Posted on 06/28/2024 5:38:39 AM PDT by Oldeconomybuyer
TOKYO/SEOUL, June 28 (Reuters) - While the first U.S. presidential debate of the 2024 race dwelled little on foreign policy, a shaky performance by President Joe Biden will have America's allies steeling for the return of Donald Trump, analysts say.
Biden's supporters had hoped the debate would erase worries that he was too old to serve, but several lawmakers, analysts and investors said the event had given Trump a boost.
"Mr. Trump didn't win but Mr. Biden might have imploded," said Kunihiko Miyake, a former Japanese diplomat and now research director at the Canon Institute for Global Studies, a think tank.
"Unlike eight years ago, we are much more prepared, as are other European and Asian allies. Still, Mr. Trump is unpredictable."
For Japan and South Korea, among the closest U.S. allies in Asia, relations with Trump's administration were at times strained by his demands for more payments towards military assistance as well as trade tensions.
"The biggest question for Japan would be whether Trump will truly value and maintain the security alliance," said Takashi Kawakami, a professor at Japan's Takushoku University in Tokyo.
Peter Lee, research fellow at the Asan Institute for Policy Studies in Seoul, said the debate had put into "much more stark relief" the possibility of a second Trump administration. Lee said he expected Trump to be "very tough" second time around in pressuring allies to up their defence spending.
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Biden looked like he was about to expire.
Bracing? Well,you can always depend on Al-Reuters.
Praying for Trump’s return is more like it.
The world doesn’t like the idea of America actually putting America First.
The Democrats also don’t like the idea of America actually putting America First.
It looked to me like he was gonna fill his Depends.
“Mr. Trump didn’t win??” I thought he won and very convincingly. Shows why we need to ignore the advice of learned diplomats, Nobel Prize winners, and federal employees who call themselves CIA.
Imagine the allies sitting down and trying to resolve a complex matter with the dementia ridden idiot.
Unless our allies want a WW3, they shouldn’t be bracing for a Trump return.
They should be hoping for a Trump return.
Biden looked like he was about to expire.
One commentator on Fox said Trump beat Biden so bad would need dental records to identify the corpse
Our enemies are bracing.
Our allies are pleased.
It looked to me like he was gonna fill his Depends.
At one point it looked like he did!
Imagine the allies sitting down and trying to resolve a complex matter with the dementia ridden idiot.
Do you believe the Marxists want to fix problems? They’re cultivating them as tools to maintain control!
Zelensky is shak’n in his shoes, for sure!
(Do you believe the Marxists want to fix problems? They’re cultivating them as tools to maintain control)
I just can’t shake the thought that the enemy really wants Biden out. Either they want Trump to win so they can tomato can him or bring in someone like Fauci To take over
“Shaky”...LOL!...”Shaky”
BTTT
Overseas allies...
SNORT.
But if our Deep State enemies across the pond are freaking out...
Goody.
Enjoy your preview of coming attractions, you expletives-deleted.
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