Caught up in domestic politics, Joe Biden shortens his tour of Asia

2023-05-18T17:59:41.360Z

Highlights: Biden will return to Washington after the Hiroshima summit to try to avoid a default by the United States. The U.S. president arrived in Japan on Thursday for the G7 summit, but the White House announced that he was giving up on continuing his eight-day trip to the Pacific. This change in program symbolizes Biden's difficult position. He must simultaneously face gigantic international challenges and counter the maneuvers of the Republican Party whose most extreme members are ready to risk everything to bring about his downfall.

ANALYSIS - Giving up continuing his 8-day trip to the Pacific, the US president will return to Washington after the Hiroshima summit to try to avoid a default by the United States.

Washington correspondent

Joe Biden's diplomatic activities are hampered by domestic political issues. The US president arrived in Japan on Thursday for the G7 summit, but the White House announced that he was giving up on continuing his eight-day trip to the Pacific as planned. Recalled to Washington by negotiations with Republicans on raising the debt ceiling, Biden will return to the United States after the Hiroshima summit to try to avoid a potentially catastrophic default for his country and the global economy. This change in program symbolizes Biden's difficult position.

Elected at the head of a deeply divided country, the American president must simultaneously face gigantic international challenges and counter the maneuvers of a Republican Party whose most extreme members are ready to risk everything to bring about his downfall. Internationally, Biden's Pacific tour was...

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Source: lefigaro

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