Trump's "America First" doctrine died when his presidency did. From the outset, Biden is intent on remaking foreign policy on the principles he's always lived by in public life. Subscribe: http://ab.co/1svxLVE Read more here: https://ab.co/3pVcPwk

That's why, weather permitting, he put State Department at the top of his list of departmental destinations and to deliver his first major speech on how its 75,000-strong workforce should approach foreign policy.

He called out Russia, announced America would pull back on its participation in the war in Yemen, and vowed to protect the rights of LGBTQ people around the globe.

"I made clear to [Russian President Vladimir] Putin, in a manner very different from my predecessor, that the days of the United States rolling over in the face of Russia's aggressive actions … are over," he said.

Biden's belief in alliances and engagement as the cornerstones of US global leadership is unshakeable. But the world he has to work in as president has changed substantially from the one he observed as a senator or even as vice-president only four years ago.



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