Following President-elect Donald Trump's landslide victory in Tuesday's election, administration officials are grappling with how they can protect President Joe Biden's foreign policy legacy.
Trump defeated Vice President Kamala Harris in a stunning landslide on Tuesday, winning the electoral vote by at least 292 to 224 and beating Harris by millions in the popular vote, according to reports. . multiple This is a report as of Wednesday afternoon. As the prospect of a second Trump administration looms, Biden officials are discussing how to prevent Trump from making major changes to Biden's foreign policy approach, according to multiple sources. . spoke This was communicated to Politico on condition of anonymity. (Related: 'Take a closer look': Joe Scarborough admits Democrats are 'fundamentally disconnected' from Americans)
According to Politico, this could include flooding Ukraine with additional US aid, imposing sanctions on Israeli settlers in the West Bank, and many other options. It is thought possible.
But there may not be much they can do. Trump has broad executive powers as president and could likely undo most moves made by Biden officials between now and January. Trump has already vowed to reverse many of Biden's initiatives when he takes office.
And assuming they retain control of the House, Trump will have broad support in both chambers of Congress, as Republicans have already retaken the Senate from Democrats in Tuesday's elections.
“You can’t really ‘counter-Trump,’” one official told Politico. “You can 'delay Trump,' you can throw sand in the gears, but there is no other way than to 'stop Trump.'”
US President Joe Biden returns to the White House in Washington DC on November 4, 2024. (Photo by Anna Rose Leyden/Getty Images)
Biden's approach to Ukraine has done little to turn the tide in Kiev's favor, despite unwavering US support and billions of dollars in aid. Biden officials have the option of tapping into the remaining $6 billion in the weapons stockpile approved by Congress and sending it to Ukraine, but that could take months.
Additionally, President Trump may decide to halt shipments of these weapons after taking office. President Trump has promised to end the war between Russia and Ukraine by the time he takes office, citing his ability to negotiate with both Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky and Russian President Vladimir Putin. is likely to include some kind of peace agreement.
“We are realistic about the limits of our power and the breadth and scope of the power that Donald Trump will inherit from day one,” the official told Politico.
Before leaving office in 2021, Trump succeeded in “pivoting some of his foreign policy efforts to rival Biden,” according to Politico. These included condemning China's crackdown on religious minorities in mainland China's Xinjiang Uighur Autonomous Region as “genocide” and labeling Cuba a state sponsor of terrorism.
According to Politico, Biden's team has chosen not to change these policies because it would be politically disadvantageous to do so.
“[Trump officials] They were bold, ambitious and willing to take risks. We were not,” a U.S. official told Politico. “We could have reversed everything they did on the first day.”
Mr. Biden and those around him have regularly praised his skill in navigating geopolitics and foreign policy, which critics argue will only further confuse the world on the world stage. Two global wars broke out in Europe and the Middle East during Biden's presidency, and Biden administration officials were virtually incapable of steering these conflicts one way or the other.
Biden will also step down as president, accusing him of being responsible for the disastrous 2021 Afghanistan withdrawal that left 13 U.S. servicemen dead and put the United States at a disadvantage as it seeks to withdraw from two decades of war in the Middle East. It turns out.
The State Department and the White House National Security Council did not respond to requests for comment.
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