Joe Biden Says He Will Leave Trump A “Very Strong Hand To Play” In Foreign Policy, Says Administration “Pressing Hard” To Close Israel-Hamas Deal
deadline.comIn the first of several farewell addresses this week, President Joe Biden said that his administration is leaving his successor Donald Trump “with a very strong hand to play” in foreign policy.
Biden made the case that his administration strengthened fractured alliances that made a difference in international hotspots, including following Hamas’ attack on Israel and Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. “When Putin invaded Ukraine, he thought he’d conquer Kyiv in a matter of days,” Biden said in his speech at the State Department. “But the truth is, since that war began, I’m the only one that stood in the center of Kyiv, not him.
Putin never has.” The speech was carried by major cable news networks. Biden’s didn’t dwell on the chaotic nature of the U.S.
withdrawal from Afghanistan, in which a terrorist attack killed 13 U.S. service members. But the president said that “it was time to end the war,” the longest in U.S.
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