Russia s President Vladimir Putin and China s Xi Jinping walk down the stairs as they arrive for a BRICS summit in Brasilia, Brazil November 14, 2019. REUTERS/Ueslei Marcelino/File Photo
President Joe Biden faces a nightmare scenario of global consequence: increasing Sino-Russian strategic cooperation aimed at undermining US influence and at upending Biden’s efforts to rally democratic allies.
It is the most significant and underrecognized test of Biden’s leadership yet: It could be the defining challenge of his presidency.
This past week, Russia and China simultaneously escalated their separate military activities and threats to the sovereignty of Ukraine and Taiwan respectively countries whose vibrant independence is an affront to Moscow and Beijing but lies at the heart of US and allies’ interests in their regions.
Russian leader Vladimir Putin and Chinese President Xi Jinping look to gain advantage early on in Biden’s presidency, as the U.S. president also contends with.
Kamala Harris appears to show Japanese Prime Minister Suga where the West Wing is from her office balcony across the street pic.twitter.com/Ow9FMEYKBH
That has led some to wonder what’s going on…
Why is Kamala Harris welcoming the head of state for Japan instead of Joe Biden?
You can bet if this happened to Trump, reporters would be gleefully asking why Trump wasn’t there, hounding the White House and hoping something bad had happened to him. But so far reporters, nor anyone on the left, seem interested in Biden’s whereabouts.
It’s also noteworthy that Jen Psaki said, just before lunch, that she hadn’t even spoken with Biden this morning:
Japanese PM Yoshihida Suga met US President Joe Biden, vowing to strengthen the quad
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Washington: us President Joe Biden And Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihida Suga Promises to work with India and Australia to strengthen the Quad to build an independent, open, accessible, diverse and thriving Indo-Pacific, as the two leaders influence China’s actions on peace and prosperity in the region Discussed.
The two leaders met with a foreign leader as president in Biden’s first face-to-face conversation at the White House on Friday.
“Together, we will continue to work with partners and partners with Australia and India through the Quad, which has never been stronger, to create the free, accessible, diverse, and thriving Indo-Pacific we want Huh,”. The two leaders issued a joint statement after their first meeting.