Biden pens op-ed detailing how he would undo Trump's foreign policy

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https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/479587-biden-pens-op-ed-detailing-how-he-would-undo-trumps-foreign-policy

Former Vice President Joe Biden on Thursday released an op-ed detailing his foreign policy platform, which would aim to undo President Trump's doctrine.

"The next U.S. president will have to address the world as it is in January 2021, and picking up the pieces will be an enormous task," Biden writes in the Foreign Affairs op-ed, titled "Why America Must Lead Again."

The multi-pronged approach calls for "renewing democracy" domestically by reversing Trump's immigration policies, specificall his stances on family separations, in addition to setting the annual refugee admission rate at 125,000 and increase it over time. Biden also pledged to reinstate the ban on torture in the U.S.

The former vice president also pledged to have a foreign policy platform that empowers middle-class Americans in the global economy.

He said his administration would empower the group through a number of measures, including raising the minimum wage, ensuring every American has access to health care and investing in innovative technologies like 5G and clean energy.

Biden went on to write that he would not enter into trade agreements without ensuring that Americans are equipped to compete in the global economy.

"I will not negotiate new deals without having labor and environmental leaders at the table in a meaningful way and without including strong enforcement provisions to hold our partners to the deals they sign," he said.

He also emphasized the need to bring U.S. troops home from the "forever wars" in Iraq and Afghanistan, instead focusing the nation's resources on counterterrorism.

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Biden's op-ed here:

https://www.foreignaffairs.com/articles/united-states/2020-01-23/why-america-must-lead-again

Why America Must Lead Again

Rescuing U.S. Foreign Policy After Trump

By Joseph R. Biden, Jr. January 23, 2020



By nearly every measure, the credibility and influence of the United States in the world have diminished since President Barack Obama and I left office on January 20, 2017. President Donald Trump has belittled, undermined, and in some cases abandoned U.S. allies and partners. He has turned on our own intelligence professionals, diplomats, and troops. He has emboldened our adversaries and squandered our leverage to contend with national security challenges from North Korea to Iran, from Syria to Afghanistan to Venezuela, with practically nothing to show for it. He has launched ill-advised trade wars, against the United States’ friends and foes alike, that are hurting the American middle class. He has abdicated American leadership in mobilizing collective action to meet new threats, especially those unique to this century. Most profoundly, he has turned away from the democratic values that give strength to our nation and unify us as a people.

Meanwhile, the global challenges facing the United States—from climate change and mass migration to technological disruption and infectious diseases—have grown more complex and more urgent, while the rapid advance of authoritarianism, nationalism, and illiberalism has undermined our ability to collectively meet them. Democracies—paralyzed by hyperpartisanship, hobbled by corruption, weighed down by extreme inequality—are having a harder time delivering for their people. Trust in democratic institutions is down. Fear of the Other is up. And the international system that the United States so carefully constructed is coming apart at the seams. Trump and demagogues around the world are leaning into these forces for their own personal and political gain.

The next U.S. president will have to address the world as it is in January 2021, and picking up the pieces will be an enormous task. He or she will have to salvage our reputation, rebuild confidence in our leadership, and mobilize our country and our allies to rapidly meet new challenges. There will be no time to lose.

As president, I will take immediate steps to renew U.S. democracy and alliances, protect the United States’ economic future, and once more have America lead the world. This is not a moment for fear. This is the time to tap the strength and audacity that took us to victory in two world wars and brought down the Iron Curtain.

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1. Thank you for Joe Biden's OP!