The outgoing president's decision not to seek re-election and endorse his vice president instead has been met with both respect and euphoria.
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00:00U.S. President Joe Biden delivered his valedictory address to the Democratic National Convention,
00:06telling the audience he gave them his best and basking in a long ovation.
00:12Biden told the crowd that when Trump left office, NATO was in tatters and America's
00:17public image completely different.
00:19Let me ask you, when Trump left office, Europe and NATO was in tatters, not a joke.
00:27Their first doctrine changed our whole image in the world.
00:33I spent, they gave the hours, about 190 hours sum total, with my counterparts and heads
00:40of state in Europe to strengthen NATO.
00:43We did.
00:45We united Europe like it hadn't been united for years.
00:48Biden defended his record as president, advocated for his vice president in the upcoming election
00:53and went on the attack against Trump.
00:57This is no commander in chief should ever bow down to a dictator the way Trump bows
01:03down to Putin.
01:05I never have and I promise you Kamala Harris will never do it, will never bow down.
01:13President Biden described his selection of Kamala Harris as his running mate four years
01:17ago, the best decision he made in his whole career.
01:20He insisted he did not harbor any ill will about the impending end of his tenure and
01:25called on the party to unite around Harris.