Biden's up, talking about the pandemic. "We're mourning more than 4.5 million people" — though the real number is certainly far higher. #UNGA
Biden warns of "universal principles being trampled in the pursuit of naked political power... We stand in my view at an inflection point in history."
Biden says we are closing a period of "relentless war" and opening one of "relentless diplomacy." He says our own success is "bound up in others succeeding as well." A pointed repudiation of Trumpism.
Biden: "US military power must be our tool of last resort, not our first."
Biden is delivering a speech that is an obvious rejection of "America First" — rooted in a kind of global empathy, respect for common struggles, liberal principles, multilateral cooperation. But all govts keenly aware of the gap between US rhetoric and action.
"The truth is the democratic world is everywhere." Not a bad line.
Impossible to square Biden's remarks here with the recent flurry of commentary about his "realism."
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