President Biden marked the 80th anniversary of the D-Day landings Thursday with a tribute to the bravery of those who landed in Normandy while invoking Ukraine’s fight against “a tyrant,” appealing to Americans to remember the value of international alliances at a precarious moment in world affairs.
Biden, speaking adjacent to the U.S. cemetery in Normandy, France, in front of dozens of surviving World War II veterans, sought to connect the allied victory of 80 years ago directly to the modern importance of America’s role as an international leader.
“What the allies did together 80 years ago far surpassed anything we could have done on our own,” Biden said. “It was a powerful illustration of how alliances,…
