President Biden’s latest gaffe was to insult Japan and India, calling them xenophobic. But the US president has a history of insulting US allies and has often shown he doesn’t understand world affairs or the importance of the people he meets.
When Biden visited the UK on Good Friday last year, he chose Ireland over Britain, upsetting Prime Minister Rishi Sunak. He also missed the coronation of King Charles III, a grave mistake considering Britain was America’s closest ally and had fought alongside us in nearly every conflict except Vietnam.
In February, he called Vladimir Putin a “crazy SOB.” Granted, Russia is not an ally of the United States, but personally insulting world leaders is not normal behavior. This situation makes it difficult to reach a peace agreement in Ukraine. Likewise, Biden called Trump a clown and told him to “shut up.” The two are not friends, but with Biden at the helm, the Democratic Party has lost its moral high ground. He also called a Fox News reporter a “stupid son of a bastard.”
Speaking at the G7, Biden confused Macron with Mitterrand, who died in 1996, and France with Germany. “And Mitterrand from Germany – I mean, from France…” he told the leader of the world’s richest country, as center-right candidate Giorgia Meloni looked As he prepares to be elected as Italy’s new prime minister, Biden suggested that a right-wing candidate’s election would represent a collapse of democracy. He warned: “You just saw what happened in Italy in that election. You are seeing what is happening around the world. And I say that because you can’t be optimistic about what’s happening here either.” manner.
In March, he insulted Hungary’s conservative Prime Minister Viktor Orban, saying he “completely does not believe democracy can work and is seeking dictatorship.” Obviously, Orban has never called for dictatorship, but he has opposed unfettered globalism and put the needs of the country ahead of the demands of the EU. It sounds like a good idea for a head of state to prioritize his own country, like “America First.”
By far the most serious violation of diplomatic integrity has been Biden’s mishandling of relations with Saudi Arabia. In 2019, during his presidential campaign, Biden called the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia a “pariah” state.He threatened: “We [are] In fact, it will make them pay the price, making them de facto pariahs.
Three years later, when gasoline prices hit record highs, he crawled to the kingdom to plead with them to increase production and lower prices. Before leaving the United States, he downplayed the significance of the meeting, telling reporters that the specific purpose of his trip to the Middle East was not to meet with Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman but that both men would be attending a meeting and could meet by chance. Meet. When the two met, Biden did not shake hands but gave the crown prince a fist bump.
If Biden were a social media influencer, the fist bump would be considered a success because the photo went viral. However, as the head of the most powerful country on earth, his hopes of achieving diplomatic goals failed miserably, seriously offending the prince and the country he represented.
One of the facts that Biden forgets when meeting with dictators or royalty is that they have it all. By contrast, the U.S. president owns nothing, not even the limousine he rides in or the house on Pennsylvania Avenue where he lives. Thein will retire, while the dictator and the royal family will continue to rule. They were there long before Biden became a U.S. government signatory, and they will be there long after.
It might be easy for the man who holds the most powerful position on Earth to forget that he’s just a blip on the geopolitical timeline, but Biden doesn’t seem to even consider that. He seems to truly believe that he, not the office, has the power.
Trump has been in the public spotlight since at least 1980. That experience showed in his handling of Putin, Xi Jinping and Saudi Arabia, as well as his ability to secure a meeting with Kim Jong Un.
Biden also seems to have forgotten that the world is watching the United States through the Internet. Speaking at a black college, he blamed white people. His habit of pandering to his audience blinded him to the fact that those he insulted were also watching. Like a campaigning politician, he hopes to be able to say what he thinks the audience wants to hear at the time and forget about it ten minutes later. But that’s not how the world works. Long before their meeting, Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman was well aware of Biden’s harsh rhetoric and labeling his country a pariah.
The crown prince also knows that during the same trip to the Middle East, Biden shook hands with former Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, and he only bumped fists with the Saudi Arabian crown prince.
It’s no surprise that Saudi Arabia isn’t helping Biden lower gas prices.
In addition to not doing what the United States wants them to do, some world leaders have snubbed Biden. Both Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman and UAE Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan refused to speak to Biden in March 2022. El Lopez Obrador refused to participate in the Summit of the Americas hosted by the United States that year because the government excluded Cuba, Venezuela and Nicaragua. Most recently, Jordan canceled a U.S. summit with Arab leaders as Biden prioritized a visit to Israel.
Whether by accident or coincidence, Biden has insulted U.S. allies, and now the U.S. is involved in conflicts in Ukraine and Gaza, while at the same time vigorously safeguarding Taiwan’s defense and stemming chaos in Haiti. Additionally, the United States is trying to prevent Africa from collapsing due to the resurgence of ISIS and Boko Haram.
