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  • message to the world.

  • America is back.

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  • S President Joe Biden on Friday vowed to end transactional diplomacy and promote democracy over autocracies ah, stark contrast to the foreign policy of his predecessor, Donald Trump.

  • Our partnerships have endured and grown through the years because they are rooted in the richness of our shared democratic values.

  • They're not transactional.

  • Speaking after a virtual visit to Europe for the G seven leaders meeting, Biden tried to reestablish the US as a team player following four years of Trump's America first policies, ones that angered allies by breaking off global accords.

  • I know the past few years of strained and tested our transatlantic relationship, but the United States is determined, determined to re engage with Europe.

  • And Biden came to play announcing a $4 billion pledge of support for global coronavirus vaccination efforts, showcasing a nearly $2 trillion spending measure that could bolster both the U.

  • S and global economies and re entering the US into the Paris climate accord which Trump had turned his back on.

  • We have to rapidly accelerate our commitments to aggressively curb our emissions and the whole one another accountable Biden on Friday, first joined G seven leaders from Britain, France, Germany, Italy, Canada and Japan by video conference hosted by British Prime Minister Boris Johnson, a meeting which included the awkward moment familiar to all who work remotely.

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  • That's okay.

  • After some chuckles, leaders got to work pledging billions of dollars to a coronavirus vaccination program for poorer countries.

  • They discuss countering China's non market oriented policies as well as challenges ranging from cybersecurity to nuclear proliferation.

  • Biden also made clear US commitment to the NATO alliance was unshakable.

  • The United States is fully committed Tornado alliance, and I welcome your Europe's growing investment in the military capabilities that enable our shared defensive.

  • A statement again at odds with Trump, who called the NATO alliance outdated and had at one point suggested Washington could withdraw.

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