WASHINGTON: The distracting overhang of US electionThe president is a virtual lame duck, and the irritation caused by Washington that arose from the White House meeting with Radical Sikhs Greet Prime Minister Narendra Modi when he arrived at Joe Biden’s home in Wilmington, Delaware on Saturday for a bilateral meeting on the sidelines of the event. QUAD Summit.
Virtually ostracized by his own party, the grieving US President welcomed Modi without fanfare to his modest home in Wilmington, even as the eyes of the world were on the election spectacle. prep school attended by Biden and his children, as a “personal touch,” although the President’s sense of isolation and detachment can be felt in a country hot with election fever.
Still, Biden had an optimistic tone about bilateral relations after the meeting, saying that the United States’ partnership with India is stronger, closer, and more dynamic than in history, and “he was surprised by our ability to find new areas of cooperation” every time he sat down with Modi. “Today is no different,” he added.
The US president cut a quiet figure as he greeted Modi – who hugged him after alighting from the car. Biden led her to the three-bedroom home he and his wife Jill bought nearly 50 years ago. A row of pumpkins were lined up on the porch to herald Halloween as Biden entered the house, with First Lady Jill Biden (who sat in on Friday’s cabinet meeting questioning propriety) back at the White House where she was greeted. people for a revamped White House tour experience. Digs are modest in comparison TrumpOversized pads, the main feature of Biden’s Delaware home is the 1967 Corvette Stingray parked in the garage.
A hearty desi garba reception for Modi at the Dupont Hotel in the US President’s home state, which has a large Gujarati diaspora (big enough for Biden to joke that he can’t walk into Dunkin Donuts without hearing an Indian accent), didn’t work. paper through irksome wrinkles and residue in the bilateral engagement on the edge of the Quad.
In an ominous note ahead of the meeting, US National Security officials invited Sikh radicals to the White House on Thursday, to give a briefing on Washington’s discussions with New Delhi on what some Sikh separatists claim is a transnational Indian threat to their lives. New Delhi sees the matter through the prism of the US and Canada which provides an operating space for transnational subversives. Both sides have been quietly talking about the issue against the backdrop of accusations that New Delhi is following, if not conducting, a transnational operation to root out the subversives.
Sikh groups gloated over the White House’s attention to the narrative, tweeting, “Thank you to US officials for their vigilance in protecting American Sikhs. We will hold them to guarantee to do more in safeguarding our society. Freedom and justice must win.”
U.S. officials did not elaborate on the meeting and instead chose to talk about broader engagement, saying Biden hoped to hear directly from Modi about his trip to Ukraine, as Washington seeks to expand QUAD concerns to cover up Russian violations. The two leaders are in talks at the time of writing and are expected to be together within an hour before leaving Archmere Academy for the Quad Summit.
Biden, and his children Hunter, Beau, and Ashley attend the 92-year-old school.
The Quad meeting is expected to announce a cancer “moonshoot” aimed at finding a cure for the dreaded disease, the expansion of the Quad fellows program, and a joint coastguard mission, among other advances.
China is the proverbial elephant (or dragon) in the QUAD room, although American officials repeatedly insist the security dialogue involving the US, India, Japan, and Australia, is not aimed at any one country. However, the joke is that QUAD stands for Queing Up Against Dragon.
But with US officials admitting on Saturday that each QUAD country has its own approach to China, the dialogue, especially the bilateral exchange, has grown in scope, covering a range of issues outside the Indo-Pacific, although its interests are up in the air. political change in Washington.
While the victory of Kamala Harris in November is expected to see a degree of continuity in US foreign policy, a Trump win will likely lead to a drastic and unpredictable recasting of global issues and relations. The winner, Trump or Harris, is expected to attend the next Quad Summit to be hosted by India in 2025.
In many ways, the ongoing QUAD summit is Biden’s international swansong. India was originally slated to host this year, but Modi “kindly” agreed to change hosting privileges to accommodate Biden’s schedule constraints, US officials said.
Virtually ostracized by his own party, the grieving US President welcomed Modi without fanfare to his modest home in Wilmington, even as the eyes of the world were on the election spectacle. prep school attended by Biden and his children, as a “personal touch,” although the President’s sense of isolation and detachment can be felt in a country hot with election fever.
Still, Biden had an optimistic tone about bilateral relations after the meeting, saying that the United States’ partnership with India is stronger, closer, and more dynamic than in history, and “he was surprised by our ability to find new areas of cooperation” every time he sat down with Modi. “Today is no different,” he added.
The US president cut a quiet figure as he greeted Modi – who hugged him after alighting from the car. Biden led her to the three-bedroom home he and his wife Jill bought nearly 50 years ago. A row of pumpkins were lined up on the porch to herald Halloween as Biden entered the house, with First Lady Jill Biden (who sat in on Friday’s cabinet meeting questioning propriety) back at the White House where she was greeted. people for a revamped White House tour experience. Digs are modest in comparison TrumpOversized pads, the main feature of Biden’s Delaware home is the 1967 Corvette Stingray parked in the garage.
A hearty desi garba reception for Modi at the Dupont Hotel in the US President’s home state, which has a large Gujarati diaspora (big enough for Biden to joke that he can’t walk into Dunkin Donuts without hearing an Indian accent), didn’t work. paper through irksome wrinkles and residue in the bilateral engagement on the edge of the Quad.
In an ominous note ahead of the meeting, US National Security officials invited Sikh radicals to the White House on Thursday, to give a briefing on Washington’s discussions with New Delhi on what some Sikh separatists claim is a transnational Indian threat to their lives. New Delhi sees the matter through the prism of the US and Canada which provides an operating space for transnational subversives. Both sides have been quietly talking about the issue against the backdrop of accusations that New Delhi is following, if not conducting, a transnational operation to root out the subversives.
Sikh groups gloated over the White House’s attention to the narrative, tweeting, “Thank you to US officials for their vigilance in protecting American Sikhs. We will hold them to guarantee to do more in safeguarding our society. Freedom and justice must win.”
U.S. officials did not elaborate on the meeting and instead chose to talk about broader engagement, saying Biden hoped to hear directly from Modi about his trip to Ukraine, as Washington seeks to expand QUAD concerns to cover up Russian violations. The two leaders are in talks at the time of writing and are expected to be together within an hour before leaving Archmere Academy for the Quad Summit.
Biden, and his children Hunter, Beau, and Ashley attend the 92-year-old school.
The Quad meeting is expected to announce a cancer “moonshoot” aimed at finding a cure for the dreaded disease, the expansion of the Quad fellows program, and a joint coastguard mission, among other advances.
China is the proverbial elephant (or dragon) in the QUAD room, although American officials repeatedly insist the security dialogue involving the US, India, Japan, and Australia, is not aimed at any one country. However, the joke is that QUAD stands for Queing Up Against Dragon.
But with US officials admitting on Saturday that each QUAD country has its own approach to China, the dialogue, especially the bilateral exchange, has grown in scope, covering a range of issues outside the Indo-Pacific, although its interests are up in the air. political change in Washington.
While the victory of Kamala Harris in November is expected to see a degree of continuity in US foreign policy, a Trump win will likely lead to a drastic and unpredictable recasting of global issues and relations. The winner, Trump or Harris, is expected to attend the next Quad Summit to be hosted by India in 2025.
In many ways, the ongoing QUAD summit is Biden’s international swansong. India was originally slated to host this year, but Modi “kindly” agreed to change hosting privileges to accommodate Biden’s schedule constraints, US officials said.