Britain Abandoned by the Next US Secretary of State as “a Dog Hit by a Car and Run Over” | Masato Kimura | Column

Brinken (pictured right) appointed Secretary of State for the Byden administration is Joshua Roberts, focused on the EU-REUTERS

[Desde Londres]Former Vice President Joe Byden, who won the US presidential elections, announced on the 23rd that he will appoint former Under Secretary of State Antony Brinken (58), who served as foreign policy adviser in the elections, as the next Secretary of State. . “America is back. We are ready to lead the world. We will not withdraw,” Byden declared.

All six members of the announced diplomatic and national security team are seasoned realists, including Mr. Brinken. The idea is to unite allies and partners with freedom, democracy and the rule of law, and contain China’s sovereignty on fair ground. On the other hand, it will rush to cooperate with China on the new coronavirus pandemic and countermeasures against global warming.

Unlike the president of the United States, Donald Trump, Taiwan, which will be a source of gunfire with China, does not go beyond the framework of “one country and two systems”, “US-China Cold War” “decoupling (division) “and” Asia “of former President Barak Obama. It is expected to seek a landing point with the “return policy”. Not only Taiwan, but also Japan and Australia are not worried about how the Byden team will turn out.

Perhaps the Middle East ally, Israel, and the European ally, Britain, are also watching the Byden team’s every move. President Trump has confused not only the United States but also the world with his impulsive and racially discriminatory behavior, but he thanked the political leaders of Taiwan, Japan, Israel and the United Kingdom who received strong support. ..

Japan’s Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, and Great Britain’s Prime Minister Boris Johnson agreed with President Trump.

Everyone is skeptical that Byden, like Obama, will speak to China, Iran and the European Union (EU) over their allies. Japan has already paraphrased the “free and open” Indo-Pacific as “security and prosperity” and is reading their intentions. Perhaps the most complex in mind is Prime Minister Johnson.

“Clone with Trump’s body and emotions”

It is suspected that the words “Trump” and “second term” ooze in the message of congratulations to Mr. Byden posted on Twitter by Prime Minister Johnson, and that the draft of the message of congratulations assuming the re-election of President Trump was suddenly replaced by Byden. It was noted on the British political blog “Guy Forks”. A British government spokesman hastily explained that it was a “technical error”.

Byden was reported to have called Prime Minister Johnson “a clone with Trump’s body and emotions,” and after being elected, spoke by phone with French President Emmanuel Macron and Germany’s Angela Mercer. He was the third person after the prime minister. Britain has had a “special relationship” with the United States since World War II, but there is a strong signal that the EU will lose heart.