Lame duck or legacy maker? How Biden announcement could affect US relations with foreign leaders

Lame duck or legacy maker? How Biden announcement could affect US relations with foreign leaders

Announcement comes at turbulent time in world affairs, with conflicts in Ukraine and Gaza and a growing US-China rivalry

After Sunday’s bombshell decision not to seek re-election, Joe Biden still has six months left as the US president and commander-in-chief, and foreign leaders could be expected to write off the American president as a lame duck.

Around the world, heads of government and top diplomats had been preparing for a sea change in US policy under a potential Donald Trump administration, guided by his America First views that are broadly skeptical of Europe, unsympathetic toward Ukraine, hawkish on China and pro-Israel.

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