The president thinks he is leaving the world in better shape than he found it.
The US chief executive began his administration’s foreign policy journey in 2021 with a speech from the State Department, and so it ended at the same venue. On Jan. 13, 2025, President Joe Biden took his place behind the podium with a backdrop of American flags and fenced on both sides by teleprompters at Foggy Bottom to recount the foreign policy successes of his administration. The commander-in-chief’s rosy recap of his geopolitical challenges tested the limits of credulity. He attempted to impress his fawning State Department audience with his stalwart leadership, suggesting he is leaving the world better than he had found it. Reality was the louder voice in the auditorium.
Biden and His Failed Foreign Policy Legacy
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