Posted on 10/28/2021 12:56:02 PM PDT by Oldeconomybuyer
As President Joe Biden jets off to Europe to meet with allies, some of the United States' closest partners are still wondering if America is truly "back" as Biden proclaimed earlier this year.
Cautious about Biden's domestic standing, and smarting from his lack of coordination on the withdrawal from Afghanistan, they are concerned whether his presidency truly represents a break from the isolationist, confrontational foreign policies of his predecessor, President Donald Trump, according to U.S. foreign policy experts.
Biden's second trip abroad as president will take him to Rome and Scotland, where he'll attend international summits aimed at tackling the coronavirus pandemic, global finance and the climate crisis.
But the excitement over Biden's arrival on the world stage has belied the fact that he's continued some key Trump policies, such as tariffs on China and a general pivot -- started under President Barack Obama -- toward Asia and the Pacific. Congressional inaction on fighting climate change also has the potential to weaken Biden's hand.
"I think there was probably too high expectation that we could just turn the page of the last four years, or maybe we attributed to Trump some policies that were more structural, such as the U.S. shift to China and to the Indo-Pacific," Benjamin Haddad, the senior director of the Europe Center at the Atlantic Council, told ABC News.
Still, Biden's not Trump -- and even if allies are nervous, the fledgling administration still has time to gain its footing on the international front, after spending much of its time focused on the domestic economic recovery, according to Goodman, who served in the White House and State Department under President Barack Obama.
"I think the rest of the world is going to be relieved that, you know, it’s not Donald Trump at the table, frankly.”
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No, they are sure, that’s the problem.
Biden is as impressive a leader as the rest of the attendees. And Biden is a feeble, always wrong, demented fool.
We’re “back” to the 70s with Jimmy Carter.
I can’t wait until January when SlowJoe goes on tv in front of the (fake) fireplace telling us to turn down the thermostat.
They laugh at him and US ...........................
Personally, I like to know who’s policies he’s proffering...it ain’t him. He hasn’t had a clear thought in more than a year.
LOL. The "administration" will do the same bang-up job on the international front as they did on the home front.
They should be impressed if he does not pick his nose, wander off stage or pee in his diaper too much.
They will be relieved if he doesn’t tell the amtrack conductor story again or molest their wives and children.
If he can manage not to do any of those things he will have had a good day.
They are figuring “how can we further screw this dumba@@ moron clown who THINKS hes a big deal maker and that he is ..... SMART”. They KNOW he’s an irish mobster liar— UK and Scotland rightfully will run all over him. He’s a real moron.
Even President Retard is unsure what his policies are 🤪
But everything is wonderful because libtards say so
I’m waiting for 55 mph speed limit.
When does he finally get all his feathers so he can soar like an eagle?
He more than 20% through his term. It's like calling a 20 year old a fledgling, and I thought he had 50 years of experience already.
States love that because it’s a huge money maker for fines.
But it’s a risky political deal and might backfire.
I just round tripped Indiana to the Gulf and back and the avg interstate speed was about 80.
Don’t you love it when the American President bends over and kisses butt for all the foreign leaders? That’s the way to get love from the international press. So, naturally Trump was despised...but, HE WAS RESPECTED.
Shameful representation of America, he stole an election is a criminal and was part of a coup they all need to face a firing squad
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