The president’s diplomatic efforts may have failed at foiling Russia’s attack on Ukraine, but they worked to build global unity and remind Americans, post-Trump, what government is.
was right. His administration issued public warnings in January that Russia was moving large numbers of troops into position for a possible invasion of Ukraine. In the past few weeks, as diplomacy faltered and intelligence reports showed preparations for an attack escalating, the president has been even more explicit, declaring clearly and repeatedly that Russian presidentNow, with tanks rolling and bombs falling, just as predicted, Biden very much wishes he’d been wrong.
Biden’s public statements were also intended to aid American efforts to forge a unified front with European allies—a task in rebuilding trust that was made tougher because it followed four years of blustery Trump administration divisiveness toward NATO. “In many instances we downgraded the intelligence rating to enable us to share it with our allies and partners, to make sure everyone’s got the same understanding of the facts on the ground,” a senior administration official says.
Biden’s priority was trying to head off bloodshed in Ukraine. He was, of course, also weighing his words and actions with a domestic audience in mind. The president’s team is understandably loath to talk U.S. politics in the middle of an unpredictable international crisis. Yet the two components are necessarily intertwined: Confronting Russian aggression is somewhat easier if Biden’s moves have solid American public support behind them. “Definitely,” the senior adviser says.
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