US President Joe Biden at a press conference with Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida in Tokyo. Archival photoMOSCOW, 24 May. US President Joe Biden's controversial statement about the readiness of the country's army to fight China on the side of Taiwan is a dangerous mistake, according to an editorial in the British newspaper The Telegraph. The publication notes that the American left perceived the coming of the current head of the White House to power as the beginning of a new era in foreign policy. Those expectations were thwarted by the failure to pull the United States military out of Afghanistan early in his term, observers write.The United States explained why the country would collapse in a new world war Recently, Biden made another serious mistake: during a visit to Asia, he said that the United States was ready to take part in a military conflict against China on the side of Taiwan. «In fact, America never took on relations with the island are regulated by a special act, which emphasizes that the United States will provide it with such funds and in such quantity that it can maintain sufficient defense capabilities.Moreover, the law specifies that the policy will not be changed unilaterally by the president Any decision to defend Taiwan is made with the consent of Congress,» the journalists recalled. Of course, after Biden's words, the State Department had to explain to the whole world that Washington's foreign policy has not changed, but the confusion that the American leader has sown is extremely dangerous, the authors emphasized. In On Monday, during a joint press conference with Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida in Tokyo, the US President said that the country is ready to defend Taiwan «in the event of an invasion.» As the White House later explained, Biden was referring to the supply of weapons for the island's self-defense. N.I.
