China is 'going to eat our lunch': Biden shifts away from tepid talk on Beijing during campaign

President Biden shifted to a dire warning about China after he was skewered on the campaign trail over speculation he would not stand up to Beijing if he won the White House.

Biden adopted a more forceful tone in the Oval Office on Thursday than he delivered as a candidate, the morning after his first phone call with Chinese President Xi Jinping since taking office, as he looks to reset the bilateral relationship following several years of tensions under former President Donald Trump.

“If we don’t get moving, they’re going to eat our lunch," he said.

But the now-president sounded the opposite tone not so long ago.