US political leaders applaud drone strike as president, battered by inflation, war in Ukraine and Roe ruling, seeks upturn in fortunes
Joe Biden took a well deserved – and somewhat needed – victory lap after he announced that al-Qaida leader Ayman al-Zawahiri had been killed in a US drone strike.
“Justice has been delivered and this terrorist leader is no more,” Biden said in his televised remarks at the White House, that gave the beleaguered US president a chance to boost his sagging popularity.