Opinion of Biden's foreign policy?

[SnowLabrador]

As serious as the situation in Gaza is, this meme sums it up. His foreign policy hasn't just been morally abhorrent, but also politically boneheaded.

[redjohn]

Literally nauseating and mind-spinningly awful. What is he doing? Who is advising this man?

[dw93]

Best President of the 21st century.

[MR DARK BRANDON]

Best President of the 21st century.

[Vice President Christian Man]

Neutral but leaning closer to freedom than horrible.

[SWE]

One genocide away from being the best foreign policy of any president in decades, but alas

[America Needs R'hllor]

The best foreign policy President since Truman. He is the strongest champion for liberal democracy we have in the world right now, and is also the best hope for Palestinian liberation from Hamas oppression and Israeli occupation, which anyone with a brain can see. But the brains of Americans, especially young people, have been completely and utterly corrupted by propaganda, and they're marching the world into hell.

[President Johnson]

Best President of the 21st century.

This, and actually the best of the last 50 years.

[OSR stands with Israel]

Best President of the 21st century.

This, and actually the best of the last 50 years.

His FP is not better than Reagan’s or HW’s by any means . Reagan’s FP helped bring down the Warsaw pact and while liberals like to claim his FP didn’t have much to do with that , the Polish themselves thank Reagan for his policies in helping liberate them .

HW’s FP also was a dramatic success as you saw him oversee the collapse of the USSR in one of the best ways possible (it could have easily ended up in disaster if handled wrongly), led the US to win the gulf war with historically low casualties which in turn was possible because of the military reforms he and Reagan made , took out an increasingly hostile government in Panama etc .

[Beet]

Outside of Israel/Palestine, honestly not that bad.

I would like to see him return to JCPOA, ditch Saudi Arabia, and seek a diplomatic solution in Russia/Ukraine.

But in 2020, with rioting on the streets, Trump's mishandling of Covid, and the economy in turmoil, it felt like America was in decline. Dictators and authoritarians were on the march. Now they are on their back heel. For the first time in a long time, it feels like the future is bright again for America's leadership in the world-- or at least it would, if not for our continued support of Netanyahu. Either way, it no longer feels like America is in decline, we are on the rise. At least there is hope.

[Blue3]

Good on Afghanistan and Ukraine/Russia/NATO, and less visibly but still with China/Taiwan and Korea.

Terrible at Israel/Palestine, and other escalations in the region such as around the Red Sea.

[Progressive Pessimist]

It hasn't been perfect, but for some of the things he is getting crap for (Afghanistan withdrawal, support for Israel) I think they were the right thing to do, or even the only realistic option.

[Mr. Smith]

Still the best/effective since Bush Sr, and the most humane since Carter.

[Senator Incitatus]

Really excellent for a member of his party, by which I mean not guilty of treason.

[VBM]

As serious as the situation in Gaza is, this meme sums it up. His foreign policy hasn't just been morally abhorrent, but also politically boneheaded.

Air dropping 38000 meals to Gaza is a very bizarre way of committing genocide

[Antonio the Sixth]

Deeply mixed bag. Very slight lean FP because defending Ukraine is the most significant aspect of it in the long run (although really it should have been obvious to any US president and the fact that he's dragged his feet on some key decisions is a mark of shame) but alongside that you have the failure to even fully reverse the damage done by his predecessor on Iran or Cuba, combined with excessive support for questionable allies like Saudi Arabia and (to a lesser extent) Israel, and the debacle that was the Afghanistan withdrawal. His China policy is probably something that will take decades to fully assess.

[YE]

Lol at the idea turning against Israel will help Biden win re-election.

[VBM]

Deeply mixed bag. Very slight lean FP because defending Ukraine is the most significant aspect of it in the long run (although really it should have been obvious to any US president and the fact that he's dragged his feet on some key decisions is a mark of shame) but alongside that you have the failure to even fully reverse the damage done by his predecessor on Iran or Cuba, combined with excessive support for questionable allies like Saudi Arabia and (to a lesser extent) Israel, and the debacle that was the Afghanistan withdrawal. His China policy is probably something that will take decades to fully assess.

The Afghanistan withdrawal was fine. Why is it Biden’s fault that the Afghani people had absolutely no will to oppose the Taliban from taking over?

[HillGoose]

hes been a pussy and not taken the fight to the russkis, red chinese, and iranians like he should

still better than trump's foreign policy tho considering trump wants to appease the damn reds

[Grumpier Than Uncle Joe]

If you like looking weak and ineffective it's fine.  Otherwise, HP.

[John Dule]

He has been castigated for his greatest successes and praised for his most feckless failures.

[Mr. Smith]

He has been castigated for his greatest successes and praised for his most feckless failures.

The Obama FP thread isn't here!

[Antonio the Sixth]

Deeply mixed bag. Very slight lean FP because defending Ukraine is the most significant aspect of it in the long run (although really it should have been obvious to any US president and the fact that he's dragged his feet on some key decisions is a mark of shame) but alongside that you have the failure to even fully reverse the damage done by his predecessor on Iran or Cuba, combined with excessive support for questionable allies like Saudi Arabia and (to a lesser extent) Israel, and the debacle that was the Afghanistan withdrawal. His China policy is probably something that will take decades to fully assess.

The Afghanistan withdrawal was fine. Why is it Biden’s fault that the Afghani people had absolutely no will to oppose the Taliban from taking over?

The vast majority of Afghans are not Taliban and do not want a Taliban led government - they were just left with no other decent fighting force after the US spent years propping up the most corrupt useless clowns. You can't just bust into a place and try to run it for two decades and then get to wash your hands of what happens when you leave. The US created the conditions that led to the massive dysfunction in the ANA, and it was its responsibility to fix it so they left a functioning state behind and not a crumbling mess.