Secretary of State Antony Blinken's recent legacy-molding foray grounds the Biden administration's legacy in the "Fierce competition" with the "Revisionist powers"-Russia, Iran, North Korea, and China-who want to bring down America and dominate the international order at the US government's expense.
On Blinken's telling, the Biden administration's strategy of domestic industrial spending and improved international partnerships were the one-two punch that "Has put the United States in a much stronger geopolitical position today than it was four years ago." Unfortunately for Blinken, nothing can sugarcoat the bitter pill of four years of Biden administration failures.
Start with the Biden administration's "Historic investments in competitiveness at home." Blinken touts the Inflation Reduction Act, which has been appropriately mocked and pilloried.
Secretary Blinken touts the Biden administration's "Intensive diplomatic campaign to revitalize partnerships abroad." The problem is US leaders conceive of international relations as parenting, with the US as the perpetual parent of its "Partner" nation-state children.
The Biden administration repeatedly set red lines that Ukraine could not cross, such as carrying out strikes inside Russia, and refused to provide Ukraine certain weapons to avoid escalation.
First, Russia invaded Ukraine on the Biden administration's watch.
What deal has the Biden administration reached during the last four years? What has the Biden administration done to engage Iran, who recently indicated their openness to negotiate? This is a record that would make George W. Bush blush.
https://mises.org/mises-wire/blinkens-blinkers-four-years-biden-foreign-policy-failure
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