Biden opens busy foreign policy stretch as anxious allies shift gaze to Trump, Harris

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden is opening a busy stretch Friday tending to international allies anxious about where U.S. foreign policy is headed when he leaves office in four months, most likely leaving behind a difficult set of crises for former President Donald Trump or Vice President Kamala Harris to contend with.

But even as Biden launches into a week of talks with world leaders that will take place in Delaware, the White House and at the United Nations, global attention has begun drifting toward Trump and Harris, who are offering voters — and the world— sharply diverging views on foreign policy.

“The more I talk to people around the world, the more I get a sense of profound anxiety about the shape of the U.S. election,” said Jon Alterman, a senior vice president at the Center for Strategic and International Studies in Washington.

Alterman added that Biden’s upcoming engagements with world leaders could seem like “a sideshow” as much of the world focuses on Harris and Trump.

Biden kicked off his spurt of diplomacy on Friday by hosting Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese for talks at his home near Wilmington, Delaware.

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