DIPLOMACY – US President-elect Joe Biden assured Tuesday that the United States was once again “ready to lead the world”. From his stronghold of Wilmington, Delaware, he introduced the diplomatic and national security team of his future government.
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“America is back”. This is, in essence, the message that Joe Biden wanted to convey on Tuesday evening. Or more exactly Joe Biden and the first personalities who will accompany him: they were seven by his side on the stage of Wilmington where the Democrat praised the return of multilateralism.
“It’s a team that reflects America is back, ready to lead the world“Said Joe Biden, accompanied by his future vice-president Kamala Harris. This first round of appointments includes several senior figures who served under Barack Obama, such as Antony Blinken, future chief diplomat.”We cannot solve the world’s problems alone“said the former number two of the State Department. “Multilateralism is back, diplomacy is back”, added the future American ambassador to the UN, Linda Thomas-Greenfield.
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“We are facing a totally different world”
Long discussed on Tuesday evening, the fight against global warming should be one of the new president’s strong commitments. The future 46th President of the United States has created a role of special envoy for John Kerry. This ex-chief of diplomacy had himself signed, on behalf of the United States, the climate agreement negotiated in 2015. The president-elect promised to return from the first day of his mandate in the agreement of Paris and achieve carbon neutrality in 2050 in the United States.
Another strong theme, societal this time. Saying that he wants to give a greater place to women and minorities, the former vice-president of Barack Obama has appointed the first Hispanic to head Internal Security, Alejandro Mayorkas, and the first woman to head the intelligence services, April Haines. The Democrat also plans, according to a source in his entourage, to appoint to the Treasury the former president of the Central Bank, Janet Yellen.
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By choosing these qualified personalities and accustomed to power, Joe Biden signals a return to a more traditional policy than that of his predecessor Donald Trump, who arrived in Washington on the promise to break with the establishment. However, the Democrat rejected the idea that he was only replaying a new Obama term with his team. “We are facing a totally different world”, he told NBC in his first interview since the election. “President Trump was a game-changer. It became America first, it was America alone.”
