House line that ░░░░░░░░ you know he tires ░░░░░░░░ the young people No ░░░░░░░░ has more energy We ░░░░░░░░ see him So when ░░░░░░░░ do we re looking ░░░░░░░░ all little things for ░░░░░░░░ And what we see ░░░░░░░░ an old man I ░░░░░░░░ sure that s what ░░░░░░░░ see in Moscow that ░░░░░░░░ what they see in ░░░░░░░░ that s what they ░░░░░░░░ in Beijing.”