In First Trip Abroad, Biden Tells Allies "America Is Back"

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🗓️ 14 June 2021

⏱️ 15 minutes

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Summary

In the first overseas trip of his presidency, Biden is in Europe delivering a central message to allies: America is back. But while G-7 leaders agree on confronting the COVID-19 pandemic and climate change, they diverge on how hard to push China. Plus, will Biden's meeting with Vladimir Putin pave the way for a more predictable relationship with Russia?

This episode: White House correspondents Scott Detrow, Tamara Keith and Franco Ordoñez.

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0:00.0	Hi, this is Alexa from Geneva, Switzerland, where President Biden and Vladimir Putin will be meeting in a couple of days.
0:06.4	This podcast was recorded at?
0:09.2	Maybe they'll pull Alexa into the summit too, make it a trilateral meeting.
0:13.4	It is 1247 Eastern here in the United States on Monday, June 14th.
0:20.2	Things may have changed by the time you hear this. Here's the show.
0:24.2	I am heading there in a couple of days. I'll be looking forward to being close.
0:31.6	You can have your own summit. Hey there, it's the NPR Politics Podcast.
0:35.8	I'm Scott Detro, I cover the White House. I'm Franco Ordonia as I also cover the White House.
0:40.0	And I'm Tamer Keep. I also also cover the White House.
0:44.0	And if you didn't guess the topic we're talking about President Biden today,
0:48.0	he is in Europe in the middle about the halfway point of his first trip as president.
0:53.0	Franco, you are there with him. Let's get all of the other stuff out of the way.
0:56.8	Franco, did you meet the Queen yesterday?
0:58.8	I did not meet the Queen, but I did get to fly from Heathrow Airport to Windsor Castle
1:04.4	on a Royal Air Force helicopter. And that was pretty cool flying in.
1:10.4	Okay, that's cool for Windsor Castle. Wow, that is cool.
1:13.4	I truly actually would just want to talk about Windsor Castle the whole time,
1:16.6	but that is not what we're here to do.
1:18.4	A lot of things have already happened on this trip.
1:20.6	We're going to look back and preview this upcoming summit with Putin a little bit.
1:24.2	But first, Biden met with the G7 over the weekend in Cornwall, England.
1:28.6	Now he is in Brussels meeting with NATO allies.
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