"Will Biden be an activist president on the world stage?; Diplomats and foreign policy experts hope the United States is not too divided, too weakened, and too preoccupied by internal convulsions to play the kind of leadership role that Biden took for granted as a senator and vice president" by Mark Landler New York Times, January 20, 2021
LONDON — A decade ago, Joe Biden strode into a reception room in Athens for a meeting with the president of Greece, a country then drowning in debt and locked in tense negotiations with the European Union.
“This man represents the Treasury Department,” a deadpan Biden said to his host as he gestured to a gray-suited member of his delegation. “He’s brought hundreds of millions of dollars.”
The room broke up in laughter. It was clear the vice president had not come with a briefcase of cash to pay off Greece’s debts, but his joke captured a deeper truth: In 2011, many still viewed the United States as the ultimate guarantor of the international order, and Biden clearly saw himself as a steward of that legacy, his easy self-confidence the product of four decades as a globe-trotting senator.
The CFR crowd laughed when he got that Ukraine prosecutor fired!
Beyond that, the U.S. as guarantor of the international order amounted to wars based on lies that caused massive devastation.
It is going to be a return to the Obama era and all the scum skullduggery.
I'm trying to list the five new nations they will wage war on after Obummer brought us Syria, Yemen, Libya, and the Ukraine.
As Biden took the oath of office Wednesday, vowing to “repair our alliances and engage with the world once more,” the question for many overseas is whether they will see this man of the world anytime soon.
In capitals from Europe to Asia, diplomats and foreign policy experts have questioned whether the United States is too divided, too weakened, and too preoccupied by internal convulsions to play the kind of leadership role that Biden took for granted as a senator and vice president, yet there are reasons to believe as president Biden will be more visible and more of an activist than many expect, even as he grapples with the pandemic, a massive economic recovery effort, and the deep divisions left by the Trump era. From the people he has chosen for key foreign policy posts to the travel opportunities he has this year, those who know Biden say he is unlikely to stay off the global stage for long.
The world shudders upon seeing such things.
“This is a guy who spent 40 years getting to know foreign leaders around the world,” said Peter Westmacott, who lived next door to Biden as British ambassador to Washington during the Obama administration. “Once you’ve got a flavor for international relationships, you don’t turn your back on all that.”
Like H.W., huh?
Wolfgang Ischinger, a former German ambassador to the United States, said he expected Biden to draw on his personal relationships to mend bonds with European allies that had been sundered by President Trump.
“Joe Biden is a master of networking, and he will easily repair the lack of trust,” said Ischinger, who now runs the Munich Security Forum.
In his inaugural address, Biden said the “world is watching.” He promised that the United States had “come out stronger” from its recent stress test, and he pledged a restoration of American leadership in which, he said, “we’ll lead not merely by the example of our power, but by the power of our example.”
They have seen the coup that some have experienced first hand, and most government are recognizing the illegitimate regime.
Biden is likely to make his formal debut at a meeting of Group of 7 leaders in June, which Britain is hosting at a seaside resort in Cornwall. He may expand that trip to include other European destinations, including Germany, where he could bid farewell to Chancellor Angela Merkel before she steps down after 16 years.
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Will it be virtual or is CV going to be gone by then?
In the fall, Biden is expected to attend a Group of 20 meeting in Rome and the United Nations’ climate change conference in Glasgow, where he could showcase his decision to rejoin the Paris climate accord.
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Same question.
Beyond dates in the diplomatic diary, specialists contend that Biden’s appointments do not suggest an inward-looking White House.
His choice of Kurt Campbell to serve as a high-level coordinator of Asia policy, for example, could foretell a tough line with China coupled with an energetic effort to reassure US allies Japan and South Korea. As a State Department official in the Obama administration, Campbell devised the so-called “pivot” to Asia.
Uh-huh.
I'll bet Hunter stories will start surfacing if that happens.
China is GLEEFUL that TRUMP is GONE!
“Biden has chosen people who understand and are committed to strategic competition,” said Thomas Wright, a foreign policy expert at the Brookings Institution.
The links between domestic and foreign policy were reinforced by the appointment of Susan Rice, who served as national security adviser to Obama, as director of Biden’s domestic policy council. Key domestic priorities like the pandemic, experts pointed out, are also global challenges.
