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According to US Vice President Joe Biden, his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping once told him that he was bolstering the Quad alliance in the Indo-Pacific “against China.” “I told Xi Jinping that I was going to put together the Quad, which consisted of Australia, India, Japan, and the Usa. ‘You’re just doing that to affect us,’ he said. ‘No, it’s because we’re trying to bring together those people who have an opportunity to work together in the Indo-Pacific,’ I replied “During a party fundraiser event at a private residence in Seattle, Joe Biden said.
“The point is that one of the things that autocrats fear the most – and India has its own problems; all those countries have their own problems – is the notion that we can work together in concert and contrary to what are essentially dictatorships, which a majority of nations have become, particularly not only China but Russia and many other countries…the Philippines,” he explained.
According to Joe Biden, when he was elected, Russian President Vladimir Putin believed he could easily dismantle NATO. “That was always a part of his goal from the start. And I know I’ve been saying it for the past eight years, but it was part of his goal “He stated.
But, the irony of ironies, he got exactly what he didn’t want. He desired the further Finlandization of Europe. Instead, he received calls from Finland and the President of Finland, both of whom wanted to see me and join NATO, as well as Sweden, which also wanted to join NATO. “His actions are having the exact opposite effect that he intended,” Joe Biden said.
“I’m not suggesting that makes things any easier. But the point is that we have a situation in which the Ukrainian people are incredibly brave; they’re incredibly determined, not just the trained military, but the people on the streets,” he said.
