During Monday’s press conference, White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki was asked about Democrat President Joe Biden’s speech tomorrow at the United Nations and what Biden is planning to do to address the most recent of many international crises he has managed to cause during his few months as president.
“And just on the foreign policy front with the U.N. visit tomorrow, President Biden came into office declaring that America is back in vowing to reinvigorate U.S. alliances,” CNN’s Jeremy Diamond said. “But in recent weeks, we’ve seen European allies be unsettled by the execution of the U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan, the administration has admitted to mistakenly killing 10 civilians in this drone strike. And now the U.S.’s oldest ally, France, has recalled its ambassador after being blindsided by this submarine deal with Australia.”
“So my question to you is, how is the President going to restore U.S. credibility at the U.N. this week after all that?” he asked.
Psaki responded, “What you’ll hear [President Biden] talk about tomorrow is the President is going to lay out the case for why the next decade will determine our future, not just for the United States, but for the global community. And he will talk — and this will be a central part of his remarks — about the importance of reestablishing our alliances after the last several years.”
“I also think it’s important to note that re-establishing alliances doesn’t mean that you won’t have disagreements, or you won’t have disagreements about how to approach any particular issue in the world,” she continued. “That is not the bar for having an alliance and important, and partnership. That has never been and it is not currently and his, with the goal of course, of increasing the prospect of security and diminishing the prospect of war.”
“He’ll also make clear that for many of the greatest concerns we have, they cannot be solved or even addressed through the force of arms,” she added. “Whether that is preparing for the next pandemic, something the United States continues to be the global leader on, providing more vaccines to the world than every other country combined. Addressing the threat of climate change as we look, all look ahead to COP26, leveling the economic playing field, fighting for democracy at home and abroad and against threats from cybersecurity, ranging from cybersecurity to emerging technologies and terrorism.”
WOW this question to Jen Psaki from CNN's Jeremy Diamond: "Biden came in to office declaring that America is back, & vowing to reinvigorate U.S. alliances, but in recent weeks, we’ve seen European allies be unsettled…How is the President going to restore U.S. credibility[?]" pic.twitter.com/FkAvTEfUax
— Curtis Houck (@CurtisHouck) September 20, 2021
Last week, it was revealed that President Biden’s administration had responded to the terrorist attack in Afghanistan that killed 13 U.S. servicemembers with a drone strike that killed 10 civilians, including 7 children and a U.S. aid worker… And zero terrorists.
“The Pentagon admitted Friday that a U.S. drone strike in Kabul, Afghanistan last month killed as many as 10 civilians including up to seven children…” CNBC reported. “The drone strike came on the heels of a suicide bomb attack by the terrorist group ISIS-K that resulted in the deaths of 13 U.S. service members and dozens of Afghans near Hamid Karzai International Airport, where colossal evacuation efforts were underway as the U.S. pulled out from Afghanistan.”
