President Joe Biden said Saturday that he hopes Iran will stand down after a chaotic week in the Middle East.
As he was leaving a local grocery store in Wilmington, Delaware, Biden fielded one question from a reporter across the street on his way to his limousine.
“I hope so,” Biden said when asked if he thinks Iran will stand down. “I don’t know.”
Earlier in the week, Israel conducted airstrikes in Beirut and Tehran, Iran, killing senior leaders of Hezbollah and Hamas, respectively. Both groups are Iranian proxies, and on Wednesday, Iranian Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei ordered a direct strike on Israel. While that has not come to fruition, the threat of retaliation remains.
On Thursday, Biden spoke with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and “reaffirmed his commitment to Israel’s security against all threats f …