What seemed like a good idea a few months ago, an overseas trip to enhance the VP’s foreign policy bona fides, now looks like a journey fraught with risks of diplomatic and personal failure…
The complication with U.S.-Singaporean relations lies in the fact that Singapore maintains a strong relationship with China as well. A Pew poll comparing views of China and of the U.S. shows the Biden administration's efforts to work with other nations may be paying off - key Asian nations view the U.S. more favorably than China by a margin of 61 percent to 27 percent. The notable exception among the nations surveyed was Singapore, where 51 percent of those polled viewed the U.S. favorably and 64 percent viewed China favorably. This means that Harris's visit could be crucial to ensuring that the U.S. does not lose any ground to China in Singapore. Such a high-level visit is meant to emphasize the importance the administration places on relations with Singapore.
Harris’s comms team has gone since the Taliban took Kabul, leaving thousands of Americans stranded in Taliban controlled Afghanistan. Her last media appearance was the “I was the last person in the room” brag, referring to Biden’s ill fated decision to pull out US military troops ahead of American civilians. Since then, reports of rifts between Team Biden & Team Harris swirl around inside the Beltway. Kamala’s people are trying to get as much distance between her and Biden as possible. She’s not even appearing beside him in his speeches anymore. This trip hasn’t been cancelled, and it will be interesting to see how it plays out.
Since then, she has only appeared in still photos put out by the White House. Her only public statements have been on Twitter. SHE WAS NOT BY BIDEN’S SIDE, as she has been on other occasions, when he attempted to defend his decision to withdraw all US combat forces from Afghanistan in a White House address Monday.
And, unlike Kelly Conwoman, these are actually true. 1) The Singapore Navy recently joined in exercises with the Royal Navy off Southeast Asia. The two countries are part of the Five Power Defense Agreement, which the US supports. 2) The fact that Singaporeans in a poll were more favorable to China ain't exactly a shock. More than 76% of that country is ethnic Chinese. In other words, *Yawn*.
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