In one, Biden arrived as the confident statesman burnishing a legacy and preparing to hand off to his vice president.
In the other, he was faced with anxious world leaders and fresh questions about whether, as he’d spent four years claiming, “America was back.”He wanted the first.
Denied a victory lap on the world stage, Biden will instead use his time in Peru and Brazil this week for reflection and looking ahead.
No longer viewed on the world stage as the American president who defeated Donald Trump — and his “America First” ideology — for good, Biden will find himself amid leaders who are already moving on.
As Biden was preparing to depart following his meeting with Trump, his top national security aide said his message to the world wouldn’t change, despite Trump’s election.
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