That unmasking criminal leaker and all the other $wamp cronies are back in what is really Obama's third term.
God, why have you forsaken us?
Another top Biden aide, Jake Sullivan, the national security adviser, used Twitter to weigh in on sensitive issues before his boss took office. He condemned Russia’s arrest of opposition leader Alexei Navalny, appealed to the European Union to think twice before signing an investment treaty with China, and said Trump’s designation of the Houthi rebels in Yemen as a terrorist group “will only inflict more suffering on Yemeni people.”
Whether the Biden administration will back up those words with action remains to be seen, of course, but some say that Biden’s instincts, temperament, and background as a longtime member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee make him unlikely to shrug off chances to command the world stage.
Like some kind of.... (gulp).... dictator?
Some experts argue that the chaos at the Capitol had compromised the nation’s traditional role as a champion of democracy and that the cascading domestic crises would consume Biden’s energy, distracting from world affairs.
“Ambitious foreign policy goals are completely out of step with the realities of the country’s domestic political and economic dysfunction,” Emma Ashford, a senior fellow at the Atlantic Council, wrote in Foreign Policy. “How can the United States spread democracy or act as an example for others if it barely has a functioning democracy at home,” but Wright argued that the homegrown threats to democracy should strengthen the Biden administration’s resolve to fight human rights abuses by China, Russia, and other autocratic governments.
“I’ve never understood the trade-off between ambition at home and ambition overseas,” he said. “It’s precisely because democracy is challenged at home that the US needs to be more energetic in defending democracy overseas.”
My history books is full of that garbage talk and buzzwords, and it's really getting sickening at this point.
They are going to defend and promote "democracy" as they totally shred civil liberties here due to CV and now the mythical "white supremacists" who, when you drill down into it, are RUN by GOVERNMENT AGENTS!
They NEED a DOMESTIC ENEMY so they MANUFACTURE ONE!
We have seen it time and again with all governments, be they a "democracy" or not.
At least there is hope (pfft!):
"World hopes for renewed cooperation with US under Biden" by Lorne Cook and Christopher Sherman the Associated Press, January 20, 2021
MEXICO CITY — World leaders welcomed into their ranks the new US President Joe Biden, noting their most pressing problems, including the COVID-19 pandemic and climate change, require multilateral cooperation, an approach his predecessor Donald Trump ridiculed.
Many expressed hope Biden would right US democracy two weeks after rioters stormed the Capitol, shaking the faith of those fighting for democracy in their own countries.
Governments targeted and sanctioned under Trump embraced the chance for a fresh start with Biden, while some heads of state who lauded Trump’s blend of nationalism and populism were more restrained in their expectations for the Biden administration -- and in some cases spoke nostalgically of the Trump years -- but the chance to repair frayed alliances and work together on global problems carried the day.
Now why would my print copy want to edit that out?
It will be a theme throughout this article.
China, whose US relations nosedived due to widespread frustration in Washington over its human rights record and accusations of technology theft, expressed cautious hope about the change in the White House. “China looks forward to working with the new administration to promote sound & steady development of China-US relations and jointly address global challenges in public health, climate change & growth,” China’s ambassador to the US, Cui Tiankai, tweeted.
Biden “understands the importance of cooperation among nations,” said former Colombian president and Nobel Peace Prize winner Juan Manuel Santos, who left office in 2018. “As a matter of fact, if we don’t cooperate – all nations – to fight climate change, then we will all perish. It’s as simple as that."
PFFT!
French President Emmanuel Macron also noted the urgency of addressing the perils of climate change after Trump withdrew the US from the Paris climate accord, a move Biden reversed in the first hours of his presidency Wednesday.
With Biden, “we will be stronger to face the challenges of our time. Stronger to build our future. Stronger to protect our planet," he wrote on Twitter. “Welcome back to the Paris Agreement!”
You know, someone who flies higher than me just commented that:
"The WHO has admitted the PCR test is basically a fraud? This is important. The piling up of all the Class Action Law Suits around the world must be having a fortuitous effect. This could be the beginning of the end of the "Pandemic Phase" of the operation...wherein they got as far as they could get locking us down that way. So then they'll say: "Well, we lied... there IS no Pandemic, but we're going to keep you all locked down anyway... due to "Global Warming". Watch for it!"
