President Biden heads to a summit meeting in Japan meant to unify allies against threats from Russia and China.
HIROSHIMA, Japan — President Joe Biden is headed to a summit meeting in Japan meant to unify allies against threats from Russia and China, leaving behind an unresolved fight over the debt ceiling that showcases the disunity surrounding American politics.
Shortening the trip is a setback for the president’s diplomatic ambitions. The White House had envisioned the meetings with leaders in Australia and Papua New Guinea as a forum to rally countries that have chafed under China’s efforts to exert military and economic influence in the Pacific. A central premise of Biden’s presidency is that the U.S. offers the better model — that democracies allow political freedoms and economic opportunities that autocracies like China forbid.
At the White House, aides tried to put the best face on the hasty overhaul of the president’s itinerary. John Kirby, a spokesman for the White House’s National Security Council, told reporters that curtailing the trip underscores Biden’s determination to end the impasse and not hand adversaries a fresh talking point about America’s partisan split.
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