Posted on 09/10/2023 4:23:06 AM PDT by cba123
HANOI (AP) — President Joe Biden on Sunday opened a visit to a Vietnam that wants to dramatically ramp up trade with the United States, a sign of how competition with China is reshaping relationships across Asia.
The president has made it a point of pride that Vietnam is elevating the United States to the status of being a comprehensive strategic partner. Other countries that Vietnam has extended this designation to include China and Russia. Giving the U.S. the same status suggests that Vietnam wants to hedge its friendships as U.S. and European companies look for alternatives to Chinese factories.
Biden, who arrived in Hanoi on Sunday afternoon, said last month at a fundraiser in Salt Lake City that Vietnam doesn’t want a defense alliance with the U.S., “but they want relationships because they want China to know that they’re not alone” and can choose its own partners. The president decided to tack a visit to Vietnam on to his trip to India for the Group of 20 summit that wrapped up Sunday.
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First of all, please reinstate the one-year American visa.
😎
How about relocating those factories to the US.
Was Hunter in Hanoi with his Old Man?
Or, if he was, maybe the media “forgot” to report on it.
Trying to copy a photo of Hanoi traffic - this is unusual because it is … mostlly cars.
Oops, sorry guess not.
🙃
“but they want relationships because they want China to know that they’re not alone”
Oh, I wonder if Joe is enjoying his long delayed “Senior Trip” that so many American’s ‘enjoyed’ back in the ‘60s
I wonder how many millions does Vietnam need to pay for Biden’s friendship?
AP just posted a revision to this story:
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The president and Trong expressed mutual happiness over seeing each other again after last meeting some eight years ago in Washington, said Biden, who was vice president at the time.
Trong sought to flatter Biden, who faces persistent questions at home about being 80 years old and running for reelection next year.
“You have nary aged a day, and I would say you look even better than before,” Trong said. “I would say every feature of you Mr. President is complementing your image.”
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Haha … gotta say, the Vietnamese can certainly lay it on thick 🐣
An accounting of our MIA/POWs first.
McCain sold them a long time ago when he led the visit to mark the normalization of relations and hugged his old torturer.
Dead men tell no tales.
Vietnam communists are so much smarter than the biden policy team, it is embarrassing. They are playing us like a cheap fiddle to leverage their relations with China and Russia.
Vietnam, the new Ukraine for the Biden grift and bribery.
Leftist never saw a commie they didn’t love intensely.
What’s a few million dead people among friends anyway.
Moving obidens 24/7/364 laundromat from Ukraine to vietnam Imho.
The late unpleasantness aside, Vietnam is our natural ally to the same extent China is our natural foe.
How about - gasp - AMERICAN factories!!!????
Ha ha...
“I love you long time, GI”
"Me love you long time, Joe"
Having a common enemy does not automatically make one a friend.
This.
VietNam is no friend to us.
Relocate all our factories back to America.
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