Biden's fiascos at home and abroad
Here at home, it has taken surprisingly little time for us to become inured to the massive foul-ups committed by President Biden. This is not to say it has all become acceptable or permitted, just that now, when there is a mushroom cloud emanating from some issue — the border, the economy, the vaccine rollouts, the Constitutional aggressions, etc. — our initial reaction these days is, “Well, of COURSE its a complete shambles…”
Yet, as we grapple with the perpetual cleanup of Biden’s domestic fiascos, it may be less realized that he is also managing to make just as big of a mess of things overseas. Yes, the Afghanistan debacle reigns supreme. Our NATO partners were completely flummoxed by Biden’s actions, but coming out of that affair there are other ways things are unspooling with our foreign partners.
In a speech given by the European Union Internal Market Commissioner, Thierry Breton, during his visit to the U.S. there was a strong indicator of how bad things have become. “There is a growing feeling in Europe – and I say this with regret – that something is broken in our trans-Atlantic relations.” This is in reaction to the recent talks that were held between the US, Great Britain, and Australia in defense initiatives, the result being that it scuttled prior deals that had been struck with France. This is said to be a severe sign of disloyalty by President Biden.
“I planned this visit to the U.S. weeks ago with a positive agenda, to deepen EU-U.S. cooperation [but] something has changed. There is a strong perception that trust between the EU and U.S. has been eroded. It is probably time to pause and reset our EU-U.S. relationship.”
While this rift is partially due to a huge deal that was arranged for French submarines, it is a larger issue felt throughout the EU, and the Afghanistan pullout is a primary problem. In that disastrous mission to exfiltrate from the country, Biden did so without many agreements from our allies, leaving their people at risk in the process. These new talks, at the exclusion of the Europeans, means that a planned trade summit between the U.S. and the EU in Pittsburgh next week is very possibly going to be canceled.
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Biden and his time take actions without consultation with allies and without concern for shared interests. The fact of the matter is that Trump did a better job of working with allies and explaining his policies.
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