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** Europe's Migrant Crisis Demonstrates Biden's Weakness ([link removed])
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by Con Coughlin • November 24, 2021 at 5:00 am
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* Mr Xi's confidence that he has nothing to fear from Mr Biden was clearly reflected in the patronising tone he adopted towards the US leader from the outset of their three-and-a-half hour meeting, referring to Mr Biden as his "old friend", when he is clearly no such thing.
* By contrast Mr Biden proved unwilling to raise any issues that might prove uncomfortable for the Chinese leader, such as Beijing's role in causing the Covid-19 pandemic that has wrought havoc throughout the world.
* The Russian autocrat [Putin] is also well aware of Mr Biden's weak disposition as a result of the three-hour summit the two leaders attended in Geneva last June, the most notable outcome being the American President's utter capitulation to Moscow on long-standing arms control demands.
* Consequently, the only winners from Europe's latest migrant crisis are likely to be Mr Putin and his thuggish Belarusian ally....

Nothing better illustrates the ability of rogue states to take advantage of Joe Biden's pitifully weak leadership than the role Belarusian despot Alexander Lukashenko (pictured) has played in creating a migrant crisis in the heart of Europe. (Photo by Maxim Gucheck/Belta//AFP via Getty Images)

Nothing better illustrates the ability of rogue states to take advantage of Joe Biden's pitifully weak leadership than the role Belarusian despot Alexander Lukashenko has played in creating a migrant crisis in the heart of Europe.

As Mr Biden's unimpressive performance during his recent video summit with Chinese President Xi Jinping has graphically demonstrated, the US leader appears increasingly out of his depth on the world stage, to the extent that Washington's adversaries see Mr Biden's weakness as working to their advantage.

Mr Xi's confidence that he has nothing to fear from Mr Biden was clearly reflected in the patronising tone he adopted towards the US leader from the outset of their three-and-a-half hour meeting, referring to Mr Biden as his "old friend", when he is clearly no such thing.

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