Unite the coalition behind Ukraine and celebrate his birthday behind his candidacy

WASHINGTON – President Joe Biden will enter the NATO summit in Washington facing two very different challenging situations, neither of which is simple.

On the global stage, his advisers say, he wants to make a case for maintaining international alliances at a time when many populist and nationalist leaders are looking inward.

However, the toughest work will be on the domestic front, where she will need to conduct three days of meetings, speeches and dinners — through a news conference on Thursday — with the same passion and focus that was evident during her debate with Donald Trump. Remained absent.

The summit should be a friendly forum for Biden, who is trying to fend off cries from fellow Democrats to drop out of the presidential race after his mandatory debate.

It’s being held on his home turf, so he won’t have to deal with traveling to another country, and he says he felt exhausted before the talk because of the time that had passed.

“He will be on an international stage,” said William Daley, a prominent White House aide to President Barack Obama. “This is the first big forum for the president since the debate.”

Biden has invested huge amounts of political capital in helping Ukraine repel Russia’s aggression, and the extreme will show how the pro-Ukraine coalition he helped keep largely intact.

White Space officials, outside the chain of 32 NATO member states, said they and their NATO counterparts would launch a series of measures to strengthen Ukraine’s combat system.

Officials said the leaders are expected to announce the delivery of unused air defense programs that will help Ukraine execute unused Russian missiles and drones, as well as move toward Ukraine’s joining NATO.

“Look for some very specific deliverables and announcements about NATO support for Ukraine from this summit,” a senior White Space official said in an interview. “There will be some major muscular movements that will prove that support (for Ukraine) is still very strong.”

The summit marks the 75th anniversary of NATO, a collective security alliance that has served as a bulwark against Soviet and Russian aggression in Europe in the post-World War II period. The mutual security clause of the promise – called Article 5 – has been invoked only once, when the US asked NATO allies to improve their response to the September 11 attacks.

Biden will welcome fellow NATO leaders to an event Tuesday evening at Mellon Auditorium, where the treaty was signed on April 4, 1949. The following evening, Biden will host a dinner for his NATO allies at the White House.

This alliance is closely based on American investment, management, and backup of the armed forces, which seemed to be at risk during the Trump presidency itself. Arguing that US shortages were occurring, Trump blamed several European allies for not keeping a promise to set aside 2% of their imported domestic products for protection.

In February, Trump said that Russia could do “whatever it wants” with countries that do not spend much on defense, raising the possibility that, if elected, he would withdraw from NATO. Will forget about provision 5.

Senator Richard Blumenthal, D-Conn., a member of the Armed Products and Services Committee, said in an interview, “There is no doubt that NATO will be seriously endangered because Trump has undermined NATO’s value to the United States. unequivocally condemned.” , “And the same is true of Ukraine.”

The senior official said Biden has begun reviewing the draft of the tone to be sent to the conference. A more likely message they send is that NATO contributors have increased military spending under their control, thereby portraying some of Trump’s ECU allies as freeloaders.

When Trump left the government in January 2021, only nine aides were meeting the 2% threshold, according to the Biden leadership. Recently, there are 23.

“Many Americans have the view that the Europeans are doing nothing and that they are taking advantage of us and not bearing the burden,” James Townsend, former deputy secretary of state for ECU and NATO coverage, said at a briefing. For journalists, hosted by the Atlantic Council think tank. “That case is getting weaker.”

Very important elections are at their peak in America and Europe. Britain’s unelected prime minister, Keir Starmer, will contest elections in the next few days after his Labor Party defeated the Conservatives in nationwide elections. His left-of-center birthday celebration has been out of energy for 14 years.

A mile-perfect birthday celebration in France on Sunday under the leadership of Marine Le Pen was heading for the required third place, and A surprising result that Biden will certainly be happy with.

Le Pen said in an interview with CNN that if her party were to gain power, it could prevent France from arming Ukraine with guns that could hit inside Russia’s borders.

Le Pen’s defeat is helping to strengthen the consensus within NATO to protect Ukraine’s self-rule. However, Hungary is still different. Its Prime Minister, Viktor Orban, later met with Russian President Vladimir Putin to talk about an end to the war. A nationalist who has befriended Trump, Orban upset US officials during a visit to Moscow.

“Obviously we were not happy with Orbán’s visit,” the senior white space confidant said. “But he is Orban, and we have been working with him for a long time.”

A distant question facing NATO is Biden’s fate and the possibility of Trump’s return. International coverage professionals said they are expecting the presidential race to be the focus of in-person meetings and conversations at its peak.

Trump supports the slogan “America First” which questions the alliances the US builds between countries that share its democratic tradition and family values.

Biden will reject the pinnacle of indecision to support the internationalist approach he supports. A suitable future would probably be a Thursday news conference, assuming he can discuss it with more coherence and cogency than he evidently did during Trump’s debate on June 27.

“This is a huge opportunity for him (Biden) to lead with passion and energy and to underline his commitment to the alliance,” said Ian Brzezinski, another former security official who spoke at the Atlantic Council briefing.

“They have to do that not just around the table and in closed-door meetings, but using all the public platforms created by this summit to demonstrate that leadership,” Brzezinski said.

“That’s what peer leaders will be looking for. They’re clearly concerned about what they saw in the debate. This is a great opportunity to overturn that perception.”