Posted on Feb 4, 2021
Biden says ‘days of rolling over’ to Russia are done as he signals foreign policy reset from...
1.41K
25
14
13
13
0
President Joe Biden said his administration is working to rebuild "the muscles of democratic alliances that have atrophied from four years of neglect and abuse" following Donald Trump's term in office.
In his first visit to the US Department of State on Thursday, the president pledged to stand "shoulder to shoulder with our allies and key partners once more", while stressing that "leading with diplomacy must also mean engaging our adversaries and our competitors diplomatically where it is in our interest and advances the security of the American people".
He said that he "made it clear to President Putin, in a manner very different from my predecessor, that the days the United States rolling over in the face of Russia’s aggressive action" – pointing to cyber attacks from the SolarWinds breach, election interference and the poisoning of opposition figure Alexei Navalny – "are over."
The US president said Mr Navalny "has been targeted for exposing corruption" and "should be released immediately and without condition".
In his first visit to the US Department of State on Thursday, the president pledged to stand "shoulder to shoulder with our allies and key partners once more", while stressing that "leading with diplomacy must also mean engaging our adversaries and our competitors diplomatically where it is in our interest and advances the security of the American people".
He said that he "made it clear to President Putin, in a manner very different from my predecessor, that the days the United States rolling over in the face of Russia’s aggressive action" – pointing to cyber attacks from the SolarWinds breach, election interference and the poisoning of opposition figure Alexei Navalny – "are over."
The US president said Mr Navalny "has been targeted for exposing corruption" and "should be released immediately and without condition".
Biden says ‘days of rolling over’ to Russia are done as he signals foreign policy reset from...
Posted from independent.co.uk
Russia
Joe Biden
Diplomacy
Posted 4 y ago
Responses: 4
7
7
0
Ahh, back to the good old days! Next thing you know the GOP will be condemning Russia.
(7)
(0)
2
2
0
Give me a break. Trump was harsher on Russia and China than Obama ever was. Trump caught a bad rap for his handling of allies, but his policy of forcing allies to pay their fair share of defense expenses was correct. Biden has already set the stage for knee capping American energy independence and dependence on China and the Middle East. His administration has already planned to re-enter the useless Paris Accords and waste even more taxpayer money. Anyone who seriously believes Biden is going to do anything but bend over backwards for foreign nations--allies and adversaries alike--is an ignorant fool.
(2)
(0)
1
1
0
Keep Navalny, send us Snowden. He's applied for permanent asylum in Russia, but it would be a fair trade. Let Russia sort their own domestic politics out. Navalny may survive his recent sentence, or not, but we are not going to change much of Putin's reign peacefully. Freezing his accounts abroad would be a good start though. Dissent is not welcomed in Russia.
(1)
(0)
Read This Next
Continue with Facebook 
Continue with Google