Este fim de semana vê o presidente dos EUA Joe Biden embarcar em sua primeira viagem ao exterior desde sua eleição há 6 meses. 1a usou suas milhas aéreas no super luxo para visitar líderes desonestos na Coréia do Norte, amigos na Rússia e na Ásia Central, além de viagens frequentes a destinos globais de golfe. As viagens de Trump ao exterior tendem a resultar em América distanciando-se de aliados e grupos comerciais de longa data. Primeira vez que ele se encontrará cara a cara com os líderes das maiores economias para conversas públicas e privadas. Cada vez mais da América Latina. Isso será interessante seguir, pois existem alguns subtextos fervilhantes e gráficos distraídos que-sem gerenciamento adequado-podem explodir nos próximos dias. Biden está compreensivelmente orgulhoso de seu ancestral irlandês, mas vê isso como tendo que estar às custas de qualquer sentimento quente em relação ao Reino Unido. Seus '
No stranger to Air Force One, Biden will however be sitting in the VIP front section where the Commander in Chief’s chair takes pride of place rather than back in economy where the former VP and travelling press pack used to hang out on his trips during the Obama days.
The last occupant of seat 1A used his air miles in the super luxury jumbo to visit rogue leaders in North Korea, pals in Russia and Central Asia as well as frequent trips to global golf destinations. Trump’s trips abroad tended to result in America distancing itself from long standing allies and trading groups.
Biden was elected, in no small part, on America’s wish to normalize relationships with the rest of the world and to take its seat at the top table again.
Biden has made many such noises since his election, pledging to re-join environmental and social justice discussions his predecessor ditched but this G7 Conference is the first time he will meet face-to-face with the leaders of the largest economies for public and private conversations.
America’s interest in being ‘back in the game’ so to speak, is not just a diplomatic flexing of the world’s largest super-power muscle – it also makes enormous economic and commercial sense for the world’s number one economy, especially as China is proving a master at constructing side deals with growing economies in Africa, South-East Asia and increasingly Latin America.
That the G7 Conference is in Cornwall will also shine a bright light on the old ‘special relationship’ between U.S. and UK. This will be interesting to follow as there are a few simmering sub-texts and distracting plots which – without proper management – could explode over the coming days.
It is a sad fact, but Biden is not especially a big fan of UK.
He doesn’t have that Anglophile streak so many of us Brits fortunately encounter in our daily dealings here in America. Biden is understandably proud of his Irish ancestory but sees that as having to be at the expense of any warm feelings towards the UK.
He has let this personal perception cloud the coverage before. His ‘ Sou irlandês' Comentários à BBC no início do ano foram grosseiros, equivocados e impróprias do homem mais poderoso do mundo. Embora eu não conheça a profundidade de seus sentimentos pessoais sobre o tópico complicado de reunificação na ilha da Irlanda, todas as suas declarações até o momento parecem sugerir o poderoso lobby irlandês-americano, tem seu ouvido e olho. Protocolo como central para a paz contínua na Irlanda e que qualquer coisa que ele considere os testes seja desaprovada. Jogando uma carta diplomática - o 'demarche' - que expressa formalmente os pensamentos e opiniões de um governo sobre as posições políticas de outro governo.
So perhaps it wasn’t such a surprise when, though the Summit’s focus is on COVID and Climate Crisis, he chose to use his pre-conference briefings to express the view that he sees the Northern Ireland Protocol as central to the continued peace in Ireland, and that anything which he considers tests this will be frowned upon.
But Biden then upped the ante and rattled the UK by the way he did this; playing a diplomatic card – the ‘Demarche’ – which formally expresses one government’s thoughts and opinions on another government’s policy positions.
Normally, especially between close friends, one privately tells the other what they are thinking and offers an alternative view but sending his trade ambassador to deliver the formal notice days before he meets PM Johnson elevates the issue and the tension going into the Conference.
Biden é um político da velha escola. Talvez tenha sido apenas uma limpeza, tocando para seus apoiadores e apoiadores ou um problema sendo inflado por outras pessoas com um interesse adquirido, mas o presidente não deseja que essa apresentação side atrapalhe o maior desafio e oportunidade G7 apresenta - sua estréia no palco e como um líder mundial genuíno. O handshake, a quem ele fica ao lado, o que sua linguagem corporal sugere, será examinada pela Fox News, CNN, MSNBC e outros. Também haverá muita Red Bull à mão para evitar imagens que sugerem que ele está cochilando ou 'derrubando' - isso, os snappers me dizem, é o 'dinheiro do dinheiro' para 'Sleepy Joe'. Como sabemos, uma imagem vale mais que mil palavras.
After 50 years in public office, he knows how the US media works and how it will cover these talks – good and bad.
Every handshake, who he stands next to, what his body language suggests, will be pored over by Fox News, CNN, MSNBC and others. There will also be plenty of Red Bull on hand to avoid any images which suggest he is snoozing or ‘drifting off’ – this, the snappers tell me, is the ‘money shot’ for ‘Sleepy Joe’.
The optics are everything at these events. As we know, a picture is worth a thousand words.
Joe procurará definir como ele quer ser retratado. Trump jogou por ter sido retratado com a rainha, muita pompa e cerimônia e o máximo de militar que pudemos reunir, poliram seus botões como líder mundial com fãs adoradores em casa. Mas ele também vai querer parecer adequadamente conciliatório e engajado em questões globais, em contraste com o interesse de Trump em tais assuntos, e ele estará procurando fazer isso fornecendo quantidades abundantes de cobertura positiva, conteúdo de mídia social e imagens para seus eleitores e apoiadores. Para um acesso mais equitativo a vacinas para as nações mais pobres do mundo. Também exorta -o a olhar para a facilidade e com companheirismo com outros líderes mundiais. Eles estarão rezando que ele pode parecer relaxado em torno de Boris Johnson - um homem Biden se detesta em muitos níveis - e através do posicionamento cuidadoso o deixa abundantemente claro para todos - quando se trata de quem está sentado na tabela superior de assuntos políticos e econômicos - a América está de volta. Assuntos e política sediada na Flórida. Downtown in Business
Biden’s plan must be to look strong and statesmanlike – America is still ‘Number 1’ in the eyes of his audience back home. But he will also want to appear suitably conciliatory and engaged on global issues in contrast to the dis-interest of Trump on such matters, and he will be looking to do this by providing bountiful amounts of positive coverage, social media content and images for his voters and supporters.
Sat on the plane, surrounded by his people, he will be preparing his comments on the most important topics under discussion this weekend – Climate Change and COVID 19 and the need for more equitable access to vaccines for the World’s poorest nations.
As the plane departs U.S. airspace, I think Team Biden will start to shy away from further public utterances on Northern Ireland and the Protocol, focusing his keynote moments on the topics in hand, like the COVID vaccine roll out, and the important role and opportunity that presents for U.S. big pharma companies.
They will also be urging him to look at ease and comradely with other world leaders. They will be praying he can appear relaxed around Boris Johnson – a man Biden detests on many levels – and through careful positioning make it abundantly clear to all – when it comes to who is sat at the top table of political and economic affairs – America is Back.
He isn’t going to let a parochial feud get in the way of that is he?
Martin Liptrot is a writer and commentator on public affairs and politics based in Florida.
