Foreign leaders worried about Biden's ability to lead, Speaker Johnson says

House Speaker Mike Johnson said Wednesday that world leaders who are in Washington, D.C., for the North Atlantic Treaty Organization's (NATO) annual summit have expressed concerns about President Joe Biden's ability to lead the country for another four years.

At least 10 Democratic lawmakers have called for Biden to end his bid for reelection so far, after the president gave a poor performance at the first presidential debate last month. But Biden claimed the debate performance was a "bad episode", and has rejected the calls to suspend his campaign.

Johnson said foreign leaders have visited Capitol Hill while they are in the nation's capital, and privately told lawmakers that they are "deeply concerned" about Biden's leadership ability. 

“These foreign leaders are coming in, prime ministers, heads of state and they are telling us privately that they are deeply concerned," Johnson told Fox News host Laura Ingraham. “A weak America is bad for the whole world."

Some of the leaders appear to favor Biden over former President Donald Trump, but do not believe he can beat Trump in November, especially after the debate performance, according to Eurasia Group President Ian Bremmer. 

"The vast majority of the foreign leaders that are here in Washington right now, they want Biden to win ... But right now, they mostly think he won't," Bremmer told  MSNBC's Katy Tur on Tuesday, adding that many are concerned about Biden's ability to "campaign effectively for another four months, never mind carry out four more years after that."

Bremmer and Johnson did not name any of the foreign leaders who are privately sharing their concerns, but Bremmer noted that they will not speak out publicly against Biden because they are U.S. allies.

Biden opened the NATO summit on Tuesday, where he awarded NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg with a Presidential Medal of Freedom, and is expected to host a press conference following the summit on Thursday evening.

Misty Severi is an evening news reporter for Just the News. You can follow her on X for more coverage.