Jean-Pierre Tries and Fails to Walk Back Biden’s Remark Smearing Japan as ‘Xenophobic’

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REPORTER: “So the president last night described Japan as xenophobic along with China and Russia. Was that intentional? And — and — and does — does the president want to apologize to Japan?”
JEAN-PIERRE: “I think the broader — the — the broader, the broader case that he was trying to make, which I think most — most — most leaders and allies across the globe understand is he’s — he was trying — he was saying that when it comes to — when it comes to — when it comes to who we are as a nation. We are a nation of — of immigrants, that is in our DNA.”