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mystery-ak:
Biden blasted for attacking ally and comparing Japan to Russia and China: ‘Not something diplomatic to say’
By
Brady Knox
May 2, 2024 8:56 am
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President Joe Biden lumped in longtime ally Japan with Russia and China, denouncing them as “xenophobic,” which drew widespread outrage.

Speaking at a campaign fundraiser on Wednesday that marked Asian American, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander Heritage Month, Biden credited the United States’s economic power to immigrants, using China, Russia, and Japan as a contrast.

“Why is China stalling so badly economically, why is Japan having trouble, why is Russia, why is India, because they’re xenophobic,” he said, according to Reuters. “They don’t want immigrants. Immigrants are what makes us strong.”

Since the end of World War II, Japan has served as one of the U.S.’s closest allies, particularly in serving as a key bulwark against China following its takeover by the communists in 1948. Biden’s comments mark one of the harshest criticisms of the country by a U.S. president since the end of World War II.

Jeffrey Hall, Japanese studies lecturer at Kanda University of International Studies in Chiba, Japan, told NBC News that the comments weren’t diplomatically wise.

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https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/policy/foreign-policy/2988095/biden-blasted-attacking-ally-comparing-japan-russia-china-not-something-diplomatic/

DefiantMassRINO:
1.) Japan is xenophobic.
2.) That is irrelevant for regional security.

If America tries to make every foreign nation in its own image, Foreign Policy will be a major fail.

Putin would be happy to make nice with Japan.  Go ahead, push Japan into Russia's sphere of influence.

mystery-ak:
White House does damage control after Biden calls Japan and India ‘xenophobic’
By
Christian Datoc
May 2, 2024 2:06 pm
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The White House scrambled to explain comments President Joe Biden made about Japan’s stance on immigrants Wednesday night at a fundraiser in Washington, D.C.

Biden’s remarks came just weeks after he hosted Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida for a state visit at the White House. Wednesday’s campaign event was primarily attended by Asian American donors.

According to the press pool traveling with Biden, the president lumped in Japan and India, two strong U.S. allies, with Russia and China, claiming that all four were xenophobic and that their opposition to incoming migrants negatively impacted them economically.

White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre faced multiple questions about Biden’s comments while traveling with the president to North Carolina on Thursday, and she claimed that Biden was trying to contrast those countries with the United States’s own acceptance of migrants.

“The broader case that he was trying to make,” Jean-Pierre told reporters, “when it comes to who we are as a nation, we are a nation of immigrants. That is in our DNA.”

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https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/white-house/2988691/white-house-damage-control-biden-japan-xenophobic/

DefiantMassRINO:
India is not xenophobic.  They are transforming into a Hindu theocracy.

Smokin Joe:
Nice show of weakness there, sniffy. If China makes a move, it will be because it detects fractures in any Asian defense....

Project weakness, that's the path to pieces! (Why settle with one peace when you can have lots of pieces?)

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