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LightningStrikes posted...

This is probably a good point to mention that Biden, while very very different domestically, has not pulled back from Trump-era foreign policy nearly as much as expected. Case in point, the US embassy to Israel is still in Jerusalem and the US still recognises Jerusalem as Israels capital. That is hugely significant. In general theres been a really disappointing turn away from foreign engagement across western democracies, its not just a US thing, and its let bad actors take hold whether that be Russian influence in Africa or the far-right in Israel. This inwards-looking foreign policy consensus is getting people killed.

On the other hand, Trump was probably even worse abroad than he was domestically (makes sense given the powers of a President) and did much more damage than Biden has of course. Its just wild that there was not more de-Trumpification of foreign policy.

I feel like this is all a lot more complicated than we're giving credit to. Because every President before Trump (dating back to Clinton) basically promised to recognize Jerusalem as the capital, and then backtracked on it. Trump went ahead and did it, because he didn't care about the consequences.

I believe you'd have to overturn the Jerusalem Embassy Act, which passed in 1995, to really do anything. And I don't imagine that's going to happen anytime soon.