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The Biden administration understands the new realities of power. And that is why we will leave America stronger than we found it.

The United States’ alliances and partnerships with other democracies have been its greatest international advantage. They helped create a freer and more stable world. They helped deter aggression or reverse it. And they meant that Washington never had to go it alone. But these alliances were built for a different era. In recent years, the United States was underutilizing or even undermining them. President Biden was clear from the moment he took over about the importance he attached to U.S. alliances, especially given his predecessor’s skepticism of them.

'other democracies' doing a lot of work there, winnowing down the world to the golf course countries. and of course the US is famous for never going it alone. they always find a way to cajole/coerce/threaten allies into contributing token support for idiotic projects.

For example, we have mobilized a global coalition of countries to support Ukraine as it defends itself against an unprovoked war of aggression and to impose costs on Russia. NATO has expanded to include Finland, soon to be followed by Sweden—two historically nonaligned nations. NATO has also adjusted its posture on its eastern flank, deployed a capability to respond to cyberattacks against its members, and invested in its air and missile defenses. And the United States and the EU have dramatically deepened cooperation on economics, energy, technology, and national security.

We didn't win in ukraine but hey at least finland and sweden are maybe joining NATO now. what a booby prize. and 'dramatically deepened cooperation on energy' yes indeed, ask the germans and the poles.

Roughly 20 NATO countries are on track to meet the target of spending two percent of their GDPs on defense in 2024, up from just seven countries in 2022.

and for this increase in spending we are producing even more weapons think tanks and conferences than ever before.

The first year of the COVID-19 pandemic showed that if the United States is unwilling to lead efforts to solve global problems, no one else will step into the breach. In 2020, many world leaders were barely on speaking terms. The G-7 struggled to coalesce when COVID-19 struck. Instead of coordinating closely, countries undertook disparate efforts that made the pandemic more severe than it might otherwise have been.

this is literally the stupidest thing I've ever read about the global response to COVID.

As a cornerstone of this effort, the administration is modernizing the World Bank so it can address today’s challenges with sufficient speed and scale, and we are working with partners to significantly increase the bank’s financing, including to low- and middle-income countries.

Now that we've jacked interest rates, we are taking advantage of the second volcker shock.

The Biden administration inherited a massive gap between ambition and reality when it comes to carbon mitigation. The United States is now driving the global deployment of clean energy technology at scale.

Insane head in the sand hubris, obviously the leader here is China and by miles and miles.

In addition to modernizing the World Bank, the president has also proposed giving developing countries a greater say at the International Monetary Fund. The administration will continue to try to reform the World Trade Organization so it can drive the clean energy transition, protect workers, and promote inclusive and sustainable growth while continuing to uphold competition, openness, transparency, and the rule of law.

are you still talking about keeping the US veto over world bank issues? yes? ok go fuck yourself. this is just about trying to cement developing nations to the anglosphere so they don't get drawn into China's sphere of influence.

...China’s breakneck military modernization and its growing military provocations in the East China and South China Seas and the Taiwan Strait.

damn dude why would china have military interests in the ocean immediately off its coast, damn

This transition [leaving afghanistan] was unquestionably painful—especially for the people of Afghanistan and for the U.S. troops and other personnel who served there.

do we have a saigon emoji?

Indeed, although the Middle East remains beset with perennial challenges, the region is quieter than it has been for decades.

His approach returns discipline to U.S. policy. It emphasizes deterring aggression, de-escalating conflicts, and integrating the region through joint infrastructure projects and new partnerships, including between Israel and its Arab neighbors. And it is bearing fruit.

Challenges remain. The Israeli-Palestinian situation is tense, particularly in the West Bank, but in the face of serious frictions, we have de-escalated crises in Gaza and restored direct diplomacy between the parties after years of its absence. Iran remains a threat, and its nuclear program a global challenge. We have acted militarily to protect U.S. personnel, and we have enhanced deterrence, combined with diplomacy, to discourage further aggression. We are committed to ensuring that Iran never obtains a nuclear weapon. And while military force must never be a tool of first resort, we stand ready and prepared to use it when necessary to protect U.S. personnel and interests in this important region.

Where did you come from where did you go, where did you come from Genocide Joe?

We sought to avert the crisis by making it clear to Russia that the United States would respond by supporting Ukraine and by displaying a willingness to engage in talks on European security, even though Russia was not serious about doing so.

Oh how did that willingness to engage go? I recall a bunch of unanswered diplomatic offers from Russia in Dec 2021.

And we imposed far-reaching sanctions on Russia to reduce its ability to wage war.

which failed spectacularly, as Russia has stepped up military production across the board