Other European allies saw a chance to come in out of the cold after strained relationships with the Trump administration.
This is when the clip and cuts began.
“This new dawn in America is the moment we’ve been awaiting for so long,” European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said, hailing Biden’s arrival as “resounding proof that, once again after four long years, Europe has a friend in the White House.”
European Council President Charles Michel said trans-Atlantic relations have “greatly suffered in the last four years" while the world has become less stable and less predictable. “We have our differences and they will not magically disappear. America seems to have changed, and how it’s perceived in Europe and the rest of the world has also changed,” added Michel, whose open criticism of the Trump era contrasted with the silence that mostly reigned in Europe while the Republican leader was in the White House.
In Germany, President Frank-Walter Steinmeier issued a video statement on his website as well as Instagram and Facebook before the inauguration, calling it a “good day for democracy.” With Biden and incoming Vice President Kamala Harris, Steinmeier said there was new hope that the U.S. would again be a “vital partner” internationally to tackle issues like the coronavirus pandemic, climate change, security issues including arms control and disarmament, and multiple conflicts.
He might be busy fighting the war here at home.
In Ballina, Ireland, where Biden’s great-great-grandfather was born in 1832, a mural of a smiling Biden adorned a wall in the town, where some of the president’s relatives still live.
“As he takes the oath of office, I know that President Biden will feel the weight of history — the presence of his Irish ancestors who left Mayo and Louth in famine times in search of life and hope,” Irish Prime Minister Micheal Martin said.
Pope Francis urged Biden to help foster reconciliation in the U.S. and build up a society “marked by authentic justice and freedom” and looking out especially for the poor. The “grave crises” facing all of humanity call for farsighted responses, Francis said.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who formed close ties with Trump, noted a “warm personal friendship” with Biden. “I look forward to working with you to further strengthen the U.S.-Israel alliance, to continue expanding peace between Israel and the Arab world and to confront common challenges, chief among them the threat posed by Iran,” Netanyahu said.
Still itching for war, is he, now that his nationalist Zionist faction has lost its toehold on the AmeriKan government and his corruption trial is being fast-tracked (that's how they removed Olmert)?
That doesn't mean it is going to be paradise for Palestinians. It really is no never mind which blood-dripping from the fangs Zioni$ts run the place.
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, who has accused Trump of unfair bias toward Israel with policies like moving the US Embassy to Jerusalem, expressed hope for a more even-handed approach from Biden. He urged “a comprehensive and just peace process that fulfills the aspirations of the Palestinian people for freedom and independence.”
He means Joe "I am a Zioni$t" Biden, that Joe Biden?
The Israeli tool Abass is a fool.
Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan, whose country has had a tumultuous relationship with Washington, having been criticized for aiding the Afghan Taliban, said in a tweet he looked forward to building a stronger partnership through trade, economic engagement and countering climate change.
He's king of the mountain over there, and that's weird (dead men tell no tales from the heart of CV?).
In Latin America, Biden faces immediate challenges on immigration, and the leaders of the two most populous countries — Brazil and Mexico — were chummy with Trump. The Trump administration also expanded painful sanctions against governments in Cuba, Venezuela and Nicaragua.
In Venezuela, President Nicolás Maduro's government urged dialogue with the Biden administration, while hoping the new president abandons the avalanche of damaging sanctions Trump imposed to attempt a regime change. Some Venezuelans, however, like retired accountant Jesús Sánchez, 79, said he was disappointed to see Trump leave power. Trump backed opposition leader Juan Guaidó, giving Venezuelans like him hope that Maduro’s days in power were numbered.
There are some things they just don't want you to know.
This is like reading Pravda!
Carlos Vecchio, Guaido’s envoy in Washington who the US recognizes as Venezuela’s ambassador, tweeted photos of himself at Biden’s inauguration. The invitation to attend was touted by Venezuela’s opposition as evidence the Biden administration will continue its strong support and resist entreaties by Maduro for dialogue that the US has strenuously rejected until now.
