10/15/2020

FOREIGN POLICY/JOE BIDEN/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: [Audience member: “Does President Trump’s foreign policy deserve some credit?”]

“A little, but not a whole lot. We find ourselves in a position where we’re more isolated in the world than we’ve ever been…

You have Iran closer to having enough nuclear material to build a bomb. North Korea has more bombs and missiles available to it. We find ourselves where our NATO allies are publicly saying they can’t count on us. We’re in a situation, as well, where in the Far East, we find ourselves in the — in the Western Pacific, where we’re isolated, as well.

You have Japan and South Korea at odds with one another, China is making moves. So, I — you know, I would say we find ourselves less secure than we’ve been.”

-Joe Biden, “Read the full transcript of Joe Biden’s ABC News town hall,” abcnews.go.com, Oct. 15, 2020