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The outgoing president is expected to use his address at the
State Department to highlight his administration's efforts to
expand NATO, rally dozens of allies to provide Ukraine with a
steady stream of military aid to fight Russia, forge a historic
agreement between Japan and South Korea to expand security and
economic cooperation and more, according to a senior
administration official who requested anonymity to preview plans
for the address.
Biden also picked the State Department for his first major
foreign policy speech at the start of his presidency nearly four
years ago.
During that February 2021 address, Biden sought to send an
unambiguous signal to the world that the United States was ready
to resume its role as a global leader after four years in which
President Donald Trump pressed an “America First” agenda.
But the one-term Democrat will bid farewell to U.S diplomats and
make the case for his worldview as Trump prepares to return the
White House with plans to drastically overhaul American foreign
policy.
The president-elect has decried the cost of U.S. support for
Ukraine's war effort, called for NATO members to dramatically
increase defense spending and said he would not rule out the use
of military force to seize control of the Panama Canal and
Greenland, as he insists U.S. control of both is vital to
American national security.
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