It's like most presidencies. The guy hands the playbook off to the next guy who seamlessly executes the plan.
Actually, Venezuela is a perfect candidate for a regime change effort.
One down, four to go.
Oh, right, Iran.
Cuba’s leaders perhaps have a more realistic hope for improved relations: Biden was in the White House for the historic thaw in relations in 2014, and various officials expressed willingness to reopen a dialogue with Washington if there was respect for Cuba’s sovereignty.
President Miguel Díaz-Canel railed against Trump via Twitter, citing “more than 200 measures that tightened the financial, commercial and economic blockade, the expression of a despicable and inhuman policy.”
In Mexico, President Andrés Manuel López Obrador, who cultivated an unexpectedly friendly relationship with Trump and was one of the last world leaders to recognize Biden’s victory, read from a letter he sent to Biden in 2012, calling for reorienting the bilateral relationship away from security and military aid and toward development.
He urged Biden to implement immigration reform, and added: “We need to maintain a very good relationship with the United States government and I don’t have any doubt that it’s going to be that way.”
Obrador has called out the tyrannical globalists and CV fraud, so he needs to watch his back, but Mexico may be the place to be and if anyone can understand having an election stolen from them it is Obrador.
US allies in the Asia-Pacific region expressed anticipation of strengthening those alliances under a Biden administration. Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga, Taiwan’s President Tsai Ing-wen and others highlighted their shared values as leaders of democracies.
South Korean President Moon Jae-in said: “America’s new beginning will make democracy even greater.”
Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern said Biden was a good friend to New Zealand and highlighted in particular the words given in his inaugural address. “President Biden’s message of unity as he takes office is one that resonates with New Zealanders,” Ardern said.
World leaders also acknowledged the history of Vice President Kamala Harris taking office. She is the first woman, the first Black woman and the first South Asian to hold that office in the US
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Twitter congratulated both Biden and Harris, whose maternal grandfather was Indian.
“That is an historic moment and one that, I think as a father of daughters, you can only celebrate," Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison said.
Could hear the cheers all the way over here.
They forgot our neighbors to the north:
"Work on Keystone XL pipeline suspended ahead of Biden action" by Rob Gillies Associated Press, January 20, 2021
TORONTO — The Canadian company behind the Keystone XL oil pipeline said Wednesday it has suspended work on the pipeline in anticipation of President Biden revoking its permit.
Biden’s Day One plans included moving to revoke a presidential permit for the pipeline.
The 1,700-mile pipeline would carry roughly 800,000 barrels of oil a day from Alberta to the Texas Gulf Coast, passing through Montana, South Dakota, Nebraska, Kansas, and Oklahoma.
“As a result of the expected revocation of the Presidential Permit, advancement of the project will be suspended,” the Calgary, Alberta-based company said in a statement.
Kirsten Hillman, Canada’s ambassador to the United States, said Canada needs to move on now that Biden has made a decision.
“Of course we’re disappointed. We worked hard over the past number of months trying to make the case for Keystone XL,’' Hillman told the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation.
“He had made a commitment during his campaign and he lived up to that commitment. I think we have to accept that and move forward.”
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau raised Keystone XL as a top priority when he spoke with Biden in a phone call in November. The project is meant to expand critical oil exports for Canada, which has the third-largest oil reserves in the world.
Jason Kenney, premier of the oil-rich province of Alberta, said late Tuesday he urged Trudeau to tell Biden that “rescinding the Keystone XL border crossing permit would damage the Canada-US bilateral relationship.”
PFFFT!
That's all posturing as they are on the same globali$t page!
Trudeau and Biden are politically aligned and there are expectations for a return to normal relations after four years of Trump, but the pipeline is an early irritant as Biden has long said he would cancel it.
I'm starting to become irritated.
Trudeau has tried to balance the oil industry’s desire for more pipelines with environmentalists’ concerns. He canceled one major pipeline to the Pacific coast from oil-rich Alberta, but approved another and instituted a national carbon tax.....
Humpty Trudumpty!
Also see:
To find out what is really going on up there I suggest you fly over there and listen to the bird song on the left because seeking the truth is priceless:
That is such a powerhouse post and completely shreds the fraud that is CV-19.
