MSNBC opinion columnist Zeeshan Aleem blasted President Joe Biden Monday for his latest “bumbling” foreign policy gaffe on Taiwan.
Aleem bashed the president’s claim that the U.S. would “militarily intervene” if China invades Taiwan that the administration had to walk back, saying it’s part of a “troubling pattern” that could “unwittingly” signal to U.S. adversaries that the country “is more inclined toward war than it is.” He also slammed Biden’s words for revealing “a lack of clarity born of incompetence or indiscipline rather than a deliberate decision” on his part.
“The confrontational statement marked a sharp departure from the U.S. policy of ‘strategic ambiguity’ on Taiwan that has prevailed for decades.
“But shortly after his remarks, Biden’s administration downplayed the statement, saying that the president had in fact not meant to signal a policy change, and that the usual U.S. posture on Taiwan remained intact,” Aleem wrote.
