Biden Says He Was A Steady Hand After Trump

January 13, 2025 5:15 am

WASHINGTON (AP) — As President Joe Biden prepares to leave office next week, he remains insistent that his one-term presidency has made strides in restoring American credibility on the world stage and has proved that the U.S. remains an indispensable partner around the globe. That’s the message that will be at the center of a capstone address he will deliver on Monday reflecting on his foreign policy legacy. Yet, Biden’s case for his foreign policy achievements will be shadowed and shaped, at least in the near term, by the messy counterfactual that American voters are returning the country’s stewardship to Donald Trump and his protectionist worldview.