President Biden will use his virtual address to the annual Munich Security Conference to denounce Russian efforts to undermine democracy in the United States, according to a senior administration official.
Friday brings two major moments for Biden as he makes his presidential debut on the world stage, with first a virtual Group of Seven meeting of world leaders followed by his keynote speech in which he will signal a stark change from the Trump years.
In both, he will underline how democracies are better placed than strongmen in tackling the world’s major problems. In particular, Biden will call out Moscow for its “malign” activities in trying to weaken democracies and disrupt transatlantic and European partnerships.
“He will specifically talk to what he believes is a concerted effort by the Kremlin to carry out a strategy to discredit, undermine and destabilize democracies,” said the official. “And he will call upon our democratic allies to stand with the United States in both creating resilience within our own societies and also in pushing back aggressively against these malign actions by Russia.”
Biden will also discuss the Iran nuclear program, the challenge posed by China, and the future of Afghanistan.
Tackling the coronavirus pandemic is expected to dominate discussion during the G-7 meeting, where officials say Biden will also unveil $4 billion of funding for a global vaccine initiative.
But the overarching theme of both sessions will be that vigorous democracies are better placed than autocracies to tackle major world threats, whether great power competitions, such as the rise of China or Russia, or transnational challenges that include global health security, climate change, and cyberthreats.
“He will certainly acknowledge that democracy is under stress, democratic institutions are under stress, under challenge in the United States as they are in parts of Europe, and in other parts of the world as well,” the senior administration official said.
“But that acknowledgment will be the jumping-off point to a confident, assertive claim that he will make in his speech that we have the wherewithal to renew and strengthen our democratic institutions," the official added.
Biden to denounce Russian attacks on democracy in virtual speech to Munich Security Conference
by Rob Crilly
February 19, 2021 05:00 AM
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/...acy-virtual-speech-munich-security-conference
I would sleep easier if somebody in the swamp denounced Russia —— and Biden —— for undermining limited government at every chance.
p.s. Here is why Democrats love democracy:
DEMOCRATS CANNOT BE CHARGED WITH TREASON IN A DEMOCRACY