Posted on 01/17/2025 4:57:44 PM PST by Oldeconomybuyer
WASHINGTON (AP) — Outgoing Secretary of State Antony Blinken told The Associated Press that he hopes the incoming Trump administration will press forward with key points in President Joe Biden’s foreign policy, including on the Middle East and Ukraine.
But in an wide-ranging interview Friday on his last workday as America’s top diplomat, he expressed concern that the Trump team might abandon all or some of those policies.
Blinken said there is reason to be concerned that the new administration might not follow through on initiatives that Biden’s national security team put into place to end the war in Gaza, keep Ukraine free of Russian interference and maintain strengthened alliances with key partners.
“When we came in, we inherited partnerships and alliances that were seriously frayed,” he said. “So if past is prologue, yes, it would be a concern.”
“I don’t know, can’t know, how they approach things,” he said. “I do think that there is, there could and I believe should, be some real continuity in a couple of places.”
Blinken lamented that the Biden administration has been diverted from its central foreign policy priorities by world developments, including the withdrawal from Afghanistan, Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and the Gaza crisis, all of which took time and energy away from pursuing core objectives, notably in the Indo-Pacific.
These are “not what we came in wanting or expecting to have to be focused on,” he said.
That said, he stressed that even as the administration dealt with those crises, it had still been determined to look at the rest of world, and had succeeded, in his estimation, at rebuilding frayed alliances and partnerships around the world.
“Rest of world: can’t lose sight of it,” he said.
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Let’s hope so.
You mean overthrowing foreign government which don’t pay bribes?
Ya think?
Beat me to it
“Blinken tells AP he’s worried Trump administration may abandon key Biden foreign policy initiatives”
He should be, Trump has made it PERFECTLY CLEAR that he has no interest in World War 3 and he’s making sure that no one under him deviates from that, regardless of how hard the Neocons try to push them.
No Trump is far too smart to double down on Biden’s complete failure as President.
Exactly WHAT foreign policy initiatives that won’t sink us into a full-scale war that would tickle John Bolton pink?
Full reverse on that, that’s why President Trump showed him the door.
Blinken and FJB’s foreign policy initiatives are irrelevant.
Like cash bombing Iran? Three people were seriously injured by the last billion dollar pallet.
As if I needed another reason to smile this Monday
Well, duh.
“Blinken lamented that the Biden administration has been diverted from its central foreign policy priorities by world developments, including the withdrawal from Afghanistan, Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and the Gaza crisis, all of which took time and energy away from pursuing core objectives, notably in the Indo-Pacific.”
All of which were directly (Afghanistan) or indirectly (Ukraine), or some of both, (Gaza) caused by Biden administration actions.
Did Biden abandon any key Trump foreign policy initiatives? Did Trump abandon any of Obama’s? Did Obama abandon any of Bush’s? And so on and so forth.
I’d put Blinken right behind Muesli Brains for the person who damaged this country the most the last four years.
What Biden Policy!?!
.
Running like a little B-—?
Yes, Blinken, plan on President Trump abandoning your idiotic ideas.
Duuuuuuhhhhhhhhhhhhh
Not to worry. He will.
“...time and energy away from pursuing core objectives, notably in the Indo-Pacific.”
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