November 06, 2022

Jeffrey D. Sachs : Biden’s Foreign Policy Sinking His Party & Ukraine

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Biden's Foreign Policy Sinking His Party & Ukraine


Jeffrey D. Sachs says the U.S. president's dismissal of diplomacy undermines his own party, prolongs the destruction of Ukraine and threatens nuclear war.  

November 2, 2022
By Jeffrey D. Sachs 

 

President Joe Biden is undermining his party's congressional prospects through a deeply flawed foreign policy. 

Biden believes that America's global reputation is at stake in the Ukraine War and has consistently rejected a diplomatic off-ramp.  The Ukraine War, combined with the administration's disruptions of economic relations with China, is aggravating the stagflation that will likely deliver one or both houses of Congress to the Republicans. 

Far worse, Biden's dismissal of diplomacy prolongs the destruction of Ukraine and threatens nuclear war.  

Biden inherited an economy beset by deep disruptions to global supply chains caused by the pandemic and by former President Donald Trump's erratic trade policies. Yet instead of trying to calm the waters and repair the disruptions, Biden escalated the U.S. conflicts with both Russia and China. 

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