Biden Foreign Policy Speech

Well it wasn't too exciting as a foreign policy speech. But then, it wasn't challenging, either. To be fair, however, he really only needed to draw attention to the fact that he wasn't President Trump. He did that. The world can expect a different tone.

Investing in our diplomacy isn’t something we do just because it’s the right thing to do for the world … We do it because it’s in our naked self-interest.

Eloquence Matters In A President's Speech

It's certainly a bit more eloquent than his immediate predecessor. But is it greatly different? No doubt we'll see.

His beginning was nearly lost, as he turned aside and looked at his Secretary of State and mumbled. Of course he's not the first public speaker to do this. However we do hope that the production team can sort out an improved microphone set-up for him..

Of course this speech will look antiquated in no time because of the mask choreography, that occurred at the beginning of the speech, and indeed at the end of the Biden foreign policy speech. This really is quite a charade now.

America is back. America is back. Diplomacy is back at the center of our foreign policy.

This really was the highlight and also the theme of the speech.

Autocue Drives This Biden Foreign Policy Speech Along

But there were some misspeaks where perhaps his eyesight isn't too great. Or perhaps he is reading too fast. For example, we heard him struggle with...

transformable technologies.

and,

unendurable

No doubt the President's speech writers will become more acquainted with the President's speech style soon.

President Biden is very fond of listing techniques in his speech. This is certainly a feature of the British political speech, such as the Nick Clegg conference speech of 2010. Can we expect more of the same from the new President?

Also in a similar fashion we noted his non-sentences technique. That again is very reminiscent of British political speeches.

And we’ll also take on directly the challenges posed by our prosperity, security, and democratic values by our most serious competitor, China.

Low Key Animation Is The Key

Towards the end, we're expecting a peroration, but it didn't appear. The closest he got was a reference to a climate challenge, followed by a brief coughing spate. As he sounded hoarser and hoarser, the President drew his foreign policy speech to a close.

And that was it. He was off. And the charade of the masks continued, albeit the President left his own mask on the lectern.

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