By Jeff Mason
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. President Joe Biden said on Sunday he thought it was scary that President-elect Donald Trump was trying to end birthright citizenship in the United States.
Speaking to reporters at the White House, Biden said the transition to Trump's administration appeared to be going well, although he said he thought there was a problem with Trump's team internally related to the handover.
Asked ahead of the January 6, 2021 anniversary of the attack on the US Capitol if he still thinks Trump is a threat to democracy, Biden said he thinks what Trump did “was a real threat to democracy.”
Trump lied that he won the 2020 election and urged his supporters to go to the Capitol that day.
It shouldn't be rewritten, Biden said around January 6.
Biden said white supremacy is one of the many threats to the United States.
“We're the most multicultural nation in the world. It's the reason we're strong. It's the reason we're who we are,” Biden said.
Trump told NBC last month that he plans to take executive action on his first day in office to try to end birthright citizenship, which grants citizenship to anyone born in the US regardless of the status of their parents.
“The idea is we're going to change the birthright of the constitution – if you're born in a country… you're not a citizen? What's going on?” Biden said.
Mr. Biden, a Democrat, has criticized Trump, a Republican, for urging lawmakers not to vote on an immigration bill Mr. Biden supports to strengthen border enforcement. “It's ridiculous. It's ridiculous,” Biden said.
Trump used immigration as a key issue to rally his base in the 2024 election, which he won, over Vice President Kamala Harris, the Democratic presidential nominee.