This week, President Biden is traveling abroad on his first international diplomacy trip

since taking office.

Biden has big plans for this foreign trip.

He's meeting with allies attending G7 in NATO summits, and on the final day of the trip

next week, Biden plans to meet with one of the USS toughest adversaries, Russian President

Vladimir Putin.

I'm heading to the G7, then to the NATO ministerial, and then to meet with Mr. Putin to let him

know what I want him to know.

Biden has spent years representing the United States overseas, first as the chair of the Senate

Foreign Relations Committee, and then of course as Vice President.

But his goals for this trip, his first as President, are notably ambitious.

Among the main items Biden plans to address with allies are climate change, trade, and

the ongoing pandemic.

He says he wants to, quote, realize America's renewed commitment to our allies and partners.

His approach comes now after a former President Trump's transactional populism defined

much of U.S. foreign policy over the past four years.

In a speech Biden made to American forces at a British air base on Wednesday, Biden said

he wants to show the world that, quote, America is back.

We're going to make it clear that the United States is back, and democracies of the world

are standing together to tackle the toughest challenges and the issues that matter most

to our future.

They were committed to leading a strength defending our values.

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