Biden’s Security Team “America Is Back” … Declaration of Return of Multilateralism and Diplomacy

“The United States is back. Multilateralism and diplomacy are back.”

At a press conference organized by the president-elect of the United States, Joe Biden, on the 24th (local time) to present the six nominees for the diplomatic and security team, Linda Thomas-Greenfield, who was nominated as ambassador of the United States. United before the United Nations, he said this.

His comments also penetrate the thoughts shared by Biden-elect and the new security team.

President-elect Biden views President-elect Donald Trump’s “ America Priority ” as a goal of abolition under the recognition that he has undermined alliances and relationships, undermined the security and national interests of the United States, and undermined international leadership.

Furthermore, Biden’s plan is to restore the leadership of the United States through the ‘resurgence of diplomacy’ and ‘restore the alliance’, and to sit at the top of the international arena as a setter rather than a rule-holder. This can be summed up by the slogan “America is back”, which Biden-elect likes to use.

Reuters reported that Biden vowed to cooperate with his allies, noting that he would back away from President Trump’s one-sided and nationalist policies.

At the conference that day, he did not directly criticize President Trump’s foreign policy, but there appears to have been a perception that he would break with the ‘Trump era’.

Reflecting this, the Biden-elect, as well as the top nominees, emphasized the role of the United States in the ‘Biden Era’ as different from the Trump administration at the conference.

Biden said of his security team as “a symbol of my fundamental belief that the United States is the strongest in cooperation with the alliance.”

He also announced that he learned how much we hope to restore the role of a world leader by speaking to world leaders after the presidential elections.

Vice President-elect Kamala Harris also stressed that “we must renew the US alliance and rebuild and strengthen the organization of national security and foreign policy.”

Biden’s closest friend and revived Secretary of State Tony Blincoln emphasized cooperation and partnerships with each country, saying the United States cannot solve global problems alone.

He stressed that “I will work for equality with modesty and confidence.” “The United States has the ability to unite other nations to meet the challenges of our time more than any other nation on the planet.”

White House National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan pledged to reimagine national security to respond to an unprecedented combination of crises inside and outside the United States, saying, “We will remain vigilant for continued threats from the nuclear weapons to terrorism. “

After listing international challenges such as the pandemic, the economy, climate change, poverty and justice, Thomas-Greenfield said: “These are things that cannot be solved unless the United States takes the lead.”

President John Kerry, who was in charge of the response to climate change, also emphasized global cooperation, saying that President Trump must rejoin the Paris Climate Treaty, which he left it, and that the United States will demonstrate leadership.

Avril Haynes, who was nominated as the Director of the National Intelligence Service (DNI), which oversees US intelligence agencies, said it was her responsibility to avoid telling the truth to power. He said he would.

In a position to reveal his aspirations, he showed his willingness not to listen to the bitter voices towards the person who chose him. He is also seen as different from President Trump, who was criticized for attempting to privatize intelligence agencies by exercising personnel rights.

The Hill, a political media outlet, commented on the conference, saying: “Biden has promised a change from President Trump’s ‘American Priority’ and has professed that the United States has once again cooperated with international partners.”

The Associated Press also said, “Biden is pushing the Trump era forward by declaring ‘America is back,'” and said, “It’s an effort to resume normal conditions after the confusion of four years in office.”

However, there are voices of criticism from the Republican Party about the Insun security team.

Republican Senator Tom Cotton noted that Biden was surrounded by people who would treat China weakly.

Republican Sen. Marco Rubio is sarcastic that Biden’s nominees “have attended an Ivy League school and have a solid curriculum” and “will be educated and orderly caretakers of America’s decline.”

President Trump thanked those who risk their lives to keep America safe and big on Turkey’s forgiveness from the White House two days before Thanksgiving, saying, “We must not stray from the ‘American First.’ “. He emphasized.

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