(Washington) Joe Biden assured Monday that the United States was “in the lead in international competition” thanks to its action, in a foreign policy review speech, where he also pleaded for continued support for Ukraine .
“The United States is stronger, our alliances are stronger, our adversaries and competitors are weaker,” declared the American president, one week away from giving way to Republican Donald Trump, who had damaged relations with traditional allies of the United States during his first term.
Referring to the economic weight of China, a great rival on the international scene, “according to the latest forecasts, given the current trajectory (…), they will never overtake us. Period,” the 82-year-old Democrat said.
Regarding Ukraine, he assured that Russian President Vladimir Putin had “failed” to fulfill his military objectives since the invasion in February 2022, and launched, in reference to the United States and their allies: “We do not We cannot abandon Ukraine.
“When Putin launched the invasion, he thought he could conquer Kyiv in a few days. The reality is that since the start of the war, the only one who went to Kyiv is me, not him,” said the outgoing American president, major driver of Western support for Ukraine, in reference to his visit to the country at war in 2023.
Regarding the war in the Gaza Strip, another conflict that broke out while he was in power, Joe Biden assured that an agreement was “on the verge” of being concluded for a ceasefire accompanied by a release of hostages held in the Palestinian territory.
If he refrained from any explicit reference to Donald Trump, his great Republican rival, who was his predecessor and who will become his successor on January 20, the Democrat strongly criticized the climate skeptics, of whom the billionaire is a representative.
They don’t even believe that climate change is a reality. I think they come from another century. They are wrong. They are completely wrong. It is the greatest threat to humanity.
Joe Biden, outgoing president of the United States
He concluded his speech by asserting that under his tenure, the United States had used its “power” to “bring countries together, to increase our shared security and prosperity, to resist aggression, to resolve as many problems through diplomacy and to tirelessly defend democracy, civil and human rights.”
