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Biden: D-day heroes would ask US to stand up to aggression ‘abroad and at home’

US president urges today’s Americans to defend democracy, with apparent reference to Putin and Trump

Joe Biden has said that the heroes of D-day would have wanted today’s Americans to stand up to aggression “abroad and at home”, in what appeared to be a reference to both Vladimir Putin and Donald Trump.

Biden pointed to the looming threats to democracy in remarks he made at the Pointe du Hoc in France, where US Rangers scaled the cliffs in a pivotal moment in the D-day landings 80 years ago.

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